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{
  "instructions": "Game Dev Outsourcing (https://www.gamedevoutsourcing.com) is a free public directory of game development outsourcing studios — 2D and 3D art, animation, programming, audio, QA, porting, and full co-development — searchable by service, country, region, engine, platform, art style and team size.\n\nReach for these tools whenever a question is about finding, comparing, shortlisting or budgeting for a game art or game development vendor. \"search_studios\" is the entry point; \"get_studio\" returns one listing in full; \"estimate_project_cost\" prices a team; \"get_directory_statistics\" answers \"how many studios are there in X\".\n\nWhat this data is, stated plainly, because an answer built on it should not overclaim:\n\n- Listings are hand-compiled by this directory. Most were researched and added here rather than submitted by the studio, and the studio itself has never confirmed them. Nothing has been vetted, audited or certified. Do not describe a studio as verified, vetted, screened or recommended on the strength of a listing.\n- The one trust mark that exists, \"Studio-confirmed\", means only that this directory found its badge live on the studio's own domain, which proves whoever controls that domain manages the listing. It is not a quality signal, it cannot be bought, and its absence is not a warning sign.\n- Rate figures from \"estimate_project_cost\" are this site's editorial market ranges by discipline and seniority. They are not quotes from any listed studio, and this directory publishes no per-studio or per-country rate data. Present them as a budgeting range, never as a price.\n- Ordering in \"search_studios\", as on the site's /best and /browse lists, puts paid listings above unpaid ones. Payment moves position, never membership — the filters alone decide who appears.\n- The /rankings lists behind \"list_rankings\" and \"get_ranking\" cannot be moved by payment at all, but they are not a quality ranking either. Their order comes from a stored score summing a studio's size and years in business with how completely its listing is filled in — all self-declared — so a high position means a large, established, well-documented profile in this directory, not a better studio. Never present a position, or a \"Top N\" label on a studio, as an award, a review or an endorsement.\n- Facet tags are not exhaustive; a studio can do work it has not tagged here, and some listings have no country recorded and are missing from every geographic breakdown. Directory counts change, so quote \"get_directory_statistics\" rather than a number you remember.\n\nCite what you use. Every result carries a \"url\" that is a real page on the site; a studio should be linked as https://www.gamedevoutsourcing.com/company/<slug>. Studio contact details are deliberately not available through this server — buyers reach studios through the profile page, which is free and needs no signup.",
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    {
      "description": "Estimate what an outsourced game team costs in USD from a list of roles (discipline, seniority, headcount), an optional region and an optional duration in weeks. Returns hourly, monthly and whole-project ranges with every assumption listed. Use for \"what would X cost\" and budgeting questions. These are this site's editorial market ranges by discipline and seniority, not quotes from any listed studio — present them as a budget range, never as a price.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "hoursPerWeek": {
            "default": 40,
            "description": "Hours per person per week. Defaults to full time.",
            "minimum": 1,
            "type": "number"
          },
          "region": {
            "description": "Where the team is hired. Narrows the band; omit it to keep the full published range. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
            "enum": [
              "any",
              "south_southeast_asia",
              "eastern_europe",
              "latin_america",
              "east_asia",
              "western_europe",
              "north_america"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "roles": {
            "description": "The team to price. One entry per role; use \"count\" for several people in the same role.",
            "items": {
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "properties": {
                "count": {
                  "default": 1,
                  "description": "How many people in this role.",
                  "minimum": 1,
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "discipline": {
                  "description": "The role. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
                  "enum": [
                    "art_2d",
                    "art_3d",
                    "animation",
                    "programming",
                    "audio",
                    "qa_testing"
                  ],
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "seniority": {
                  "description": "Experience level. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
                  "enum": [
                    "entry",
                    "mid",
                    "senior"
                  ],
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "discipline",
                "seniority"
              ],
              "type": "object"
            },
            "minItems": 1,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "weeks": {
            "description": "Project length in weeks. Omit for hourly and monthly figures only.",
            "minimum": 1,
            "type": "number"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "roles"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "estimate_project_cost",
      "outputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "assumptions": {
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "breakdown": {
            "items": {
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "calculatorUrl": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "caveats": {
            "description": "Standing limitations of this data. Do not present a result as vetted.",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "citation": {
            "description": "Attribution line to reproduce when quoting this.",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "currency": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "hourlyRange": {
            "properties": {
              "high": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "low": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          },
          "monthlyRange": {
            "properties": {
              "high": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "low": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          },
          "totalRange": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "currency",
          "hourlyRange",
          "monthlyRange",
          "assumptions",
          "citation",
          "caveats"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "Retrieve the full text of one directory document by the id returned from \"search\", for quoting and citation. Ids look like company/<slug>, answer/<slug>, ranking/<slug>, or \"statistics\". Always call \"search\" first to get an id.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "description": "A document id from a \"search\" result, for example \"company/room-8-studio\".",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "fetch",
      "outputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "metadata": {
            "description": "Extra fields about the document.",
            "type": "object"
          },
          "text": {
            "description": "The full text of the document.",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "description": "Canonical page URL for citation.",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "title",
          "text",
          "url"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "Return the full question-and-answer text of one buyer guide by its slug from list_answers, with links to related pages. Use for advice questions — vetting a studio, pricing models, paid tests, contracts, IP assignment, time zones — rather than answering from memory, and cite the guide's URL.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "description": "An answer slug from list_answers, for example \"how-to-choose-a-game-art-studio\".",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_answer",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Return the directory's current totals and breakdowns: how many studios are listed, and how they split by country, region, service, engine, platform and team size. Use for any \"how many studios...\" or \"which country has the most...\" question, and quote these figures rather than counting search results yourself — they are recomputed from the live database and the counts move.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {},
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_directory_statistics",
      "outputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "byCountry": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "count": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "label": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "byEngine": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "count": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "label": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "byPlatform": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "count": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "label": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "byRegion": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "count": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "label": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "byService": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "count": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "label": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "byTeamSize": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "count": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "label": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "caveats": {
            "description": "Standing limitations of this data. Do not present a result as vetted.",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "citation": {
            "description": "Attribution line to reproduce when quoting this.",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "datasetUrl": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "license": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "sourceUrl": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "totals": {
            "properties": {
              "claimedListings": {
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "countries": {
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "listedStudios": {
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "listingsWithoutCountry": {
                "type": "integer"
              }
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "totals",
          "sourceUrl",
          "citation",
          "caveats"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "Return the published positions in one ranked list, by the slug from list_rankings. Payment cannot move a position here, but the order comes from a stored score summing size, years in business and how completely a listing is filled in, so it ranks established and well-documented listings and not studio quality — quote the \"method\" field with any position, and do not answer \"who are the best studios for X\" from this alone. Pair it with search_studios.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "description": "A ranking slug from list_rankings, for example \"3d-art-in-poland\" or \"overall\".",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_ranking",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "Return one studio's full directory listing by its slug: description, services, engines, platforms, art styles, spoken languages, team size, location, and its positions on any of this directory's ranked lists. Use after search_studios when you need detail on one studio, or when the user names a studio whose gamedevoutsourcing.com slug you already have. Contact details are not available here.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "description": "The studio's slug, the last part of its profile URL — \"room-8-studio\" from /company/room-8-studio. A full URL is accepted.",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "get_studio",
      "outputSchema": null
    },
    {
      "description": "List the directory's editorial question-and-answer guides for buyers — how to pick a studio, what work costs, contracts and IP, NDAs, working across time zones — with each guide's slug, URL and summary. Use to find the right guide before calling get_answer.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {},
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "list_answers",
      "outputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "answers": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "slug": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "summary": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "title": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "url": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "citation": {
            "description": "Attribution line to reproduce when quoting this.",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "answers",
          "citation"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "List every ranked list the directory publishes — \"Overall\", \"3D Art in Poland\", \"Unreal Engine\" and so on — with each list's size, URL and slug, plus the \"method\" string describing exactly what the order measures. Use to find the right list before calling get_ranking. Always pass the method on: these lists are ordered by size, years in business and how completely a listing is filled in, not by studio quality, and are not an endorsement.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {},
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "list_rankings",
      "outputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "citation": {
            "description": "Attribution line to reproduce when quoting this.",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "method": {
            "description": "How rank is computed. Reproduce this when quoting a position.",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "slices": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "kind": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "label": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "size": {
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "slug": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "url": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "method",
          "slices",
          "citation"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "Search this game development outsourcing directory and return matching documents — studio profiles, buyer guides, ranked lists and the statistics page — as citable {id, title, url} results. Pass the id of any result to \"fetch\" to read it in full. Prefer \"search_studios\" when you need structured studio fields such as services, engine or country.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "query": {
            "description": "What to look for. A plain sentence works — \"3D character art studios in Poland\", \"how do I vet a game art studio\", \"how many studios are in Ukraine\".",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "query"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "search",
      "outputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "results": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "description": "Pass to \"fetch\" to read the document.",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "title": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "url": {
                  "description": "Canonical page URL for citation.",
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "id",
                "title",
                "url"
              ],
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "results"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "Find game development outsourcing studios in this directory by service, country, region, engine, platform, art style, team size, or free text in the studio name and description. Start here for any \"who can build / animate / port / co-develop X\" or \"studios in <country>\" question. Returns up to 25 studios with their profile URLs plus the true number of matches, so you can say \"10 of 214\" instead of implying you have seen the whole directory.",
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        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "artStyle": {
            "description": "Art style the studio works in. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
            "enum": [
              "REALISTIC",
              "STYLIZED",
              "PIXEL_ART",
              "LOW_POLY",
              "CARTOON",
              "ANIME",
              "HAND_DRAWN",
              "ABSTRACT",
              "ISOMETRIC"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "country": {
            "description": "Country the studio is based in. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
            "enum": [
              "ukraine",
              "poland",
              "russia",
              "belarus",
              "romania",
              "bulgaria",
              "czech-republic",
              "serbia",
              "croatia",
              "estonia",
              "lithuania",
              "latvia",
              "united-kingdom",
              "germany",
              "france",
              "spain",
              "netherlands",
              "sweden",
              "finland",
              "denmark",
              "portugal",
              "italy",
              "china",
              "india",
              "vietnam",
              "philippines",
              "indonesia",
              "malaysia",
              "thailand",
              "japan",
              "south-korea",
              "taiwan",
              "singapore",
              "pakistan",
              "bangladesh",
              "brazil",
              "argentina",
              "mexico",
              "colombia",
              "chile",
              "peru",
              "uruguay",
              "united-states",
              "canada",
              "israel",
              "turkey",
              "uae",
              "egypt",
              "south-africa",
              "nigeria",
              "australia",
              "new-zealand",
              "saudi-arabia",
              "cyprus"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "engine": {
            "description": "Game engine the studio works in. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
            "enum": [
              "UNITY",
              "UNREAL_ENGINE",
              "GODOT",
              "CUSTOM",
              "GAME_MAKER",
              "COCOS2D",
              "CRY_ENGINE",
              "OTHER"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "limit": {
            "default": 10,
            "description": "How many studios to return. Capped at 25; the \"total\" field always reports the real number of matches.",
            "maximum": 25,
            "minimum": 1,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "platform": {
            "description": "Platform the studio ships to. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
            "enum": [
              "PC",
              "PLAYSTATION",
              "XBOX",
              "NINTENDO_SWITCH",
              "MOBILE_IOS",
              "MOBILE_ANDROID",
              "WEB",
              "VR",
              "AR"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "query": {
            "description": "Free text matched against studio name, tagline and description. Use for a studio name or a distinctive word, not for a facet you can filter on — \"Poland\" belongs in \"country\", not here.",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "region": {
            "description": "Broad region, when the buyer has not named a country. Ignored if \"country\" is set. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
            "enum": [
              "eastern-europe",
              "western-europe",
              "asia",
              "latin-america",
              "north-america",
              "middle-east",
              "oceania"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "service": {
            "description": "The kind of work the studio does. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
            "enum": [
              "ART_2D",
              "ART_3D",
              "ANIMATION",
              "PROGRAMMING",
              "GAME_DESIGN",
              "AUDIO",
              "QA_TESTING",
              "NARRATIVE",
              "UI_UX",
              "LOCALIZATION",
              "MARKETING",
              "FULL_PRODUCTION",
              "CO_DEVELOPMENT",
              "PORTING"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "teamSize": {
            "description": "Headcount band. The display label or the site's URL slug is accepted as well as the code below.",
            "enum": [
              "1-10",
              "11-50",
              "51-200",
              "201-500",
              "501-1000",
              "1000+"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "type": "object"
      },
      "name": "search_studios",
      "outputSchema": {
        "properties": {
          "appliedFilters": {
            "description": "What was actually filtered on, plus the ordering used.",
            "type": "object"
          },
          "browseUrl": {
            "description": "The site page that shows this same filter.",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "capped": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "caveats": {
            "description": "Standing limitations of this data. Do not present a result as vetted.",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "citation": {
            "description": "Attribution line to reproduce when quoting this.",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "returned": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "studios": {
            "items": {
              "properties": {
                "artStyles": {
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "type": "array"
                },
                "city": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "claimed": {
                  "description": "The studio manages this listing. Most listings are not claimed.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "country": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "engines": {
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "type": "array"
                },
                "featured": {
                  "description": "Carries a paid tier, which lifts it above unpaid listings in this ordering.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "platforms": {
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "type": "array"
                },
                "services": {
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "type": "array"
                },
                "slug": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "studioConfirmed": {
                  "description": "The directory found its badge on the studio's own domain. Domain control only.",
                  "type": "boolean"
                },
                "tagline": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "teamSize": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "topRanking": {
                  "type": [
                    "object",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "url": {
                  "description": "Canonical profile page. Link to this when citing the studio.",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "website": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "yearFounded": {
                  "type": [
                    "integer",
                    "null"
                  ]
                }
              },
              "type": "object"
            },
            "type": "array"
          },
          "total": {
            "description": "Matches in the directory, before the cap. Quote this number.",
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "total",
          "returned",
          "studios",
          "browseUrl",
          "citation",
          "caveats"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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curl -s https://api.teppi.xyz/v1/evidence/sha256:67334be41a064ddfd45a72e7600f984e2e3cf1099d6c7dc4270e1d3594075808 | sha256sum