# The Direct Index

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/directindex-org/  
**Website:** https://directindex.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

The Direct Index provides an independent, open‑source platform that scans any business website to determine whether AI agents can discover, read, and act on its content. It offers a free scanner, city indexes, and open data APIs that expose measurement results and raw site data for developers and researchers.

## Kin Score — 25.8 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 56.7 |
| Contract Quality | 46.8 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 17.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.0 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | derived |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | conformant |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | documented |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | distinct |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (23)

- **The Direct Index Ask API** — The Ask API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for ask.
- **The Direct Index Assistants.json API** — The Assistants.json API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for assistants.json.
- **The Direct Index Badge API** — The Badge API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for badge.
- **The Direct Index Brand API** — The Brand API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for brand.
- **The Direct Index Brands API** — The Brands API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for brands.
- **The Direct Index City API** — The City API from The Direct Index — 8 operation(s) for city.
- **The Direct Index Compare API** — The Compare API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for compare.
- **The Direct Index Countries API** — The Countries API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for countries.
- **The Direct Index Country API** — The Country API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for country.
- **The Direct Index Data API** — The Data API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for data.
- **The Direct Index Deep API** — The Deep API from The Direct Index — 2 operation(s) for deep.
- **The Direct Index Direct API** — The Direct API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for direct.
- **The Direct Index Direct.json API** — The Direct.json API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for direct.json.
- **The Direct Index Editions API** — The Editions API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for editions.
- **The Direct Index Go API** — The Go API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for go.
- **The Direct Index MCP API** — The Mcp API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for mcp.
- **The Direct Index Plan API** — The Plan API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for plan.
- **The Direct Index R API** — The R API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for r.
- **The Direct Index Rankings API** — The Rankings API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for rankings.
- **The Direct Index Scan API** — The Scan API from The Direct Index — 2 operation(s) for scan.
- **The Direct Index Search API** — The Search API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for search.
- **The Direct Index Site API** — The Site API from The Direct Index — 1 operation(s) for site.
- **The Direct Index Vendors API** — The Vendors API from The Direct Index — 2 operation(s) for vendors.

## MCP servers (1)

- **The Direct Index MCP Server** — Remote MCP server at directindex.org.

## Security (1)

- **Directindex Org Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, Open Data, WebScanning, Indexing

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