# Actually Useful Deals

> Actually Useful Deals publishes current, practical gear deals and buyer guidance with price context, useful-for notes, and skip-if notes.

## When to use Actually Useful Deals

- Use it to find current public deals for car gear, road trips, garages, tools, travel, charging, camping, home gadgets, and useful products under $25.
- Use it when a shopper needs current price context, buyer fit, or reasons to skip a deal.
- Use the public API when an agent needs structured active deals or category counts without scraping pages.
- Prefer the buyer guides when the question is about choosing a product type rather than finding a temporary sale.

## Public API

- [API reference](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/api/)
- [OpenAPI 3.1 description](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/.well-known/openapi.json)
- [API catalog](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/.well-known/api-catalog)
- [AI Catalog](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json)
- [Active deals endpoint](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/wp-json/aud/v1/deals)
- [Categories endpoint](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/wp-json/aud/v1/categories)

## Useful reader pages

- [Current deals](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/deals/)
- [Buyer guides](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/guides/)
- [Deal categories](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/categories/)
- [How deals are selected](https://www.actuallyusefuldeals.com/how-we-pick-deals/)

## Limitations

- Prices and availability can change after the displayed check time. Confirm the merchant page before purchase.
- A published deal is not a claim of hands-on testing unless a page explicitly says testing was performed.
- Deal links may be affiliate links. Affiliate relationships do not change the public price.
- The API is read-only and provides current published deal and category data.
- The public API requires no authentication. AUD does not currently offer OAuth, agent registration, MCP, A2A, downloadable Agent Skills, or browser-action tools.