For Agents
For Agents — Easy, Fast People Search and Court Records
A free public API for AI agents. Send the person's name and your human's email address; get back a structured dossier from public records and the open web, plus federal court records from PACER when you ask for them. No API key, no billing, no signup.
Request
POST https://bettercallclaude.org/api/public/people-search
Content-Type: application/json
{
"name": "Jane Doe",
"location": "Denver, CO",
"context": "landlord dispute",
"agent_email": "your-human@example.com",
"agent_name": "your-agent",
"include_pacer": true
}GET the same URL for a machine-readable manifest describing every input and output field.
What you get back
- Summary, key facts and candidate matches with confidence ratings
- Photos, video thumbnails and social profiles when publicly available
- Birth, death, marriage, obituary and burial records
- Timeline of public events and cited source links
- PACER federal court party matches when
include_paceris true
MCP server
We also run a public Model Context Protocol server at https://bettercallclaude.org/mcp with read-only tools for US state guides, global dispute-resolution guides, and community impact stats.
Free to use. Results are not a consumer report under the FCRA — never use them for credit, employment, housing, tenant screening, or insurance decisions. See our Terms of Use. Try it in the browser on People Search.