Defectbird

Defectbird provides software for US auto repair shops, mobile mechanics, and RV inspectors to run vehicle inspection checklists and generate defect lists. It offers a free checklist service and a paid Defectbird Pro plan at $29 per seat per month, storing inspections, photos, and authorizations. The platform aims to streamline multi‑point inspections for independent repair shops, mobile services, and fleet workshops, without handling state inspection laws or vehicle history data.

Defectbird is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Automotive, Inspection, Software, Software-as-a-Service, and US.

Defectbird’s developer surface includes support, authentication, pricing, and 18 more developer resources.

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26.3/100 thin Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 API 1 MCP Servers

Automotive Inspection Software Software-as-a-Service US

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 26.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 17

Access Clarity 8.9 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 11

Contract Governance 0.8 / 10

Discoverability 5.5 / 9

Regulatory Posture 4.6 / 15

Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 0.0 — up to +25.0 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 23.1 — up to +15.4 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 10.5 — up to +11.6 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Defectbird API

Defectbird MCP dataset API

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Defectbird MCP Server

Remote MCP server at defectbird.com.

MCP SERVER

Defectbird API pricing

Prices published by Defectbird, read 2026-11-05 from defectbird.com/pricing/.

Plan	Price
Free	$0
Defectbird Pro	$29 per seat, per month

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Defectbird Com Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Defectbird Com Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Defectbird Com Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Defectbird Com Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

WellKnown

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Conformance

Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

ToolCrosswalk

ToolCrosswalk

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

Authentication

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: defectbird-com
name: Defectbird
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://defectbird.com/og.png
description: Defectbird provides software for US auto repair shops, mobile mechanics, and RV inspectors to run vehicle inspection
  checklists and generate defect lists. It offers a free checklist service and a paid Defectbird Pro plan at $29 per seat
  per month, storing inspections, photos, and authorizations. The platform aims to streamline multi‑point inspections for
  independent repair shops, mobile services, and fleet workshops, without handling state inspection laws or vehicle history
  data.
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/defectbird-com/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:mcp-registry
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-11-05 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-11-05'
modified: '2026-11-05'
tags:
- Automotive
- Inspection
- Software
- Software-as-a-Service
- US
tags_raw:
- Automotive
- Inspection
- Software
- SaaS
- US
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/defectbird-com-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/defectbird-com-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://defectbird.com/terms
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/defectbird-com-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/defectbird-com-llms.txt
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/defectbird-com-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/defectbird-com-mcp.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/defectbird-com-security.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/defectbird-com-app-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/defectbird-com-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/defectbird-com-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/defectbird-com-vendors.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://defectbird.com/terms/
- type: Support
  url: https://defectbird.com/support/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://defectbird.com/privacy/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/defectbird-com-authentication.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/defectbird-com-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/defectbird-com-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://defectbird.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://defectbird.com/pricing/
apis:
- name: Defectbird API
  description: Defectbird MCP dataset API
  humanURL: https://defectbird.com/mcp
  baseURL: https://defectbird.com
  aid: defectbird-com:defectbird-api
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-05'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 22
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

Defectbird API — frequently asked questions

Does Defectbird have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 API from Defectbird, including Defectbird API.

How do I authenticate with the Defectbird API?

Defectbird uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Defectbird Com Authentication.

How much does the Defectbird API cost?

Defectbird publishes its prices; its Free plan is $0 as of 2026-11-05. APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Defectbird, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Defectbird have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Defectbird: Remote MCP server at defectbird.com.

Is the Defectbird API ready for AI agents?

Defectbird has a Kin Score of 26.3 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 12.1 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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