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Tollbit

TollBit is the web stack for the agentic internet, giving publishers and commerce sites the infrastructure to analyze, control, and monetize AI agent access to their content. Publishers verify a property, stream logs for AI-bot analytics, and stand up an "Agent Site" front door (the tollbit. subdomain) that separates bot traffic from humans and applies content controls, licensing, and usage-based paywalls. Its developer API lets AI agents and builders discover licensable content through Licensed Search, fetch rates and license options, mint cryptographically signed one-time access tokens, retrieve licensed or indexed content as markdown or HTML, self-report usage, and receive webhook notifications when content changes. TollBit ships official Python and Node SDKs, a native CLI with a bundled Agent Skill, an MCP toolbox server, and additional agent access methods (NLWeb, Agent2Agent). Added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Lightspeed Venture Partners and enriched from its public developer surface.

Tollbit publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Auth Tokens API, Dev API, Reporting API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Company, Content Licensing, Content Monetization, AI Agents, and Agentic Web.

The Tollbit catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Tollbit’s developer surface includes authentication, CLI, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 19 more developer resources.

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41.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyContent LicensingContent MonetizationAI AgentsAgentic WebSearchBot ManagementWeb InfrastructureDeveloper API

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 41.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.0 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 10.5 / 18
Access Clarity 6.2 / 18
Operational Transparency 1.2 / 12
Contract Governance 0.5 / 11
Discoverability 6.8 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 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 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 6

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

Tollbit Auth Tokens API

The Auth Tokens API from Tollbit — 3 operation(s) for auth tokens.

Tollbit Dev API

The Dev API from Tollbit — 1 operation(s) for dev.

Tollbit Reporting API

The Reporting API from Tollbit — 1 operation(s) for reporting.

Tollbit Search API

The Search API from Tollbit — 1 operation(s) for search.

Tollbit Tollbit Content API

The Tollbit Content API from Tollbit — 4 operation(s) for tollbit content.

Tollbit Tollbit Subdomain API

The Tollbit Subdomain API from Tollbit — 1 operation(s) for tollbit subdomain.

Open Collections 12

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Dev API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Get Catalog of Pages for Property API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Get Tollbit Content API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Get Tollbit Rates API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Report Content Usage API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Reporting API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Search Content API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Tollbit Content API

OPEN COLLECTION

TollBit Auth Tokens Tollbit Subdomain API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

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

TollBit MCP Toolbox

TollBit ships an official Model Context Protocol server ("MCP Toolbox") that connects AI agents to TollBit's dynamic toolbox — licensed search and authorized content access acro...

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

TollBit Content Events (Webhooks)

TollBit pushes real-time webhook notifications to subscriber applications when content becomes available (created or updated) from TollBit publisher properties, so consumers do ...

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Tollbit Authentication

apiKey/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Tollbit Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp
 Login
Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Components
Components
 Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conventions
Conventions
 Idempotency
Idempotency

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 CLI
CLI
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: tollbit
name: Tollbit
description: TollBit is the web stack for the agentic internet, giving publishers and commerce sites the infrastructure to
  analyze, control, and monetize AI agent access to their content. Publishers verify a property, stream logs for AI-bot analytics,
  and stand up an "Agent Site" front door (the tollbit.<domain> subdomain) that separates bot traffic from humans and applies
  content controls, licensing, and usage-based paywalls. Its developer API lets AI agents and builders discover licensable
  content through Licensed Search, fetch rates and license options, mint cryptographically signed one-time access tokens,
  retrieve licensed or indexed content as markdown or HTML, self-report usage, and receive webhook notifications when content
  changes. TollBit ships official Python and Node SDKs, a native CLI with a bundled Agent Skill, an MCP toolbox server, and
  additional agent access methods (NLWeb, Agent2Agent). Added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Lightspeed
  Venture Partners and enriched from its public developer surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tollbit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/159727288?v=4
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead-enriched
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Content Licensing
- Content Monetization
- AI Agents
- Agentic Web
- Search
- Bot Management
- Web Infrastructure
- Developer API
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: tollbit:tollbit-auth-tokens-api
  name: Tollbit Auth Tokens API
  description: The Auth Tokens API from Tollbit — 3 operation(s) for auth tokens.
  humanURL: https://docs.tollbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://gateway.tollbit.com
  tags:
  - Auth Tokens
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tollbit-auth-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tollbit-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tollbit-data-model.yml
- aid: tollbit:tollbit-dev-api
  name: Tollbit Dev API
  description: The Dev API from Tollbit — 1 operation(s) for dev.
  humanURL: https://docs.tollbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://gateway.tollbit.com
  tags:
  - Dev
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tollbit-dev-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tollbit-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tollbit-data-model.yml
- aid: tollbit:tollbit-reporting-api
  name: Tollbit Reporting API
  description: The Reporting API from Tollbit — 1 operation(s) for reporting.
  humanURL: https://docs.tollbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://gateway.tollbit.com
  tags:
  - Reporting
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tollbit-reporting-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tollbit-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tollbit-data-model.yml
- aid: tollbit:tollbit-search-api
  name: Tollbit Search API
  description: The Search API from Tollbit — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://docs.tollbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://gateway.tollbit.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tollbit-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tollbit-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tollbit-data-model.yml
- aid: tollbit:tollbit-tollbit-content-api
  name: Tollbit Tollbit Content API
  description: The Tollbit Content API from Tollbit — 4 operation(s) for tollbit content.
  humanURL: https://docs.tollbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://gateway.tollbit.com
  tags:
  - Tollbit Content
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tollbit-tollbit-content-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tollbit-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tollbit-data-model.yml
- aid: tollbit:tollbit-tollbit-subdomain-api
  name: Tollbit Tollbit Subdomain API
  description: The Tollbit Subdomain API from Tollbit — 1 operation(s) for tollbit subdomain.
  humanURL: https://docs.tollbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://gateway.tollbit.com
  tags:
  - Tollbit Subdomain
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tollbit-tollbit-subdomain-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/tollbit-content-events-webhooks.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/tollbit-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/tollbit-data-model.yml
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/tollbit-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tollbit-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/tollbit-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/tollbit-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/tollbit-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/tollbit-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/tollbit-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/tollbit-llms.txt
- type: Components
  url: components/tollbit-components.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/tollbit-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/tollbit-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/tollbit-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/tollbit-conventions.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://hack.tollbit.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.tollbit.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.tollbit.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.tollbit.com/docs/quickstart
- type: Support
  url: https://docs.tollbit.com/docs/feedback-support
- type: Blog
  url: https://tollbit.com/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/tollbit
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.tollbit.com/sign-up
- type: Login
  url: https://app.tollbit.com/sign-in
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://tollbit.com/legal/developer-platform-agreement/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://tollbit.com/privacy-policy/
- type: Website
  url: https://tollbit.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 20
  pass: local-v1

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