{"$schema":"https://wellknown.network/schemas/agent-record-v1.json","schemaVersion":"1","id":"ag_2bssdjup4a8p","handle":"public-apis-mcp","url":"https://wellknown.network/agents/public-apis-mcp","links":{"self":"https://wellknown.network/agents/public-apis-mcp/record.json","html":"https://wellknown.network/agents/public-apis-mcp","markdown":"https://wellknown.network/agents/public-apis-mcp/record.md","api":"https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/public-apis-mcp","status":"https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/public-apis-mcp/status","claim":"https://wellknown.network/agents/public-apis-mcp/claim","claimApi":"https://wellknown.network/api/v1/claims","claimDescriptor":"https://wellknown.network/agents/public-apis-mcp/claim.json","badge":"https://wellknown.network/agents/public-apis-mcp/badge.svg","openapi":"https://wellknown.network/openapi.json"},"ard":{"identifier":"urn:air::server:public-apis-mcp","type":"application/mcp-server-card+json"},"kind":"mcp_server","declared":{"name":"public-apis-mcp","summary":"MCP server exposing a catalog of free APIs with embedding-based lookups","description":"## Public APIs MCP\n\nCatalog of free public APIs with semantic search.\n\n## 🎯 Features\n\n- `search_public_apis`: embedding-based search over API names and descriptions\n- `get_public_api_details`: retrieve full details by `id`\n- Resources: `public-apis://apis`, `public-apis://api/{id}`\n\n## 🔧 Setup (uv)\n\nAdd to MCP clients (e.g., Claude Desktop) using uv.\n\n### Claude Desktop\n\nmacOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`\n\n```json\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"public-apis\": {\n      \"command\": \"uvx\",\n      \"args\": [\"public-apis-mcp\"]\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## 🚀 Usage\n\n- Build embeddings index (optional; auto-build on first search):\n```bash\nuvx public-apis-mcp build-index\n```\n- Run the MCP server over STDIO:\n```bash\nuvx public-apis-mcp run\n```\n\n## 📋 Tool Reference\n\n### `search_public_apis`\n- Purpose: Semantic search over the catalog\n- Parameters: `query` (str), `limit` (int, default 5)\n- Returns: list of `{ id, name, score, snippet }`\n\nExample call payload:\n```json\n{ \"name\": \"search_public_apis\", \"arguments\": { \"query\": \"weather\", \"limit\": 5 } }\n```\n\n### `get_public_api_details`\n- Purpose: Fetch full details by `id`\n- Parameters: `id` (str)\n- Returns: `ApiItem`\n\nExample call payload:\n```json\n{ \"name\": \"get_public_api_details\", \"arguments\": { \"id\": \"a6b3a6b3-a6b3-a6b3-a6b3-a6b3a6b3a6b3\" } }\n```\n\n## 🛠️ Development\n\nPrerequisites:\n- Python 3.10+\n- uv (`https://docs.astral.sh/uv/`)\n\nSetup:\n```bash\nuv sync --dev\n```\n\nRun tests:\n```bash\nFREE_APIS_MCP_TEST_MODE=1 uv run pytest -q\n```\n\nLint and format:\n```bash\nuv run ruff check --fix\nuv run ruff format\n```\n\nType checking:\n```bash\nuv run mypy src/\n```\n\n### MCP Client Dev Config\n\n```json\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"public-apis-dev\": {\n      \"command\": \"uv\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"--directory\",\n        \"<abs_path>/public-apis-mcp\",\n        \"run\",\n        \"public-apis-mcp\"\n      ]\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n### Build and Try\n\n```bash\nuv build\nuv run --with dist/*.whl public-apis-mcp --help\n```\n\n## 📦 Data & Index\n\n- Data: `s…","publisher":null,"homepage":"https://pypi.org/project/public-apis-mcp/","repository":"https://github.com/zazencodes/public-apis-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md","version":"0.1.0","license":"MIT License\n        \n        Permission is hereby granted, free…","protocols":["mcp"],"tags":["mcp","model","context","protocol","public","free","api","apis"],"pricing":null,"endpoints":[{"url":"pypi:public-apis-mcp","type":"package_pypi","auth":null,"probeable":false}],"skills":null,"tools":null,"extra":null,"attribution":{"kind":"pypi","name":"pypi","license":"pypi","repoUrl":"pypi","summary":"pypi","version":"pypi","description":"pypi","homepageUrl":"pypi"}},"derived":{"capabilities":[{"slug":"data.apis","name":"API Access","confidence":1,"provenance":"declared"},{"slug":"data.vector-search","name":"Vector Search","confidence":0.894,"provenance":"derived"},{"slug":"dev.docs-lookup","name":"Documentation Lookup","confidence":0.791,"provenance":"derived"}],"categories":["data","dev"],"language":"en"},"observed":{"status":"unknown","statusReason":"Distributed as a package to run locally; 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