Spoonacular Agentic Access
Spoonacular exposes 99 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 24 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.
By consequence: 75 read and 24 write.
Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.
By consequence
Source
Agentic Access
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/spoonacular-openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
operations: 99
by_action_class:
connected: 75
acting: 24
by_consequence:
read: 75
write: 24
human_in_the_loop_required: 0
operations:
- path: /recipes/complexSearch
method: get
operationId: searchRecipes
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/findByIngredients
method: get
operationId: searchRecipesByIngredients
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/findByNutrients
method: get
operationId: searchRecipesByNutrients
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/information
method: get
operationId: getRecipeInformation
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/informationBulk
method: get
operationId: getRecipeInformationBulk
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/similar
method: get
operationId: getSimilarRecipes
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/random
method: get
operationId: getRandomRecipes
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/autocomplete
method: get
operationId: autocompleteRecipeSearch
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/tasteWidget.json
method: get
operationId: getRecipeTasteByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/tasteWidget.png
method: get
operationId: recipeTasteByIDImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/equipmentWidget.json
method: get
operationId: getRecipeEquipmentByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/equipmentWidget.png
method: get
operationId: equipmentByIDImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/priceBreakdownWidget.json
method: get
operationId: getRecipePriceBreakdownByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/priceBreakdownWidget.png
method: get
operationId: priceBreakdownByIDImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/ingredientWidget.json
method: get
operationId: getRecipeIngredientsByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/ingredientWidget.png
method: get
operationId: ingredientsByIDImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/nutritionWidget.json
method: get
operationId: getRecipeNutritionWidgetByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/nutritionWidget.png
method: get
operationId: recipeNutritionByIDImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/nutritionLabel
method: get
operationId: recipeNutritionLabelWidget
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/nutritionLabel.png
method: get
operationId: recipeNutritionLabelImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/analyzedInstructions
method: get
operationId: getAnalyzedRecipeInstructions
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/extract
method: get
operationId: extractRecipeFromWebsite
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/ingredientWidget
method: get
operationId: visualizeRecipeIngredientsByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/tasteWidget
method: get
operationId: visualizeRecipeTasteByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/equipmentWidget
method: get
operationId: visualizeRecipeEquipmentByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/priceBreakdownWidget
method: get
operationId: visualizeRecipePriceBreakdownByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/visualizeTaste
method: post
operationId: visualizeRecipeTaste
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/visualizeNutrition
method: post
operationId: visualizeRecipeNutrition
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/visualizePriceEstimator
method: post
operationId: visualizePriceBreakdown
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/visualizeEquipment
method: post
operationId: visualizeEquipment
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/analyze
method: post
operationId: analyzeRecipe
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/{id}/summary
method: get
operationId: summarizeRecipe
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/{id}/card
method: get
operationId: createRecipeCardGet
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/visualizeRecipe
method: post
operationId: createRecipeCard
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/analyzeInstructions
method: post
operationId: analyzeRecipeInstructions
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/cuisine
method: post
operationId: classifyCuisine
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/queries/analyze
method: get
operationId: analyzeARecipeSearchQuery
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/convert
method: get
operationId: convertAmounts
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/parseIngredients
method: post
operationId: parseIngredients
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/{id}/nutritionWidget
method: get
operationId: visualizeRecipeNutritionByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/visualizeIngredients
method: post
operationId: visualizeIngredients
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /recipes/guessNutrition
method: get
operationId: guessNutritionByDishName
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/ingredients/{id}/information
method: get
operationId: getIngredientInformation
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/ingredients/{id}/amount
method: get
operationId: computeIngredientAmount
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/ingredients/glycemicLoad
method: post
operationId: computeGlycemicLoad
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /food/ingredients/autocomplete
method: get
operationId: autocompleteIngredientSearch
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/ingredients/search
method: get
operationId: ingredientSearch
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/ingredients/substitutes
method: get
operationId: getIngredientSubstitutes
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/ingredients/{id}/substitutes
method: get
operationId: getIngredientSubstitutesByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/search
method: get
operationId: searchGroceryProducts
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/upc/{upc}
method: get
operationId: searchGroceryProductsByUPC
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/customFoods/search
method: get
operationId: searchCustomFoods
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/{id}
method: get
operationId: getProductInformation
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/upc/{upc}/comparable
method: get
operationId: getComparableProducts
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/suggest
method: get
operationId: autocompleteProductSearch
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/{id}/nutritionWidget
method: get
operationId: visualizeProductNutritionByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/{id}/nutritionWidget.png
method: get
operationId: productNutritionByIDImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/{id}/nutritionLabel
method: get
operationId: productNutritionLabelWidget
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/{id}/nutritionLabel.png
method: get
operationId: productNutritionLabelImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/products/classify
method: post
operationId: classifyGroceryProduct
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /food/products/classifyBatch
method: post
operationId: classifyGroceryProductBulk
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /food/ingredients/map
method: post
operationId: mapIngredientsToGroceryProducts
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /food/menuItems/suggest
method: get
operationId: autocompleteMenuItemSearch
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/menuItems/search
method: get
operationId: searchMenuItems
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/menuItems/{id}
method: get
operationId: getMenuItemInformation
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/menuItems/{id}/nutritionWidget
method: get
operationId: visualizeMenuItemNutritionByID
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/menuItems/{id}/nutritionWidget.png
method: get
operationId: menuItemNutritionByIDImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/menuItems/{id}/nutritionLabel
method: get
operationId: menuItemNutritionLabelWidget
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/menuItems/{id}/nutritionLabel.png
method: get
operationId: menuItemNutritionLabelImage
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /mealplanner/generate
method: get
operationId: generateMealPlan
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/week/{start_date}
method: get
operationId: getMealPlanWeek
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/day/{date}
method: delete
operationId: clearMealPlanDay
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/items
method: post
operationId: addToMealPlan
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/items/{id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteFromMealPlan
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/templates
method: get
operationId: getMealPlanTemplates
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/templates
method: post
operationId: addMealPlanTemplate
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/templates/{id}
method: get
operationId: getMealPlanTemplate
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/templates/{id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteMealPlanTemplate
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/shopping-list
method: get
operationId: getShoppingList
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/shopping-list/{start_date}/{end_date}
method: post
operationId: generateShoppingList
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /users/connect
method: post
operationId: connectUser
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/shopping-list/items
method: post
operationId: addToShoppingList
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /mealplanner/{username}/shopping-list/items/{id}
method: delete
operationId: deleteFromShoppingList
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /food/restaurants/search
method: get
operationId: searchRestaurants
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/wine/dishes
method: get
operationId: getDishPairingForWine
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/wine/pairing
method: get
operationId: getWinePairing
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/wine/description
method: get
operationId: getWineDescription
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/wine/recommendation
method: get
operationId: getWineRecommendation
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/images/classify
method: get
operationId: imageClassificationByURL
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/images/analyze
method: get
operationId: imageAnalysisByURL
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /recipes/quickAnswer
method: get
operationId: quickAnswer
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/detect
method: post
operationId: detectFoodInText
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /food/site/search
method: get
operationId: searchSiteContent
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/search
method: get
operationId: searchAllFood
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/videos/search
method: get
operationId: searchFoodVideos
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/jokes/random
method: get
operationId: getARandomFoodJoke
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/trivia/random
method: get
operationId: getRandomFoodTrivia
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/converse
method: get
operationId: talkToChatbot
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /food/converse/suggest
method: get
operationId: getConversationSuggests
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
Work with this as data
Every access contract here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP. Agentic Access is not yet its own endpoint on the v1 API. Reach it through catalog search and the tag graph, or the MCP server.
MCP server
One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.
https://apis.io/mcp
Tools for agentic access
3 MCP tools reach this
apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
Call it yourself
curl for this page
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/search?q=spoonacular-agentic-access&limit=10"
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/tags/spoonacular-agentic-access"
Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.