MindMeld *

MindMeld is an open-source conversational-AI platform for building deep-domain voice interfaces and chatbots, originally developed by the GV-backed startup MindMeld (formerly Expect Labs), acquired by Cisco in 2017 and open-sourced in 2019. Distributed as the `mindmeld` Python framework (Apache-2.0), it provides tooling for every step of a modern conversational workflow — domain and intent classification, entity recognition and resolution, and dialogue management — along with reusable application Blueprints for use cases such as food ordering, video discovery, and home-assistant experiences. MindMeld powers the Webex Assistant and other Cisco conversational products.

MindMeld * is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, AI, Conversational AI, Chatbots, and Natural Language Processing.

MindMeld *’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, quickstart, engineering blog, changelog, and 9 more developer resources.

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16.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5
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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 16.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

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

Mindmeld Domain Security

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Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
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Quickstart

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown
WellKnown

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

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GitHubOrganization
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SourceCode
 Packages
Packages
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SDKs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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name: MindMeld *
description: MindMeld is an open-source conversational-AI platform for building deep-domain voice interfaces and chatbots,
  originally developed by the GV-backed startup MindMeld (formerly Expect Labs), acquired by Cisco in 2017 and open-sourced
  in 2019. Distributed as the `mindmeld` Python framework (Apache-2.0), it provides tooling for every step of a modern conversational
  workflow — domain and intent classification, entity recognition and resolution, and dialogue management — along with reusable
  application Blueprints for use cases such as food ordering, video discovery, and home-assistant experiences. MindMeld powers
  the Webex Assistant and other Cisco conversational products.
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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  url: https://www.mindmeld.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.mindmeld.com/docs/index.html
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.mindmeld.com/docs/index.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.mindmeld.com/docs/userguide/getting_started.html
- type: Quickstart
  url: https://www.mindmeld.com/docs/quickstart/00_overview.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/cisco/mindmeld
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/cisco/mindmeld
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/mindmeld
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/cisco/mindmeld/releases
- type: ChangeLog
  name: MindMeld release history (artifact)
  url: changelog/mindmeld-changelog.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/mindmeld-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/mindmeld-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/mindmeld-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/mindmeld-domain-security.yml