# Context7

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/context7/  
**Website:** https://context7.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Context7 is an Upstash service providing up-to-date, version-specific documentation and code examples for libraries and frameworks, exposed as both a REST API and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so AI coding assistants can fetch authoritative reference material at prompt time.

## Kin Score — 31.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 31.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 72.2 |
| Contract Quality | 49.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **Context7 MCP Server** — The Context7 MCP Server implements the Model Context Protocol so AI coding assistants such as Cursor, Claude, and Windsurf can call Context7 tools directly from a developer's ed...
- **Context7 CLI** — The Context7 CLI (ctx7) is a command-line tool for querying the Context7 index from the terminal. It provides ctx7 library for searching the catalog by library name and ctx7 doc...
- **Context7 Add API** — The Add API from Context7 — 6 operation(s) for add.
- **Context7 Context API** — The Context API from Context7 — 1 operation(s) for context.
- **Context7 Libs API** — The Libs API from Context7 — 1 operation(s) for libs.
- **Context7 Policies API** — The Policies API from Context7 — 1 operation(s) for policies.
- **Context7 Refresh API** — The Refresh API from Context7 — 1 operation(s) for refresh.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Context7 Agentic Access** — 11 operations · 8 acting

## Security (3)

- **Context7 Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Context7 Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS
- **Context7 Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published

## Plans (1)

- **Context7 Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, Context, Documentation, LLM, MCP

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/context7/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.