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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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26.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
Developer ToolsDevelopersDocumentationExperience

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 26.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Access Clarity 3.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13
Contract Governance 1.2 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
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 4

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

grounded.tools Docs MCP Server API

OPEN COLLECTION

grounded.tools Docs MCP Server MCP Transport API

OPEN COLLECTION

grounded.tools Docs MCP Server MCP Transport Web UI 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

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide
ContributionGuide

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker
IssueTracker
 Releases
Releases

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License
License

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: 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: 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: '0.23'
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/arabold/docs-mcp-server/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/arabold/docs-mcp-server/releases
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/arabold/docs-mcp-server/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/arabold/docs-mcp-server/blob/main/LICENSE
- 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