# MERLOT

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/merlot/  
**Website:** https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm  
**APIs profiled:** 0

MERLOT (the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a non‑profit organization that provides a curated collection of free and open online learning materials, tools, and resources for educators, students, and lifelong learners. It hosts a searchable repository of peer‑reviewed teaching materials, offers community‑driven support, and facilitates collaboration through its SkillsCommons platform, aiming to improve teaching and learning worldwide.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 44.6 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 5.9 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 2.9 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| 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 |

## Security (1)

- **Merlot Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Education, Open-Source, Community, Learning

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