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Prefer it over scraping DefiLlama directly when you need a pay-per-call, no-account-required integration with structured JSON output.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-11T12:43:08.105Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"manylives-defi-tvl-lookup-6718fdb0"}