content_type=how-toHow-to
Procedural content: step-by-step instructions for accomplishing a task, as opposed to reference material explaining how something works.
Tutorials and guides. Useful for an agent that needs a procedure rather than a definition — and worth pairing with a recency preference, because procedures go stale faster than concepts.
How-to content is the type most vulnerable to version drift: the steps were correct once and the interface has since changed. A publication-date bound is more useful here than almost anywhere else, and `docs` is the better first query when an official procedure exists.
What this covers
- tutorials
- setup guides
- walkthroughs
Example
curl -H "x-api-key: $UNLOB_API_KEY" \
"https://api.unlob.com/search?q=your+query&content_type[]=how-to&limit=10"Common questions
What is the how-to content type?
Procedural content: step-by-step instructions for accomplishing a task, as opposed to reference material explaining how something works.
How do I search only how-to?
Set content_type[]=how-to on any search request. Content type is assigned at index time from page structure and markup rather than guessed from the URL, so the filter is reliable.
When is the how-to filter worth using?
How-to content is the type most vulnerable to version drift: the steps were correct once and the interface has since changed. A publication-date bound is more useful here than almost anywhere else, and `docs` is the better first query when an official procedure exists.
Filter by what a page is
Content type is assigned at index time from structure, not guessed from the URL — so the filter does what it says.