Kite Hill

Kite Hill is an American plant-based food company founded in 2010 by chef Tal Ronnen, cheesemaker Monte Casino and Stanford biochemist Pat Brown, headquartered in Hayward, California, making almond-milk yogurts, Greek-style yogurts, cream cheese and sour cream alternatives, ricotta, dips and filled pastas sold at Whole Foods, Target, Sprouts, Publix and other grocers, and direct to consumers at kite-hill.com. Kite Hill runs no developer program and publishes no OpenAPI, but its Shopify-hosted storefront exposes a substantial machine-readable surface from its own domain: an anonymously introspectable Storefront GraphQL API, TWO live Model Context Protocol servers whose tools/list both answer anonymously, a Universal Commerce Protocol merchant profile at /.well-known/ucp, OpenID Connect and RFC 8414 discovery for customer accounts, and a provider-authored /agents.md and /llms.txt that tell AI agents which surface to use and that no agent may finalize payment without contemporaneous human approval.

Kite Hill publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer Packaged Goods, Plant Based Foods, Dairy Alternatives, and Food and Beverage.

Kite Hill’s developer surface includes documentation, authentication, FAQ, engineering blog, support, signup flow, and 25 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

33.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 44/100 agent native saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessSelf serve

3 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Company Consumer Packaged GoodsPlant Based FoodsDairy AlternativesFood and Beverage E-Commerce Direct to Consumer Retail Agentic Commerce Shopify GraphQL MCP Universal Commerce Protocol

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 33.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 20

Access Clarity 4.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Contract Governance 2.2 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 44/100 · agent native

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 5 / 5

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APIs 3

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

Kite Hill Storefront GraphQL API

The Shopify Storefront GraphQL API as served from Kite Hill's own domain. Introspection is anonymous — the full schema (416 types, 34 query fields, 41 mutations, 28 Relay connec...

Kite Hill Storefront MCP Server

A live Model Context Protocol server on Kite Hill's storefront host. An anonymous JSON-RPC tools/list returned five tools with full JSON Schema input contracts — search_catalog,...

Kite Hill UCP Agentic Commerce API

Kite Hill implements the Universal Commerce Protocol for agent-driven commerce. The merchant profile at /.well-known/ucp declares UCP 2026-04-08 and 2026-01-23, the dev.ucp.shop...

MCP Servers 1

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

Kite Hill MCP Server

Kite Hill serves TWO live MCP endpoints from its own storefront host, and BOTH answer an anonymous JSON-RPC tools/list with HTTP 200 and full JSON Schema input contracts. The Sh...

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Kite Hill Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kite Hill Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

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

Kite Hill Authentication

none/openIdConnect/oauth2/agentProfile/http · 7 schemes

SECURITY

Kite Hill Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Kite Hill Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Kite Hill Agentic Access

0 operations

0 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

GraphQL

GraphQL

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

MCPServer

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

DataModel

Conventions

Idempotency

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

ToolCrosswalk

ToolCrosswalk

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

FAQ

ContactUs

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Blog

About

Press

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

StoreLocator

StoreLocator

SecondaryMarket

SecondaryMarket

Source (apis.yml)

aid: kite-hill
name: Kite Hill
description: 'Kite Hill is an American plant-based food company founded in 2010 by chef Tal Ronnen, cheesemaker Monte Casino
  and Stanford biochemist Pat Brown, headquartered in Hayward, California, making almond-milk yogurts, Greek-style yogurts,
  cream cheese and sour cream alternatives, ricotta, dips and filled pastas sold at Whole Foods, Target, Sprouts, Publix and
  other grocers, and direct to consumers at kite-hill.com. Kite Hill runs no developer program and publishes no OpenAPI, but
  its Shopify-hosted storefront exposes a substantial machine-readable surface from its own domain: an anonymously introspectable
  Storefront GraphQL API, TWO live Model Context Protocol servers whose tools/list both answer anonymously, a Universal Commerce
  Protocol merchant profile at /.well-known/ucp, OpenID Connect and RFC 8414 discovery for customer accounts, and a provider-authored
  /agents.md and /llms.txt that tell AI agents which surface to use and that no agent may finalize payment without contemporaneous
  human approval.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kite-hill/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment-pipeline
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-02'
  method: derived
image: https://kite-hill.com/cdn/shop/files/OG_Image_2400x1260.png?v=1734547205
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-08-23'
modified: '2026-08-23'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Plant Based Foods
- Dairy Alternatives
- Food and Beverage
- E-Commerce
- Direct to Consumer
- Retail
- Agentic Commerce
- Shopify
- GraphQL
- MCP
- Universal Commerce Protocol
apis:
- aid: kite-hill:storefront-graphql
  name: Kite Hill Storefront GraphQL API
  description: The Shopify Storefront GraphQL API as served from Kite Hill's own domain. Introspection is anonymous — the
    full schema (416 types, 34 query fields, 41 mutations, 28 Relay connections) was retrieved without a Storefront access
    token on 2026-08-23. Covers the product catalog, collections, cart and checkout preparation, editorial content, store
    policies and customer accounts.
  humanURL: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/storefront
  baseURL: https://kite-hill.com/api/2026-04/graphql.json
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - E-Commerce
  - Catalog
  - Cart
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/kite-hill-storefront.graphql
  - type: GraphQLManifest
    url: graphql/kite-hill-graphql.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/kite-hill-data-model.yml
- aid: kite-hill:storefront-mcp
  name: Kite Hill Storefront MCP Server
  description: A live Model Context Protocol server on Kite Hill's storefront host. An anonymous JSON-RPC tools/list returned
    five tools with full JSON Schema input contracts — search_catalog, get_product_details, get_cart, update_cart and search_shop_policies_and_faqs.
  humanURL: https://kite-hill.com/agents.md
  baseURL: https://kite-hill.com/api/mcp
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Agents
  - E-Commerce
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/kite-hill-mcp.yml
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/kite-hill-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: kite-hill:ucp-commerce
  name: Kite Hill UCP Agentic Commerce API
  description: Kite Hill implements the Universal Commerce Protocol for agent-driven commerce. The merchant profile at /.well-known/ucp
    declares UCP 2026-04-08 and 2026-01-23, the dev.ucp.shopping MCP service endpoint, the cart / checkout / fulfillment /
    discount / order / catalog capabilities and two payment handlers (Google Pay and Shopify card). This endpoint's tools/list
    answers ANONYMOUSLY — thirteen tools with full JSON Schema input contracts, spanning the whole cart-to-completed-order
    lifecycle. Checkout completion still requires contemporaneous buyer approval.
  humanURL: https://ucp.dev/2026-04-08/specification/overview/
  baseURL: https://kite-hill.com/api/ucp/mcp
  tags:
  - UCP
  - Agentic Commerce
  - MCP
  - Checkout
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/kite-hill-mcp.yml
  - type: AgenticAccess
    url: agentic-access/kite-hill-agentic-access.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://kite-hill.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://kite-hill.com/agents.md
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/kite-hill-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/kite-hill-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/kite-hill-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/kite-hill-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/kite-hill-agentic-access.yml
- type: GraphQL
  url: graphql/kite-hill-storefront.graphql
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/kite-hill-data-model.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kite-hill-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/kite-hill-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/kite-hill-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/kite-hill-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/kite-hill-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/kite-hill-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/kite-hill-conformance.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/kite-hill-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/kite-hill-plans-pricing.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kite-hill-domain-security.yml
- type: FAQ
  url: https://kite-hill.com/pages/faq
- type: Blog
  url: https://kite-hill.com/blogs/recipes
- type: About
  url: https://kite-hill.com/pages/about-us
- type: ContactUs
  url: https://kite-hill.com/pages/contact
- type: Support
  url: https://kite-hill.com/pages/contact
- type: StoreLocator
  url: https://kite-hill.com/pages/store-locator
- type: Press
  url: https://kite-hill.com/pages/press-awards
- type: SignUp
  url: https://kite-hill.com/account/register
- type: Login
  url: https://kite-hill.com/account/login
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://kite-hill.com/policies/privacy-policy
- type: SecondaryMarket
  url: https://forgeglobal.com/kite-hill_stock/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-23'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 30
  pass: local-v1
x-coverage:
  state: covered
  reason: null
  detail: Contract discovery succeeded. Kite Hill runs no developer program and publishes no OpenAPI, but four machine-readable
    surfaces answered anonymously from its own domain — Storefront GraphQL introspection, an MCP server at /api/mcp whose
    tools/call also answered without a credential, a UCP commerce MCP server at /api/ucp/mcp whose tools/list returned all
    thirteen tools including complete_checkout, and a UCP merchant profile plus OIDC/RFC 8414 discovery at /.well-known/.
    Every product in that catalog is published at $0.00.
  evidence:
  - url: https://kite-hill.com/api/2026-04/graphql.json
    status: 200
  - url: https://kite-hill.com/api/ucp/mcp
    status: 200
  - url: https://kite-hill.com/api/mcp
    status: 200
  - url: https://kite-hill.com/.well-known/ucp
    status: 200
  - url: https://kite-hill.com/llms.txt
    status: 200
  - url: https://kite-hill.com/openapi.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://kite-hill.com/.well-known/agent-card.json
    status: 404
  checked: '2026-08-23'

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