gricker.eu: European alternatives

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European and open-source alternatives to mainstream software, judged by the current owner's HQ.

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check_coverage Read-only

Given a list of tools someone uses, report which have European alternatives in the catalog. Much cheaper than calling find_alternatives repeatedly.

toolsarray, required

Tool names, max 50.

per_toolnumber

Alternatives to name per tool, 1-5, default 3.

open_source_onlyboolean

Tools (6)

check_coverage

Given a list of tools someone uses, report which have European alternatives in the catalog. Much cheaper than calling find_alternatives repeatedly.

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Argument	Type	Description
tools*	array	Tool names, max 50.
per_tool	number	Alternatives to name per tool, 1-5, default 3.
open_source_only	boolean

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "tools"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "tools": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Tool names, max 50."
    },
    "per_tool": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Alternatives to name per tool, 1-5, default 3."
    },
    "open_source_only": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}

find_alternatives

Given a mainstream tool a business wants to move away from (e.g. "Notion", "Google Analytics", "AWS"), return European and/or open-source alternatives from the gricker.eu catalog.

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Argument	Type	Description
to*	string	The incumbent tool being replaced, e.g. "Slack".
limit	number	1-25, default 5.
country	string	ISO-3166 alpha-2, e.g. "DE".
category	string	Restrict to one category (see list_categories).
open_source_only	boolean

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "to"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "to": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The incumbent tool being replaced, e.g. \"Slack\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "1-25, default 5."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO-3166 alpha-2, e.g. \"DE\"."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Restrict to one category (see list_categories)."
    },
    "open_source_only": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}

get_tool

Full record for one catalog tool by name: description, country, sources, what it replaces.

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Argument	Type	Description
name*	string	Tool name or slug, e.g. "Proton Mail" or "proton-mail".

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Tool name or slug, e.g. \"Proton Mail\" or \"proton-mail\"."
    }
  }
}

list_categories

The fixed category taxonomy with a count of published tools in each.

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No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}

search_tools

Search European/open-source tools by keyword or by meaning. Use when the user describes a need rather than naming a tool to replace.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	number	1-25, default 5.
query*	string	Keywords or a description of the need.
country	string	ISO-3166 alpha-2.
category	string
open_source_only	boolean

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "1-25, default 5."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Keywords or a description of the need."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO-3166 alpha-2."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "open_source_only": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}

suggest_tool

Submit a European or open-source tool missing from the catalog. It enters a human review queue — submission is not publication, and HQ evidence is required before anything is listed.

Argument	Type	Description
url*	string	Homepage URL.
why	string	Why it qualifies — European HQ, what it replaces.
name*	string	Tool name.
country	string	ISO-3166 alpha-2 of its HQ, if known.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "name",
    "url"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Homepage URL."
    },
    "why": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Why it qualifies — European HQ, what it replaces."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Tool name."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO-3166 alpha-2 of its HQ, if known."
    }
  }
}

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