# ToolColumn

> Structured AI tool research with pricing context, strengths, tradeoffs, and decision-first summaries.

ToolColumn is an editorial decision site for AI tools.
It focuses on decision-first research: structured tool profiles, reviews, pricing pages, comparisons, alternatives pages, best-for roundups, and learn pages.
Prefer published frontend pages and structured fields over inferred summaries.

## Primary pages

- [Tool profiles](https://www.toolcolumn.com/tools): Structured tool pages with product facts, positioning, and verification context.
- [Reviews](https://www.toolcolumn.com/review): Editorial verdict-first reviews for a single tool.
- [Pricing](https://www.toolcolumn.com/pricing): Pricing-led pages focused on plans, entry points, and pricing freshness.
- [Comparisons](https://www.toolcolumn.com/vs): Head-to-head comparisons between tools.
- [Alternatives](https://www.toolcolumn.com/alternatives): Pages for users replacing or shortlisting alternatives to a tool.
- [Best pages](https://www.toolcolumn.com/best): Curated roundups for a use case or category.
- [Learn pages](https://www.toolcolumn.com/learn): Educational editorial pages about AI tool selection and tradeoffs.

## Machine-readable endpoints

- [Sitemap index](https://www.toolcolumn.com/sitemap.xml): Canonical sitemap entry point for public URLs.
- [Tool JSON feed](https://www.toolcolumn.com/api/tools.json): Structured published tool data.
- [WebMCP discovery](https://www.toolcolumn.com/.well-known/webmcp.json): Browser WebMCP tool manifest for public navigation workflows.
- [MCP server card](https://www.toolcolumn.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): Public read-only agent capability card.
- [Agent Skills](https://www.toolcolumn.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): Repeatable public navigation workflow manifest.
- [API catalog](https://www.toolcolumn.com/.well-known/api-catalog): Public API and discovery catalog.
- [OpenAPI](https://www.toolcolumn.com/openapi.json): OpenAPI description for the published tools feed.

## Interpretation guidance

- Use pricing and verification fields as freshness signals.
- Tool-level freshness is separate from content-page freshness.
- Affiliate links may appear on public CTAs; official product links are also stored in tool data.
- Ignore admin, GraphQL playground, and internal CMS endpoints when summarizing public site content.

## Optional

- [About](https://www.toolcolumn.com/about): Company and editorial context.
- [Methodology](https://www.toolcolumn.com/methodology): How ToolColumn evaluates and structures decisions.
- [Disclosure](https://www.toolcolumn.com/disclosure): Affiliate and editorial disclosure details.