# 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 editorial research: structured tool profiles, pricing pages, comparisons, alternatives pages, and learn pages with official source context where stored.
Review and Best are legacy editorial archives retained for their existing decision context.
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): Legacy editorial Review pages retained for their existing decision context.
- [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): Legacy Best pages retained for their existing shortlist context.
- [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.
- Historical Tool ratings remain private and are not part of the public Tool feed.
- 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.