Name: APIs.io
Author: API Evangelist

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apis_io_search — START HERE. Federated overview of the APIs.io catalog for a query: the top matching APIs, providers, AND tags in one call, each with its total match count. Filt
get_prices — What one call costs on the pay-as-you-go plan, by cost band. FREE — and deliberately so: an agent that learns a price only when it is refused has already been r
get_playground_apis — Curated APIs that are SAFE TO EXPERIMENT WITH — no key (or an instant, free, self-serve key), no cost, and no real-world side effects. Free, and deliberately so
find_apis — Paginated, sortable list of APIs across providers — filter by tag, provider, artifact type, industry, region, or rating band. Matching is LEXICAL: `q` searches
get_api — Full detail for one API by aid (provider:api-slug); set include=["content"] to inline artifact bodies. Results carry `next`: the sub-resources that exist for th
find_providers — Paginated, sortable list of providers — filter by text, tag, artifact type, industry, region, rating band, access model (pricing/onboarding/try_now/public), or
get_provider — Full detail for one provider: profile, rating, and the APIs it publishes. The heavy `collections` and `common` sections are omitted by default (their counts are
find_tags — Paginated, sortable list of tags in the taxonomy. Filter by `axis` to separate MARKETS (a business someone is in) from CAPABILITIES (the name of a resource in s
get_tag — One tag: its metadata, neighbor tags, and a top sample of its providers and APIs (with totals). `provider_count` counts companies that classify THEMSELVES here;
find_industries — Browse industry verticals; sort by provider/API count.
get_industry — One industry: metadata + a top sample of its member providers (ranked, with the total). Use find_providers?industry=slug for the full list, or view=full here. R
find_estates — Browse corporate estates — one COMPANY whose API surface is spread across many provider records (Amazon 237, Salesforce 27, Cisco 37). Ranked by member count. U
get_estate — One estate: the owning provider, the full member roster with per-member API counts and bands, and the estate-wide rating. Use get_provider_estate(slug) to go th
get_provider_estate — Which corporate estate a provider belongs to, if any. Answers 200 with estate:null when the provider stands alone — that is a measured absence, not a missing re
find_regions — Browse geographic regions; sort by provider/API count. Returns the 18 regions themselves. The collection also holds region x industry crossover pages (nordics-h
get_region — One region: metadata + a top sample of its member providers (ranked, with the total). Use find_providers?region=slug for the full list, or view=full here. Resul
find_countries — Browse the country dimension — the finest of the four place taxonomies, and the one a buyer usually names ("who is in Germany"). Peer to find_industries / find_
get_country — One country: metadata, counts, and a top sample of member providers (with the total). Use find_providers?country=slug for the full ranked list, or view=full her
find_areas — Browse the API Evangelist areas taxonomy (authentication, webhooks, payments, …) — curated, scored provider indexes. Search by text; sort by provider count.
get_area — One area: metadata, its dedicated site link, and a top sample of member providers (with the total). Use find_providers?area=slug for the full list, or view=full
find_regulations — Browse the laws, statutes and accreditations the catalog tracks, each joined to the countries, regions and industries it binds. Filter by scope=horizontal to ge
get_regulation — One regulation: what it is, its jurisdiction and scope, a link to the law itself, and reaches[] — the country, region and industry cohorts this regime binds. Us
find_extensions — Browse every OpenAPI `x-` specification extension harvested across the catalog, with the provenance the OpenAPI Initiative registry does not carry: who publishe
get_extension — One OpenAPI specification extension: its publishers, occurrence and document counts, where it appears, and the value shapes observed. CHECK is_api_evangelist BE
find_ratings — Ranked ratings leaderboard — filter by band, score range, trend, or facet threshold. Sort by composite (default), delta (biggest gainers), or any quality facet
get_provider_rating — One provider's full rating breakdown (composite, band, trend, six facets). Priced B1 (single-entity synthesis) — $0.01 per call under pay-as-you-go; included in
find_cohorts — START HERE for market-level questions. Every scored population of providers in the catalog — tags, industries, regions, areas and VC portfolios — as one browsab
get_cohort — One cohort: its identity, its population, and the full member roster with each provider's Kin Score and agent readiness. Understanding plan. The analysis parts
find_tag_groups — START HERE for capability-map questions. The 1,500+ tag groups the catalog computes — sets of tags that demonstrably travel together across providers (Cards, Lo
get_tag_group — One tag group: its member tags and the full provider roster resolved from the catalog, each with Kin Score and agent readiness. Filter the roster by industry, r
tag_group_tags — The member tags of one tag group, each joined to its catalog record — provider count, api count, tag quality band and composite. Use it to see what a group is a
cohort_stats — UNDERSTANDING — the DISTRIBUTION for a whole market: Kin Score mean/median/min/max/stdev, agent-readiness spread, band split, per-facet averages, and artifact a
cohort_rankings — UNDERSTANDING — the leaderboard for a market, on TWO axes: rank by Kin Score composite AND rank by agent readiness. The two orders differ, and the gap between a
cohort_scores — UNDERSTANDING — facet-level scores for every member of a cohort, each with the cohort average and the delta against it. A 60 in governance means nothing until y
find_operations — UNDERSTANDING — CATALOG-WIDE operation search: which providers expose a path matching your terms. "Who has a POST /refunds" had no answer before this — tags are
deprecated_operations — UNDERSTANDING — every provider publishing at least one operation marked deprecated in its own OpenAPI, ranked by how many. The lifecycle view of the catalog: 8,
cohort_history — UNDERSTANDING — the SET-LEVEL time series: how a whole market's Kin Score and agent readiness moved, build by build. There was a per-provider series and a whole
cohort_failures — UNDERSTANDING — what a whole market gets WRONG: the agent-readiness checks its members most commonly fail, ranked by what fixing each would move the cohort mean
cohort_capabilities — UNDERSTANDING — what every member of a cohort actually publishes: artifact counts by type plus the agent-readiness dimensions each one satisfies. The capability
compare_cohorts — UNDERSTANDING — two markets side by side on one rubric: "is US payments further along than UK banking?" Returns both distributions plus the deltas on score, age
get_provider_operations — Every operation a provider exposes, across all of its OpenAPIs — method, path, operationId, summary, which API it belongs to, and whether it is deprecated. The
get_provider_tools — Every MCP tool a provider ships, with the operation each one wraps and its auth. Reports provenance per tool: `first-party` means the provider publishes that se
get_provider_schema — Every JSON Schema a provider publishes — the data shapes their API works in, in one list, without walking their artifacts. Free.
get_provider_facets — UNDERSTANDING — one provider's score broken into its facets (discoverability, contract quality, governance, operational transparency, developer ergonomics, comm
get_agent_readiness — EXPLORE — the agent-readiness dimensions and standalone score for ONE provider (spec presence, MCP server, auth clarity, idempotency, error semantics, rate-limi
find_agent_readiness — UNDERSTANDING — the agent-readiness leaderboard across the whole catalog. Rank providers by agent readiness, and filter to those that DO satisfy (has) or do NOT
agent_readiness_dimensions — UNDERSTANDING — diffusion: for each agent-readiness dimension, how many scored providers satisfy it, out of how many, as a share. The denominator every "the age
find_capabilities — START HERE for "what can a business do with these APIs". The business-capability model — 333 top-level capabilities across 28 industries — with how many catalog
get_capability — One business capability: its definition, its sub-capabilities, the external authorities it cites, and WHICH catalog providers reach it with their ratings. Accep
get_capability_edges — UNDERSTANDING — the evidence behind a capability. Every edge that lands on it: the provider, the tag, the exact OpenAPI file, a calibrated confidence, and the Q
get_provider_business_capabilities — UNDERSTANDING — what ONE vendor's published APIs let a business DO, rolled up by capability, with the tag-level evidence under each. Answers "what is this vendo
get_provider_capabilities — What one provider publishes, counted by artifact type, with the agent dimensions it satisfies. Free — it is a fact about their own public surface. NOTE: this is
get_provider_evidence — How a provider's score was established, part by part: first-party (they published it), verified (we fetched and confirmed it), or derived (we inferred it). Free
get_rating_rubric — UNDERSTANDING — the rubric: bands, facet weights, trend thresholds, so an agent can interpret any score. Moved behind the paywall with the ratings data on 2026-
find_artifacts — Find artifacts of ANY one type across the catalog — the cross-type entry point. Each type also has a dedicated find_<type> tool (find_mcp, find_rules, find_scop
compare_providers — UNDERSTANDING — Compare 2+ providers side by side: composite/band, per-facet leaders, and an artifact-coverage matrix. Priced B2 (cross-catalog synthesis) — $0.
gap_analysis — UNDERSTANDING — For each provider: high-value artifacts it lacks (MCP, Arazzo, Rules, Skills…), what its peers commonly publish but it lacks, and its score vs t
whats_changed — UNDERSTANDING — What changed in the catalog since a date: providers added/updated, plus rating movement measured FROM THAT DATE — each provider's current score
recommend_stack — Design an API stack — the best-rated catalog provider per capability, assembled into a stack. The Understanding preview is the top pick per capability; the full
get_provider_apis — Every API one provider publishes, as a page you can filter — the provider's own catalog rather than the whole network's. Prefer this over find_apis with a `prov
get_provider_artifacts — Every artifact a provider publishes — provider-level (MCP, security, scopes, rules, agentic-access) and per-API (OpenAPI, Arazzo, overlays, reference docs) — gr
get_api_artifacts — One API's artifacts grouped by type (by_type_counts is the full summary); pass `type` to scope the list to one type (synonym-aware: MCP matches MCPServer), incl
get_openapi — An API's primary OpenAPI reference (url) — the top agent intent; set include=["content"] to inline the spec body.
get_provider_onboarding — A getting-started view for a provider — website, portal, signup, docs, authentication, base URLs, and first steps assembled from its registered links.
find_similar_providers — Providers similar to a given one (alternatives) by shared tags, areas, industry, region, and artifact coverage. Products under the same owner (a sister, not a r
find_similar_apis — APIs similar to a given one ("more like this") by shared tags.
get_industry_leaders — UNDERSTANDING — Top-rated providers in an industry vertical. Priced B1 (single-entity synthesis) — $0.01 per call under pay-as-you-go; included in Understanding
get_region_leaders — UNDERSTANDING — Top-rated providers in a region. Priced B1 (single-entity synthesis) — $0.01 per call under pay-as-you-go; included in Understanding and Influen
get_country_leaders — UNDERSTANDING — Top-rated providers in one country. Membership is derived and partial, so read the ranking as "the best of what we have placed there", not a nat
get_area_leaders — UNDERSTANDING — Top-rated providers in a curated API Evangelist area. Priced B1 (single-entity synthesis) — $0.01 per call under pay-as-you-go; included in Unde
get_rating_history — UNDERSTANDING — A provider's REAL score time series: one point per scored build (composite + agent readiness on each date), plus a summary of the movement over
find_rating_movers — UNDERSTANDING — The biggest rating movers (up and down) since the previous scoring build. Priced per result — $0.005 per request plus $0.0002 per record returne
story_leads — OWNER — The weekly "what's worth writing" rollup: ranked story leads from the demand map crossed with rating movement — unmet demand (searched, no result), rise
what_can_i_fix — INFLUENCE — the ranked, gated punch list for one provider you own. Every agent-readiness check with points still on the table (exact — these are real per-check
readiness_gates — INFLUENCE — what blocks the next agent-readiness band, GATES BEFORE POINTS. Some bands are unreachable on score alone: agent-native requires idempotency AND a s
simulate_fixes — INFLUENCE — project a set of fixes onto a provider's agent-readiness score and band before doing the work. Re-applies the band gate to the PROJECTED state, so i
claim_listing — INFLUENCE — ask to claim a listing as yours. Returns 202 with a token and the hosts it will be checked against: publish it as a DNS TXT record, or as a file at
generate_artifact — INFLUENCE — REQUEST an artifact you are being marked down for not having: apis-json, agent-card, mcp (one tool per operation you already publish), arazzo, rules
submit_artifact — INFLUENCE — tell us about an artifact you publish, rather than waiting for us to find it. Returns 202; a person fetches it, checks it and re-runs the pipeline a
correct_facts — INFLUENCE — propose corrections to what we say about you: name, description, url, industries, tags. Returns 202 and is applied by a person — an API that let an
dispute_finding — INFLUENCE — "you say we lack X, here it is." Send the claim in words and a URL that evidences it. Returns 202; a person fetches your evidence, checks it against
set_visibility — INFLUENCE — ask to be shown less, or not at all. `restricted` keeps a name, a description and a link to your own site, unrated and out of every ranked view; `de
watch_listing — INFLUENCE — be told when a listing you care about moves: score changes, band changes, agent-band changes, or a check closing. REQUIRES a destination: `contact`
list_watches — INFLUENCE — the listings you are watching, with the events registered for each and when you started. The read half of watch_listing: call it before registering
unwatch_listing — INFLUENCE — stop watching a listing. Takes effect immediately and removes the registration outright; there is no paused state. Removing a watch that was never r
request_check — INFLUENCE — ask APIs.io to (re)check something. Use it when a listing is wrong or stale, when a score looks incorrect, or to get a company profiled that is not
check_status — INFLUENCE — the status of a check request by id: queued, in_review, running, done, rejected or needs_info, with any notes shared by the reviewer. The id identif
find_agents — FREE, no account — the A2A agent registry: agents that registered THEMSELVES by serving an agent card and calling register_agent. Each row carries the card URL,
register_agent — FREE, no account — register yourself in the A2A agent registry. Serve an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json on a host you control, then call this with i
report_gap — FREE, no account — tell the catalog what you looked for and could not find. The consumer door (roadmap#166): a gap report is how the catalog learns what to add
my_checks — INFLUENCE — the check requests you filed, newest first. Requires a key or login — an anonymous caller has no identity to scope a list to, and should read a sing
export_dataset — LICENCE (sold on the Influence plan) — the WHOLE dataset, not a 100-row page: `ratings` (every rated provider with facets, trend, rubric + provenance), `provide
industry_gap_analysis — UNDERSTANDING — Valuable artifact types (MCP, Arazzo, Rules, Skills…) commonly missing across a whole industry — where the vertical is under-served. Priced B2 (
export_stack — UNDERSTANDING — Export a designed capability stack as an adoptable APIs.json document (with an Arazzo hint) the team can commit. Priced B3 (bulk export) — $0.00
insights_overview — UNDERSTANDING — the Insights root: how many companies are profiled, over how many quarters, and the top investment dimensions across the whole set. Read this FI
find_company_insights — Browse profiled companies (Fortune 1000) by name or industry; ranked by overall technology-readiness signal. `industry` takes an insights industry NAME from ins
insights_dimensions — Cross-section ranking of the 40 tracked investment dimensions (AI, cloud, governance, security, …) by how many profiled companies show signal. Understanding pla
insights_adoption — Services, tools, or standards ranked by how many companies adopt them across the profiled set. Understanding plan. Priced B2 (cross-catalog synthesis) — $0.05 p
insights_industries — UNDERSTANDING — the demand-side industry rollup: the sectors the profiled companies fall into. Each row carries TWO counts and they answer different questions:
get_company_insight — UNDERSTANDING — Full demand-side profile for one company: 40-dimension readiness scores, adopted stack, and per-quarter history. Priced B2 (cross-catalog synthe

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12 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	318 ms	server apis.io 1.3.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 141 tools
19 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	310 ms	server apis.io 1.3.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 141 tools
26 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	147 ms	server apis.io 1.3.0 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 141 tools
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