Kin ScoreAgent readiness › Machine-Readable Auth
Agent-readiness dimension

Machine-Readable Auth

10 of 139 agent-readiness points 7.2% of the agent scoregraded — partial credit auth_clarity

Can an agent authenticate in a way that is bound to it, or only bear a secret? Graded in 0.12.2 (roadmap#97): this credited presence and stopped, so `apiKey` earned the same ten points as OIDC. IETF draft-klrc-aiagent-auth-00 calls static API keys "an antipattern for agent identity — bearer artifacts that are not cryptographically bound, do not convey identity, are typically long-lived and are operationally difficult to rotate". A dimension named Machine-Readable Auth was paying top price for the artifact the field is converging on calling unsuitable. THE FLOOR IS 0.35 AND NOT ZERO, deliberately: a documented API key is still machine-readable auth, and zeroing the 2,209 providers who declare only `apiKey` would measure the market rather than the provider. Read from the refined per-tag OpenAPIs, which already carry `securitySchemes` — no probe and no new artifact. The apis.yml pointer remains a FALLBACK grading `bearer`, so a provider whose specs we have not indexed is not zeroed for our own gap; a pointer cannot name a scheme class. THE ID STAYS `auth_clarity` ON PURPOSE. `auth_scheme_strength` in planned_dimensions describes this change, but the dimension id is POSITIONAL — DIM_ORDER in build_listings.py and DIMENSIONS in the glyph both encode by slot — so renaming it is a coordinated four-place change of the kind roadmap#89 documents. The regrade is the value; the rename is cosmetic and can ride a future glyph release. Same reasoning as the `emits_as` facet aliases.

10,484providers publish it
39.4%of the 26,590 it applies to
17at full credit
10,467at partial credit

How it is scored

One signal, read from what the provider publishes, worth 10 points of the 139 in the agent-readiness score.

Signal the scorer readsPoints
a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)10

Grades and what each earns

This dimension is graded rather than pass/fail: how the signal was evidenced decides what fraction of the points it earns.

GradeCreditPointsProviders
bound1.0×10.017
served0.9×9.02,271
negotiable0.75×7.5663
bearer0.35×3.57,533

Top providers

The top 500 of 10,484 providers publishing this signal, ranked by credit earned, ties broken by composite.

1 brick.blue10.0 bounddeveloping 2 Visa10.0 bounddeveloping 3 Cloud Foundry10.0 boundstrong 4 Virto Commerce10.0 boundexemplar 5 Qlik Sense Enterprise10.0 boundthin 6 Cisco Intersight10.0 boundstrong 7 Apple Pay10.0 bounddeveloping 8 SmallStep10.0 bounddeveloping 9 Kubernetes10.0 bounddeveloping 10 Kubernetes Services10.0 bounddeveloping 11 CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services10.0 bounddeveloping 12 Spinnaker10.0 boundthin 13 The Western Union Company10.0 boundthin 14 Vertica10.0 boundemerging 15 Xcel Energy10.0 boundemerging 16 Vespa10.0 bounddeveloping 17 Mastercard Gateway API10.0 boundthin 18 Xquik9.0 servedexemplar 19 OneSignal9.0 servedexemplar 20 APIs.io9.0 servedexemplar 21 Primitive9.0 servedthin 22 ClosedLoop AI9.0 servedstrong 23 DoiT9.0 servedexemplar 24 Sirenic9.0 serveddeveloping 25 Agent Ready9.0 servedstrong 26 Taskfolk9.0 servedstrong 27 Natural AI9.0 servedstrong 28 AnyAPI9.0 servedstrong 29 Cracked API9.0 servedexemplar 30 ZoomInfo9.0 servedexemplar 31 Mollie9.0 servedstrong 32 Publora9.0 servedstrong 33 Scope39.0 servedstrong 34 DomScan9.0 servedstrong 35 Ultravioleta DAO9.0 servedstrong 36 FeedOracle Technologies9.0 servedstrong 37 Leadping9.0 servedexemplar 38 CarsXE9.0 servedexemplar 39 AlphaAI9.0 servedexemplar 40 Agentcard9.0 servedstrong 41 MoEngage9.0 servedexemplar 42 The Colony9.0 servedstrong 43 Sageox9.0 servedemerging 44 0xArchive9.0 servedexemplar 45 Feedly9.0 servedstrong 46 Allowance9.0 servedstrong 47 Harness9.0 servedexemplar 48 Kann KI das? Sponsoring Agent9.0 serveddeveloping 49 CData9.0 servedexemplar 50 APILayer9.0 servedexemplar 51 S&P Global9.0 servedstrong 52 Patronus Protect9.0 serveddeveloping 53 Drippay9.0 servedexemplar 54 Listings API9.0 servedstrong 55 AutoContent API9.0 servedstrong 56 Boom Ai9.0 servedexemplar 57 Cloudflare9.0 servedexemplar 58 lemlist9.0 servedexemplar 59 Jira9.0 servedexemplar 60 Lightfield9.0 servedexemplar 61 Unbounce9.0 servedstrong 62 The Hog9.0 serveddeveloping 63 Meow9.0 servedemerging 64 Rhombus Systems9.0 servedstrong 65 Zapier9.0 servedstrong 66 Starbridge9.0 servedstrong 67 Adobe9.0 servedexemplar 68 Bria9.0 servedstrong 69 WebScraping.AI9.0 servedstrong 70 Infobip9.0 servedexemplar 71 API Evangelist9.0 servedexemplar 72 Medblocks9.0 servedstrong 73 AgentMail9.0 servedstrong 74 Resolve9.0 servedexemplar 75 Builder.io9.0 serveddeveloping 76 Adobe Analytics9.0 servedstrong 77 Hilt9.0 servedexemplar 78 Common Room9.0 servedstrong 79 Emboss9.0 servedexemplar 80 Bloomreach9.0 servedexemplar 81 TextQL9.0 servedexemplar 82 Relevance AI9.0 servedexemplar 83 Tray.ai9.0 servedexemplar 84 Birdeye9.0 servedexemplar 85 Cymetica9.0 servedexemplar 86 Canva9.0 servedexemplar 87 Upstox9.0 servedexemplar 88 Clear Street9.0 servedstrong 89 Messagebird9.0 servedexemplar 90 Lusha9.0 servedexemplar 91 Massive (formerly Polygon.io)9.0 servedexemplar 92 Goody9.0 servedstrong 93 Duvo Ai9.0 servedstrong 94 OpenGov9.0 serveddeveloping 95 Loops9.0 servedexemplar 96 Cordial9.0 servedstrong 97 Sarj AI Developer API9.0 servedthin 98 Monaco9.0 serveddeveloping 99 invinoveritas9.0 servedstrong 100 GitHub9.0 servedexemplar 101 Optimizely9.0 servedexemplar 102 Appcharge9.0 servedstrong 103 FirstPromoter9.0 servedstrong 104 Backstage9.0 servedstrong 105 FLORA9.0 servedstrong 106 Losant9.0 servedexemplar 107 Adobe Suite9.0 servedexemplar 108 EODHD9.0 servedstrong 109 Caplight9.0 serveddeveloping 110 Netlify9.0 servedexemplar 111 Instantly9.0 servedstrong 112 Relm9.0 servedstrong 113 DeveloperHub9.0 servedstrong 114 Customer.io9.0 servedexemplar 115 Brainfish9.0 serveddeveloping 116 Twelve Data9.0 servedexemplar 117 Didit9.0 servedstrong 118 Plex9.0 serveddeveloping 119 Comunicate.top API9.0 serveddeveloping 120 ClickHouse9.0 servedexemplar 121 X9.0 servedexemplar 122 Prisma9.0 servedstrong 123 DialNexa9.0 servedstrong 124 Webflow9.0 servedstrong 125 Sigma Computing9.0 servedexemplar 126 Prezent9.0 servedstrong 127 Airwallex9.0 servedexemplar 128 Algolia9.0 servedexemplar 129 Paubox9.0 servedexemplar 130 Daloopa9.0 servedstrong 131 Space Frontiers9.0 servedstrong 132 Mavenlink9.0 serveddeveloping 133 Mem9.0 serveddeveloping 134 beehiiv9.0 servedexemplar 135 Hightouch9.0 servedexemplar 136 Walmart9.0 servedstrong 137 Medusa9.0 servedstrong 138 Lucent9.0 serveddeveloping 139 DeBounce9.0 servedexemplar 140 Adobe Workfront9.0 servedexemplar 141 Contentful9.0 serveddeveloping 142 Novu9.0 servedexemplar 143 FullEnrich9.0 servedstrong 144 Square9.0 servedexemplar 145 Acquia9.0 servedexemplar 146 Meltwater9.0 servedexemplar 147 Bitly9.0 servedexemplar 148 Archbee9.0 servedexemplar 149 Demandbase9.0 servedstrong 150 Upsun9.0 servedstrong 151 Synup9.0 servedstrong 152 Speko9.0 serveddeveloping 153 Kit9.0 servedexemplar 154 Fireflies.ai9.0 servedexemplar 155 DataForSEO9.0 servedstrong 156 Apollo.io9.0 servedstrong 157 Perplexity9.0 servedstrong 158 Caretta9.0 serveddeveloping 159 Parallel Web Systems9.0 servedstrong 160 CryptoCompare9.0 serveddeveloping 161 SearchApi9.0 serveddeveloping 162 Tabs9.0 serveddeveloping 163 Automattic9.0 serveddeveloping 164 Airweave9.0 serveddeveloping 165 APIContext9.0 serveddeveloping 166 Checkly9.0 servedexemplar 167 Browser Use9.0 servedexemplar 168 Unify9.0 servedexemplar 169 Art Blocks9.0 servedthin 170 Close9.0 servedexemplar 171 UserGems9.0 servedexemplar 172 Explorium9.0 servedstrong 173 Parallel9.0 servedstrong 174 Lumos9.0 servedstrong 175 Coval9.0 serveddeveloping 176 Mirakl9.0 servedexemplar 177 WorkOS9.0 servedstrong 178 AfterShip9.0 servedexemplar 179 Chili Piper9.0 servedstrong 180 OpusClip9.0 serveddeveloping 181 Stedi9.0 servedexemplar 182 Zillapi9.0 servedstrong 183 AppLike Group9.0 servedstrong 184 Talkable9.0 servedstrong 185 Entergram9.0 servedstrong 186 Clozd9.0 serveddeveloping 187 IntegrationOS9.0 servedstrong 188 StayingAPI9.0 servedstrong 189 Seismic9.0 servedstrong 190 Karumi9.0 serveddeveloping 191 Qonto9.0 servedexemplar 192 Triple Whale9.0 servedexemplar 193 Datarails9.0 serveddeveloping 194 Ando9.0 serveddeveloping 195 Newstore9.0 serveddeveloping 196 Delx9.0 servedexemplar 197 The Ainglish Project9.0 servedstrong 198 Monte Carlo9.0 servedstrong 199 xCures9.0 servedstrong 200 cogDepot9.0 servedstrong 201 MongoDB9.0 servedstrong 202 Cello9.0 servedstrong 203 Recipe API9.0 serveddeveloping 204 Immutable9.0 servedexemplar 205 Box9.0 servedstrong 206 Terabase Energy9.0 servedstrong 207 Astrology API9.0 servedstrong 208 Knak9.0 servedstrong 209 Topograph9.0 servedstrong 210 GC AI9.0 serveddeveloping 211 Trading Economics9.0 serveddeveloping 212 Genesys9.0 servedstrong 213 Minds9.0 servedstrong 214 Knock9.0 servedexemplar 215 MonetizeNow9.0 servedstrong 216 Brevo9.0 servedexemplar 217 Memo Bank9.0 servedstrong 218 Druva9.0 serveddeveloping 219 Stripe9.0 servedexemplar 220 Clay9.0 servedstrong 221 RocketReach9.0 servedstrong 222 Sitefire9.0 serveddeveloping 223 Outline9.0 serveddeveloping 224 Twitter/X9.0 servedstrong 225 Alpaca9.0 servedstrong 226 TranscriptFetch9.0 servedstrong 227 Clearspeed9.0 servedstrong 228 Harmonic.ai9.0 serveddeveloping 229 Workera9.0 serveddeveloping 230 Clari9.0 servedstrong 231 Cobot9.0 servedstrong 232 Nimbleway9.0 servedstrong 233 Salesforce Marketing Cloud9.0 servedexemplar 234 Anvil9.0 serveddeveloping 235 Piknik.Spot9.0 serveddeveloping 236 Qovery9.0 serveddeveloping 237 Savee9.0 servedstrong 238 Clickup9.0 servedexemplar 239 G29.0 servedstrong 240 Apollo API Documentation9.0 servedstrong 241 Integration.app (Membrane)9.0 servedstrong 242 Dash09.0 servedstrong 243 Stotles9.0 servedstrong 244 Insforge9.0 servedstrong 245 b.well9.0 servedstrong 246 Demodesk9.0 servedstrong 247 Poggio Labs9.0 servedstrong 248 AmunCore9.0 serveddeveloping 249 Campfire9.0 serveddeveloping 250 SpAItial9.0 serveddeveloping 251 Fixture9.0 serveddeveloping 252 Postman9.0 servedexemplar 253 Statable Stats API9.0 servedstrong 254 Zoom Phone9.0 servedexemplar 255 MarginEdge9.0 serveddeveloping 256 Omnisend9.0 servedexemplar 257 RudderStack9.0 servedexemplar 258 Adobe Experience Cloud9.0 servedstrong 259 Lacuna9.0 servedstrong 260 Lukka9.0 servedstrong 261 Cogny9.0 servedexemplar 262 Exa9.0 servedstrong 263 Anchor Browser9.0 serveddeveloping 264 SumUp9.0 serveddeveloping 265 Smartling9.0 serveddeveloping 266 MOLOCO9.0 servedstrong 267 Coda Project9.0 servedstrong 268 TikTok Marketing API9.0 serveddeveloping 269 Phonic9.0 serveddeveloping 270 Opus9.0 serveddeveloping 271 ChargeAfter9.0 serveddeveloping 272 Contra9.0 servedthin 273 DevCycle9.0 servedstrong 274 Runway9.0 serveddeveloping 275 Morningstar9.0 serveddeveloping 276 Jasper9.0 servedstrong 277 Sybilion9.0 serveddeveloping 278 nCino9.0 servedthin 279 Chronosphere9.0 serveddeveloping 280 Xpansiv9.0 serveddeveloping 281 Profound9.0 servedstrong 282 ClawSpan9.0 servedstrong 283 Reevo9.0 serveddeveloping 284 Vortx AI Private Limited9.0 serveddeveloping 285 Anrok9.0 serveddeveloping 286 Hedera9.0 serveddeveloping 287 Monid9.0 servedthin 288 Impact9.0 servedexemplar 289 data.world9.0 servedstrong 290 Acronis9.0 servedexemplar 291 Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)9.0 servedexemplar 292 Datadog APM9.0 servedexemplar 293 Mapp Marketing Cloud9.0 servedexemplar 294 Token.io9.0 servedexemplar 295 ThousandEyes9.0 servedexemplar 296 Pexafy9.0 servedstrong 297 Nooks9.0 servedstrong 298 Deployxa9.0 servedstrong 299 Sumble9.0 servedstrong 300 Platform.sh9.0 servedstrong 301 Aptly9.0 serveddeveloping 302 Social Fetch9.0 servedstrong 303 KonbiniAPI9.0 servedexemplar 304 Equals9.0 serveddeveloping 305 Tesser9.0 serveddeveloping 306 Virix Labs9.0 servedstrong 307 Alpha Vantage9.0 serveddeveloping 308 Runway Financial9.0 serveddeveloping 309 Braze9.0 servedexemplar 310 HERE9.0 servedexemplar 311 Ontraport9.0 servedexemplar 312 cPanel9.0 servedstrong 313 Reachdesk9.0 servedstrong 314 Wefunder9.0 servedstrong 315 Loa Healthcare Pricing API9.0 serveddeveloping 316 VergeSense9.0 serveddeveloping 317 Process Street9.0 serveddeveloping 318 Beyond9.0 serveddeveloping 319 Cvent Hospitality Cloud9.0 servedstrong 320 Lightrun9.0 serveddeveloping 321 Clawvisor9.0 serveddeveloping 322 Fodda (PSFK)9.0 servedexemplar 323 PostHog9.0 serveddeveloping 324 6sense9.0 servedexemplar 325 Better Stack9.0 servedstrong 326 Shortcut Software9.0 servedstrong 327 Huntress9.0 serveddeveloping 328 Shopify9.0 servedexemplar 329 CoreStack9.0 servedstrong 330 Clarifeye9.0 serveddeveloping 331 The Mobile First Company9.0 servedstrong 332 Flint9.0 servedstrong 333 1Lookup9.0 servedstrong 334 MailerSend9.0 servedstrong 335 Epidemic Sound9.0 serveddeveloping 336 Upwork9.0 servedthin 337 Seamless.AI9.0 servedstrong 338 AirOps9.0 servedstrong 339 BudgetPixel9.0 servedstrong 340 Schematic9.0 serveddeveloping 341 Agorapulse9.0 servedexemplar 342 Snov.io9.0 servedstrong 343 Northbeam9.0 servedstrong 344 Intelligems9.0 servedstrong 345 Nutshell9.0 servedstrong 346 Usersnap9.0 serveddeveloping 347 Vitally9.0 serveddeveloping 348 Sprig9.0 serveddeveloping 349 Gojiberry AI9.0 serveddeveloping 350 AIMLAPI9.0 servedstrong 351 iBanFirst9.0 servedstrong 352 Lilt9.0 servedstrong 353 KarmaCheck9.0 serveddeveloping 354 DomainTools9.0 serveddeveloping 355 Affinda9.0 servedstrong 356 Plinth US Grants Data9.0 servedexemplar 357 Evermuse9.0 serveddeveloping 358 Optilogic9.0 serveddeveloping 359 Figma9.0 servedstrong 360 CloudChipr9.0 servedstrong 361 Wego9.0 serveddeveloping 362 Aembit9.0 servedexemplar 363 Thinkific9.0 servedstrong 364 Zoom9.0 servedstrong 365 JamBase9.0 serveddeveloping 366 Appwrite9.0 servedexemplar 367 Regal9.0 servedexemplar 368 Givebutter9.0 servedexemplar 369 Lev9.0 servedexemplar 370 LinqAlpha9.0 serveddeveloping 371 ClawdChat 虾聊9.0 serveddeveloping 372 Klaviyo9.0 servedexemplar 373 Outreach9.0 servedexemplar 374 Tapfiliate9.0 servedexemplar 375 Confluence9.0 servedexemplar 376 MailerLite9.0 servedexemplar 377 OneTrust9.0 servedstrong 378 Nanonets9.0 servedstrong 379 Trulioo9.0 servedstrong 380 Amplitude9.0 servedstrong 381 Antimetal9.0 serveddeveloping 382 Yext9.0 serveddeveloping 383 GitLab CI/CD9.0 serveddeveloping 384 Whisper Security9.0 serveddeveloping 385 TimeCamp9.0 servedthin 386 LaunchDarkly9.0 servedexemplar 387 Bluecore9.0 serveddeveloping 388 VidMob9.0 serveddeveloping 389 ForceDream9.0 servedexemplar 390 Sentry9.0 servedexemplar 391 Perigon9.0 servedexemplar 392 Synthflow9.0 servedstrong 393 Roboflow9.0 serveddeveloping 394 AppSumo9.0 serveddeveloping 395 Metadata9.0 serveddeveloping 396 Krea9.0 servedthin 397 ScreenshotOne9.0 servedthin 398 Unified9.0 servedthin 399 Acceldata9.0 servedstrong 400 Turquoise Health9.0 servedstrong 401 Syft Data9.0 servedstrong 402 Beaconstac9.0 servedstrong 403 Photon9.0 servedstrong 404 LeadIQ9.0 serveddeveloping 405 Fullcast9.0 serveddeveloping 406 WorkBoard9.0 serveddeveloping 407 Facilio9.0 serveddeveloping 408 Prior Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 409 Impact Radius9.0 servedexemplar 410 Extole9.0 servedstrong 411 SendPulse9.0 servedexemplar 412 Prismic9.0 servedexemplar 413 Openhandle9.0 servedexemplar 414 Asana9.0 servedexemplar 415 Conviva9.0 servedstrong 416 Read AI9.0 servedstrong 417 Worklittle9.0 serveddeveloping 418 Bolna9.0 serveddeveloping 419 Chord9.0 serveddeveloping 420 Brand API (Brandfetch)9.0 servedexemplar 421 Magic Hour9.0 servedstrong 422 Hunter9.0 servedexemplar 423 LeanData9.0 servedstrong 424 The San Francisco Compute Company9.0 servedstrong 425 Salsify9.0 servedstrong 426 7SIGNAL9.0 servedstrong 427 ezoic9.0 serveddeveloping 428 Goethena9.0 serveddeveloping 429 ev.energy9.0 servedstrong 430 Hex9.0 serveddeveloping 431 toksta9.0 serveddeveloping 432 Improvado9.0 servedstrong 433 Lean Technologies9.0 serveddeveloping 434 Chariot9.0 serveddeveloping 435 CircleCI9.0 serveddeveloping 436 Truex Media9.0 serveddeveloping 437 Apify9.0 servedthin 438 Midjourney9.0 servedthin 439 Global Database9.0 serveddeveloping 440 VideoAmp9.0 serveddeveloping 441 Larridin9.0 serveddeveloping 442 Esri9.0 servedexemplar 443 Acoustic9.0 servedexemplar 444 NationGraph9.0 serveddeveloping 445 UserTesting9.0 serveddeveloping 446 DeSci Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 447 Weld9.0 serveddeveloping 448 CoreStory9.0 serveddeveloping 449 Routebase9.0 servedstrong 450 Pleo9.0 serveddeveloping 451 WoowUp9.0 serveddeveloping 452 Smithery9.0 serveddeveloping 453 Superlog9.0 serveddeveloping 454 Craft.io9.0 serveddeveloping 455 BigPanda9.0 servedexemplar 456 fal9.0 servedexemplar 457 Factset9.0 servedexemplar 458 Braintree9.0 serveddeveloping 459 Surfe9.0 servedexemplar 460 Coresignal9.0 servedexemplar 461 AskNicely9.0 servedstrong 462 Postiz9.0 servedstrong 463 Fabric Origin9.0 servedstrong 464 Mixmax9.0 serveddeveloping 465 Fever9.0 servedthin 466 Openwork9.0 servedstrong 467 TinyFish9.0 serveddeveloping 468 Cledara9.0 servedstrong 469 Automation Anywhere9.0 servedexemplar 470 Bolt Financial9.0 servedexemplar 471 Statsig9.0 servedstrong 472 Notion9.0 servedstrong 473 Socotra9.0 serveddeveloping 474 HeyMilo9.0 serveddeveloping 475 Blnk Finance9.0 servedexemplar 476 AnnounceKit9.0 servedstrong 477 Embrace9.0 servedstrong 478 NextRoll9.0 servedstrong 479 Listen Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 480 Folk9.0 serveddeveloping 481 Digital Ocean9.0 serveddeveloping 482 Monday.com9.0 servedthin 483 Mixedbread9.0 servedstrong 484 Kajabi9.0 serveddeveloping 485 Medplum9.0 servedexemplar 486 OK Capsule9.0 servedstrong 487 CI HUB9.0 servedstrong 488 Planable9.0 servedstrong 489 Sequel9.0 servedstrong 490 AgentsPodium9.0 servedstrong 491 CB Insights9.0 serveddeveloping 492 Monetate9.0 serveddeveloping 493 Fastino Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 494 Thrive Global9.0 serveddeveloping 495 Salla9.0 servedexemplar 496 Govly9.0 serveddeveloping 497 Kontakt.io9.0 servedstrong 498 Ahrefs9.0 servedstrong 499 Celonis9.0 servedstrong 500 Ripple Labs9.0 servedstrong

The other 18 dimensions

Move this number. Every provider in the catalog is profiled from a public repository at github.com/api-evangelist/<provider>, and each check above names the exact artifact it reads. Publish the artifact, open a pull request, and the next scoring run picks it up — no gatekeeping and no fee. The full rubric is at apis.io/rating/, and the Influence plan is the fast lane if you would rather work your own listing through the API — remediation, projections and re-check requests.

Scored on rubric v0.22.0 across 26,590 providers · lists rebuilt 2026-09-23 · capped at the top 500 per page.