# CARTO

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cartodb/  
**Website:** https://docs.carto.com/carto-for-developers  
**APIs profiled:** 1

CARTO (formerly CartoDB) is a cloud-native location intelligence and spatial analytics platform that runs directly on top of modern cloud data warehouses including Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Databricks, PostgreSQL and Oracle. Developers use the CARTO Cloud-Native (v3) APIs — SQL API, Maps API, Import/Export API, Location Data Services (geocoding, routing, isolines) and the Data Observatory — together with the deck.gl visualization stack, the CARTO for React library, and Python packages to build interactive geospatial applications and analytical workflows. CARTO is notably agent-native: it ships a hosted MCP Server, a first-party `carto` CLI, and a public catalog of 23 Agent Skills for spatial analysis. Authentication is via permanent API Access Tokens or Auth0-backed OAuth (SPA authorization-code and machine-to-machine client-credentials) scoped to the `carto-cloud-native-api` audience.

## Kin Score — 38.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-30 under rubric 0.17.2. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 73.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 46.1 |
| Access Clarity | 46.1 |

## Agent readiness — 18.7 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | yes |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | yes |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **CARTO Cloud-Native API** — The CARTO Cloud-Native (v3) REST API surface — SQL API (query and async SQL jobs against a connected data warehouse), Maps API (vector/tile map instantiation), Import/Export API...

## MCP servers (1)

- **CARTO MCP Server**

## Security (3)

- **Cartodb Authentication** — apiKey/oauth2/openIdConnect · 3 schemes
- **Cartodb Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Cartodb Trust Center** — trust center published

## Tags

Company, Developer Tools, Location Intelligence, Geospatial, Maps, Spatial Analytics, Data Warehouse, GIS, Agents

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cartodb/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.