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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Direct Index MCP API
version: '0.2'
description: 'Agent-Direct Scores: whether AI agents can find, read and act on a business''s own website. Free, open data, no authentication for reads. An API key (optional, agency plan) only raises the scan limit.'
contact:
url: https://directindex.org/
servers:
- url: https://directindex.org
security:
- {}
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: MCP
paths:
/mcp:
post:
summary: MCP server (Streamable HTTP, stateless).
responses:
'200':
description: JSON-RPC response
tags:
- MCP
operationId: postMcp
x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
securitySchemes:
apiKey:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: di_live_ followed by 32 hex characters
description: 'Optional. Raises the new-scan limit to the key''s own (300 an hour on the agency plan) and attributes the call to the key; reads need no key and stay unlimited. Keys come with the agency plan: https://directindex.org/agency. Details: https://directindex.org/auth.md'