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title: "NLWeb /ask defined | Agent Ready Checklist"
description: "NLWeb /ask: An endpoint that takes a natural-language question and returns schema.org-shaped results, mirrored as an ask tool over MCP. AR-ACT-09 (MAY)."
canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/nlweb-ask
site: "Agent Ready Checklist"
last_updated: 2026-11-05
section: "Glossary"
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# NLWeb /ask defined | Agent Ready Checklist

> NLWeb /ask: An endpoint that takes a natural-language question and returns schema.org-shaped results, mirrored as an ask tool over MCP. AR-ACT-09 (MAY).

Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/glossary/nlweb-ask
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Last reviewed: 2026-11-05
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# NLWeb /ask

An endpoint that takes a natural-language question and returns schema.org-shaped results, mirrored as an ask tool over MCP. AR-ACT-09 (MAY). Example: curl -s "https://example.com/ask?query=return+policy". Related row: AR-ACT-09 (NLWeb /ask endpoint). AR-ACT-09 was added in AgentReady v2.0 as a MAY row.

## Definition

An endpoint that takes a natural-language question and returns schema.org-shaped results, mirrored as an ask tool over MCP. AR-ACT-09 (MAY).

## Example

```bash
curl -s "https://example.com/ask?query=return+policy"
```

## Where it appears on the checklist

-   [AR-ACT-09](https://agentreadychecklist.com/checklist/ar-act-09/)NLWeb /ask endpoint: Content-heavy sites may serve an NLWeb /ask endpoint and expose the same ask tool over MCP.

## Sources

-   [github.com/agentready-org/standard/blob/main/spec/spec.md](https://github.com/agentready-org/standard/blob/main/spec/spec.md)read 2026-11-04
-   [github.com/agentready-org/standard/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/agentready-org/standard/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)read 2026-11-04

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. AgentReady v2.0, read 2026-11-04.