# Odds API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/odds-api/  
**Website:** https://odds-api.net/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

OpenAPI-first sports betting odds API (odds-api.net) providing bookmaker odds, odds comparison, arbitrage, positive EV, line movement, and racing/sports coverage via REST plus SSE and WebSocket streaming. Agent-native with an MCP server, llms.txt, and agent instruction files, plus TypeScript and Python SDKs.

## Kin Score — 57.4 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-09-18 under rubric 0.22.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 57.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 51.6 |
| Contract Governance | 4.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 63.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 64.3 |
| Access Clarity | 76.3 |

## Agent readiness — 44.4 (agent-native)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | verified |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | yes |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## APIs (1)

- **Odds API REST** — REST API for sports and racing betting odds with SSE and WebSocket streaming, arbitrage, positive EV, line movement, bookmaker comparison, and results. API-key auth via X-API-Key.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Odds API MCP Server** — Official MCP server for sports and racing odds workflows. Distributed as a locally-run stdio package (npx @odds-api/mcp); wraps the Odds API REST V1 contract as agent tools, inc...

## Security (3)

- **Odds Api Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Odds Api Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Odds Api Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Odds Api Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Sports, Sports Betting, betting-odds, bookmaker-odds, live-odds, Sportsbook, Racing, REST, Server-Sent Events, WebSocket, OpenAPI, MCP, agent-native, llms-txt, SDK, Postman

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