# Gradient Decisions

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/gradientdecisions-com/  
**Website:** https://gradientdecisions.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Gradient Decisions provides pre‑payment merchant trust checks for x402 agents via its MCP tool. The service helps merchants assess risk before payment, offering a simple integration point and detailed risk insights. It targets e‑commerce platforms and payment processors seeking to reduce fraud and improve transaction confidence.

## Kin Score — 8.9 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-11-13 under rubric 0.28.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Access Clarity | 8.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 8.9 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 8.5 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

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

## APIs (1)

- **Gradient Decisions API** — Authentication and payment integration for x402 merchant trust checks. See auth.md for details.

## Security (2)

- **Gradient Decisions Authentication** — 1 scheme
- **Gradient Decisions Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

Company, Payments, Fraud Prevention, Merchants, MCP

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