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Grounded.tools

Grounded.tools (Grounded Docs MCP Server) is an open-source, privacy-first documentation indexing tool that keeps AI assistants informed with up-to-date, version-specific documentation from multiple sources.

Grounded.tools publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: MCP Transport API and Web UI API. Tagged areas include Developer Tools, Developers, Documentation, and Experience.

The Grounded.tools catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

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38.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
Developer ToolsDevelopersDocumentationExperience

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 38.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

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

Grounded.tools MCP Transport API

Model Context Protocol transport endpoints for connecting AI assistants. Supports SSE and streamable HTTP transports.

Grounded.tools Web UI API

Web-based management interface for documentation sources, library browsing, job monitoring, and search.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

grounded.tools Docs MCP Server API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Grounded Tools Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Grounded Tools Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Grounded Tools Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Grounded Tools Context

0 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Grounded.tools API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

grounded.tools Job

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

grounded.tools Library

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

grounded.tools Search Result

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

grounded.tools Version

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 1

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

Grounded Tools Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Grounded Tools Agentic Access

3 operations · 1 acting

3 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: grounded-tools
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/grounded-tools/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: grounded-tools:grounded-tools-mcp-transport-api
  name: Grounded.tools MCP Transport API
  description: Model Context Protocol transport endpoints for connecting AI assistants. Supports SSE and streamable HTTP transports.
  humanURL: ' https://grounded.tools/'
  tags:
  - MCP Transport
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grounded-tools-mcp-transport-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: ' https://grounded.tools/'
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/arabold/docs-mcp-server
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/library.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/version.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/job.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/search-result.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/grounded-tools-context.jsonld
- aid: grounded-tools:grounded-tools-web-ui-api
  name: Grounded.tools Web UI API
  description: Web-based management interface for documentation sources, library browsing, job monitoring, and search.
  humanURL: ' https://grounded.tools/'
  tags:
  - Web UI
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/grounded-tools-web-ui-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: ' https://grounded.tools/'
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/arabold/docs-mcp-server
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/library.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/version.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/job.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/search-result.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/grounded-tools-context.jsonld
name: Grounded.tools
tags:
- Developer Tools
- Developers
- Documentation
- Experience
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/grounded-tools.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-01-02'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: Grounded.tools (Grounded Docs MCP Server) is an open-source, privacy-first documentation indexing tool that keeps
  AI assistants informed with up-to-date, version-specific documentation from multiple sources.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/grounded-tools-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/grounded-tools-domain-security.yml
- name: Docs MCP Server | grounded.tools
  description: 'null'
  url: https://grounded.tools/
  type: Website
- name: Docs MCP Server | grounded.tools
  description: 'null'
  url: https://grounded.tools/#features
  type: Features