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.

9,970providers publish it
36.2%of the 27,504 it applies to
14at full credit
9,956at 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
bound1.0×10.014
served0.9×9.01,432
negotiable0.75×7.5740
bearer0.35×3.57,784

Top providers

The top 500 of 9,970 providers publishing this signal, ranked by credit earned, ties broken by composite.

1 Visa10.0 bounddeveloping 2 Virto Commerce10.0 boundstrong 3 BNSF10.0 boundthin 4 Cisco Intersight10.0 boundstrong 5 Apple Pay10.0 bounddeveloping 6 SmallStep10.0 bounddeveloping 7 Kubernetes10.0 bounddeveloping 8 Spinnaker10.0 boundthin 9 The Western Union Company10.0 boundthin 10 Vertica10.0 boundemerging 11 CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services10.0 bounddeveloping 12 Kubernetes Services10.0 bounddeveloping 13 Vespa10.0 boundstrong 14 Mastercard Gateway API10.0 boundthin 15 Xquik9.0 servedexemplar 16 Primitive9.0 servedemerging 17 DoiT9.0 servedstrong 18 Mollie9.0 servedstrong 19 Scope39.0 servedstrong 20 Boom Ai9.0 servedexemplar 21 AlphaAI9.0 servedexemplar 22 Agentcard9.0 servedstrong 23 Natural AI9.0 servedstrong 24 EODHD9.0 servedstrong 25 Drippay9.0 servedexemplar 26 Lightfield9.0 servedexemplar 27 The Hog9.0 serveddeveloping 28 OneSignal9.0 servedexemplar 29 WebScraping.AI9.0 servedstrong 30 Adobe Analytics9.0 servedstrong 31 Sageox9.0 servedemerging 32 S&P Global9.0 servedexemplar 33 Feedly9.0 servedstrong 34 Clear Street9.0 servedstrong 35 Polygon9.0 servedexemplar 36 Duvo Ai9.0 serveddeveloping 37 OpenGov9.0 serveddeveloping 38 Cordial9.0 servedstrong 39 MoEngage9.0 servedexemplar 40 Appcharge9.0 servedstrong 41 FLORA9.0 servedstrong 42 DeBounce9.0 servedexemplar 43 Adobe Suite9.0 servedexemplar 44 Taskfolk9.0 servedstrong 45 Caplight9.0 serveddeveloping 46 Rhombus Systems9.0 servedstrong 47 Brainfish9.0 serveddeveloping 48 Zapier9.0 servedstrong 49 Mem9.0 serveddeveloping 50 Hightouch9.0 servedexemplar 51 Lucent9.0 serveddeveloping 52 Adobe Workfront9.0 servedstrong 53 AfterShip9.0 servedexemplar 54 lemlist9.0 servedstrong 55 duvo.ai9.0 serveddeveloping 56 Sarj AI Developer API9.0 servedthin 57 Plex9.0 serveddeveloping 58 CryptoCompare9.0 serveddeveloping 59 Automattic9.0 serveddeveloping 60 ChargeAfter9.0 serveddeveloping 61 Unify9.0 servedstrong 62 Explorium9.0 servedexemplar 63 Parallel9.0 servedstrong 64 ev.energy9.0 servedstrong 65 Mirakl9.0 servedstrong 66 Unbounce9.0 servedstrong 67 Zillapi9.0 servedstrong 68 Goody9.0 servedstrong 69 Talkable9.0 servedstrong 70 Clozd9.0 serveddeveloping 71 StayingAPI9.0 servedstrong 72 Pexafy9.0 servedstrong 73 Datarails9.0 serveddeveloping 74 Newstore9.0 serveddeveloping 75 Bria9.0 serveddeveloping 76 Shopify9.0 servedexemplar 77 Knak9.0 servedstrong 78 GC AI9.0 serveddeveloping 79 Common Room9.0 servedstrong 80 Genesys9.0 serveddeveloping 81 Knock9.0 servedexemplar 82 MonetizeNow9.0 servedstrong 83 Bloomreach9.0 servedexemplar 84 Immutable9.0 servedexemplar 85 Birdeye9.0 servedexemplar 86 Clearspeed9.0 servedstrong 87 Permutive9.0 serveddeveloping 88 Harmonic.ai9.0 serveddeveloping 89 Lusha9.0 servedexemplar 90 Loops9.0 servedexemplar 91 EGYM9.0 servedstrong 92 Insforge9.0 servedstrong 93 Lacuna9.0 servedstrong 94 Extole9.0 servedstrong 95 Terabase Energy9.0 servedstrong 96 Exa9.0 servedstrong 97 Instantly9.0 servedstrong 98 Netlify9.0 servedstrong 99 MOLOCO9.0 servedstrong 100 Contra9.0 servedthin 101 Morningstar9.0 serveddeveloping 102 Twelve Data9.0 servedexemplar 103 Improvado9.0 servedstrong 104 TextQL9.0 servedstrong 105 Didit9.0 servedstrong 106 Sybilion9.0 serveddeveloping 107 nCino9.0 servedthin 108 Monid9.0 servedthin 109 Paubox9.0 servedexemplar 110 Mapp Marketing Cloud9.0 servedexemplar 111 Sumble9.0 servedstrong 112 Salesforce Marketing Cloud9.0 servedexemplar 113 Demodesk9.0 servedstrong 114 Alpha Vantage9.0 servedstrong 115 Wefunder9.0 serveddeveloping 116 Chariot9.0 serveddeveloping 117 OneTrust9.0 serveddeveloping 118 Lumos9.0 serveddeveloping 119 Huntress9.0 serveddeveloping 120 FullEnrich9.0 servedstrong 121 Customer.io9.0 servedexemplar 122 Losant9.0 servedexemplar 123 Meltwater9.0 servedexemplar 124 Cogny9.0 servedexemplar 125 1Lookup9.0 servedstrong 126 Demandbase9.0 servedstrong 127 Kit9.0 servedexemplar 128 Fireflies.ai9.0 servedexemplar 129 Seamless.AI9.0 servedexemplar 130 DataForSEO9.0 servedstrong 131 Apollo.io9.0 servedstrong 132 Topograph9.0 serveddeveloping 133 Usersnap9.0 serveddeveloping 134 Sprig9.0 serveddeveloping 135 Tabs9.0 serveddeveloping 136 Gojiberry AI9.0 serveddeveloping 137 Hyperice9.0 serveddeveloping 138 Evermuse9.0 serveddeveloping 139 X9.0 serveddeveloping 140 Chronosphere9.0 serveddeveloping 141 UserGems9.0 servedexemplar 142 Gamesight9.0 serveddeveloping 143 Lev9.0 servedexemplar 144 Context.dev9.0 servedstrong 145 Parallel Web Systems9.0 servedstrong 146 Poggio Labs9.0 servedstrong 147 Relevance AI9.0 servedstrong 148 Upsun9.0 serveddeveloping 149 Lytx9.0 serveddeveloping 150 Heuritech9.0 servedthin 151 Antimetal9.0 serveddeveloping 152 Medusa9.0 servedstrong 153 Liquid Death9.0 serveddeveloping 154 Bluecore9.0 serveddeveloping 155 Campfire9.0 serveddeveloping 156 VidMob9.0 serveddeveloping 157 Triple Whale9.0 servedstrong 158 Roboflow9.0 servedstrong 159 Syft Data9.0 servedstrong 160 CoreStack9.0 servedstrong 161 Photon9.0 servedstrong 162 Cello9.0 servedstrong 163 Acceldata9.0 serveddeveloping 164 Clarifeye9.0 serveddeveloping 165 SendPulse9.0 servedexemplar 166 Conviva9.0 servedstrong 167 Read AI9.0 servedstrong 168 Brand API (Brandfetch)9.0 servedstrong 169 ClosedLoop AI9.0 servedstrong 170 Salsify9.0 servedstrong 171 The San Francisco Compute Company9.0 serveddeveloping 172 Goethena9.0 serveddeveloping 173 Coda Project9.0 servedstrong 174 Prezent9.0 servedstrong 175 DevCycle9.0 servedstrong 176 Lean Technologies9.0 serveddeveloping 177 Checkly9.0 servedstrong 178 Browser Use9.0 servedstrong 179 Larridin9.0 serveddeveloping 180 Brooklinen9.0 serveddeveloping 181 VideoAmp9.0 serveddeveloping 182 Acoustic9.0 servedstrong 183 UserTesting9.0 serveddeveloping 184 NationGraph9.0 serveddeveloping 185 CoreStory9.0 servedthin 186 The Mobile First Company9.0 servedstrong 187 Upwind Security9.0 serveddeveloping 188 Superlog9.0 serveddeveloping 189 Brevo9.0 servedexemplar 190 Factset9.0 servedstrong 191 beehiiv9.0 servedexemplar 192 Klarna9.0 servedexemplar 193 Tapfiliate9.0 servedstrong 194 AskNicely9.0 servedstrong 195 Inflection.io9.0 servedstrong 196 Wallapop9.0 serveddeveloping 197 Fever9.0 servedthin 198 Intelligems9.0 servedstrong 199 Dash09.0 servedstrong 200 Openwork9.0 serveddeveloping 201 Fabric8Labs9.0 servedthin 202 Notion9.0 servedstrong 203 HeyMilo9.0 serveddeveloping 204 Beyond9.0 serveddeveloping 205 Salesforce9.0 servedexemplar 206 HubSpot9.0 servedexemplar 207 Close9.0 servedexemplar 208 Zoom Phone9.0 servedexemplar 209 Embrace9.0 servedstrong 210 NextRoll9.0 servedstrong 211 Listen Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 212 Clawvisor9.0 serveddeveloping 213 Omnisend9.0 servedexemplar 214 Medplum9.0 servedexemplar 215 RudderStack9.0 servedexemplar 216 Algolia9.0 servedstrong 217 Planable9.0 servedstrong 218 Lukka9.0 servedstrong 219 Sequel9.0 servedstrong 220 Shortcut Software9.0 servedstrong 221 Monetate9.0 serveddeveloping 222 Fastino Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 223 Celonis9.0 servedstrong 224 Ahrefs9.0 servedstrong 225 Kontakt.io9.0 servedstrong 226 Ripple Labs9.0 servedstrong 227 TikTok Marketing API9.0 servedstrong 228 Hunter9.0 servedexemplar 229 G29.0 servedstrong 230 Hugging Face Transformers9.0 serveddeveloping 231 Sendspark9.0 servedstrong 232 IRONSCALES9.0 serveddeveloping 233 Jasper9.0 servedstrong 234 Justt9.0 serveddeveloping 235 Shift49.0 serveddeveloping 236 Alpaca9.0 servedstrong 237 Profound9.0 servedstrong 238 Drata9.0 servedstrong 239 Monte Carlo9.0 serveddeveloping 240 Reevo9.0 serveddeveloping 241 Cubby9.0 serveddeveloping 242 Archera9.0 serveddeveloping 243 Candis9.0 serveddeveloping 244 ThousandEyes9.0 servedexemplar 245 Figma9.0 servedstrong 246 Endgame9.0 servedstrong 247 Nooks9.0 servedstrong 248 Bloom9.0 serveddeveloping 249 Kensho9.0 serveddeveloping 250 Fnatic9.0 servedthin 251 AIMLAPI9.0 servedstrong 252 Jane9.0 servedstrong 253 Dreamdata9.0 serveddeveloping 254 Tradeshift9.0 serveddeveloping 255 LinqAlpha9.0 serveddeveloping 256 Freight Waves9.0 serveddeveloping 257 Equals9.0 serveddeveloping 258 Stedi9.0 servedexemplar 259 Braze9.0 servedexemplar 260 KarmaCheck9.0 serveddeveloping 261 Rillet9.0 serveddeveloping 262 Spotnana9.0 serveddeveloping 263 Also9.0 serveddeveloping 264 Jira9.0 servedstrong 265 ScienceLogic9.0 servedstrong 266 Leadpages9.0 serveddeveloping 267 6sense9.0 servedexemplar 268 Sadq Holding Limited9.0 servedthin 269 MailerSend9.0 servedstrong 270 Tigera9.0 serveddeveloping 271 Allica Bank9.0 serveddeveloping 272 Facilio9.0 serveddeveloping 273 TrustArc9.0 serveddeveloping 274 Tecovas9.0 servedthin 275 Red Hat9.0 servedstrong 276 Boxc9.0 servedthin 277 Wappalyzer9.0 servedexemplar 278 SimilarWeb9.0 servedexemplar 279 Agorapulse9.0 servedexemplar 280 Singular9.0 servedstrong 281 Northbeam9.0 servedstrong 282 BVNK9.0 servedstrong 283 Kubeshop9.0 serveddeveloping 284 Spekit9.0 serveddeveloping 285 Typeface9.0 serveddeveloping 286 Yutori9.0 serveddeveloping 287 Syncly9.0 serveddeveloping 288 Salesforce Service Cloud APIs9.0 servedstrong 289 Fusio9.0 serveddeveloping 290 Lilt9.0 servedstrong 291 ModMed9.0 servedstrong 292 Kargo9.0 serveddeveloping 293 Plinth US Grants Data9.0 servedexemplar 294 AppsFlyer9.0 servedstrong 295 Optilogic9.0 serveddeveloping 296 Happyrobot9.0 serveddeveloping 297 OpenAI9.0 servedexemplar 298 MediaMath9.0 servedstrong 299 LawVu9.0 servedstrong 300 Business Software and Services Reviews | G29.0 serveddeveloping 301 Lone Wolf Technologies9.0 serveddeveloping 302 Outreach9.0 servedexemplar 303 MailerLite9.0 servedexemplar 304 Playable9.0 servedstrong 305 Zocdoc9.0 servedstrong 306 Simon Data9.0 servedstrong 307 TinyFish9.0 serveddeveloping 308 Decisiv9.0 serveddeveloping 309 AgentPhone9.0 serveddeveloping 310 Blnk Finance9.0 servedexemplar 311 Leadspace9.0 servedstrong 312 Lili9.0 servedstrong 313 Turquoise Health9.0 servedstrong 314 Beaconstac9.0 servedstrong 315 AutoFi9.0 servedstrong 316 LeadIQ9.0 servedstrong 317 Fullcast9.0 serveddeveloping 318 Samu9.0 serveddeveloping 319 Pluralsight9.0 servedexemplar 320 Prismic9.0 servedexemplar 321 Dow Jones9.0 servedstrong 322 Vim9.0 servedstrong 323 Postiz9.0 servedstrong 324 Crossbeam9.0 servedstrong 325 mParticle9.0 servedstrong 326 Up9.0 serveddeveloping 327 Chord9.0 serveddeveloping 328 Canix9.0 serveddeveloping 329 Lucid9.0 servedstrong 330 Agnost AI9.0 serveddeveloping 331 Showpad9.0 servedstrong 332 iBanFirst9.0 servedstrong 333 LeanData9.0 servedstrong 334 ezoic9.0 serveddeveloping 335 ZippyKid9.0 serveddeveloping 336 toksta9.0 serveddeveloping 337 Brale9.0 servedstrong 338 Paxos9.0 serveddeveloping 339 supernormal9.0 servedthin 340 Salesloft9.0 servedstrong 341 ETSI9.0 servedstrong 342 ALTR9.0 servedstrong 343 GetPaid9.0 serveddeveloping 344 Confluence9.0 servedstrong 345 Archive Technologies9.0 serveddeveloping 346 Mireye9.0 serveddeveloping 347 Umbra9.0 serveddeveloping 348 Precog9.0 serveddeveloping 349 Airtm9.0 servedstrong 350 Amber Electric9.0 serveddeveloping 351 Padlet9.0 serveddeveloping 352 Sourcebot9.0 serveddeveloping 353 WoowUp9.0 serveddeveloping 354 EFFECT Photonics9.0 servedthin 355 Anchorage Digital9.0 serveddeveloping 356 Klaviyo9.0 servedexemplar 357 Flexpa9.0 servedexemplar 358 Coresignal9.0 servedexemplar 359 Surfe9.0 servedexemplar 360 CleverTap9.0 servedstrong 361 Bolt Financial9.0 servedstrong 362 Microsoft Azure9.0 servedstrong 363 Drip9.0 serveddeveloping 364 Amperity9.0 serveddeveloping 365 Sponge9.0 serveddeveloping 366 Olipop9.0 servedthin 367 Grafana Loki9.0 servedstrong 368 DailyPay9.0 servedstrong 369 Fireflies.ai9.0 serveddeveloping 370 Gumloop9.0 serveddeveloping 371 Arkestro9.0 serveddeveloping 372 Renesas9.0 serveddeveloping 373 A2 Biotherapeutics9.0 servedthin 374 LaFourchette9.0 serveddeveloping 375 Akia9.0 serveddeveloping 376 DocSend9.0 serveddeveloping 377 Lightrun9.0 serveddeveloping 378 The Picklr9.0 serveddeveloping 379 Avalara9.0 servedstrong 380 Buk9.0 serveddeveloping 381 Prosper AI9.0 serveddeveloping 382 H2O.ai9.0 serveddeveloping 383 401GO9.0 servedthin 384 Harbinger Health9.0 servedthin 385 Starfish Space9.0 servedthin 386 Regal9.0 servedexemplar 387 CI HUB9.0 servedstrong 388 OK Capsule9.0 servedstrong 389 Sentry9.0 servedstrong 390 Intrinio9.0 servedstrong 391 Sweep9.0 serveddeveloping 392 OpenTravel Alliance9.0 serveddeveloping 393 Yardi Canada9.0 servedstrong 394 Tackle.io9.0 serveddeveloping 395 Reapit9.0 servedstrong 396 PEXA9.0 serveddeveloping 397 Secureframe9.0 serveddeveloping 398 AirOps9.0 servedstrong 399 Verato9.0 serveddeveloping 400 Insider9.0 servedstrong 401 Hiver9.0 serveddeveloping 402 Socket9.0 serveddeveloping 403 ModernFi9.0 serveddeveloping 404 Bombora9.0 serveddeveloping 405 Kate Farms9.0 serveddeveloping 406 Dolls Kill9.0 servedthin 407 Nova Lima9.0 servedthin 408 LaunchDarkly9.0 servedexemplar 409 Wish9.0 serveddeveloping 410 Gong9.0 servedstrong 411 Microsoft Outlook9.0 servedstrong 412 Engrail Therapeutics9.0 servedthin 413 Swisscom9.0 servedstrong 414 Acronis9.0 servedstrong 415 Resistant AI9.0 serveddeveloping 416 N3XT9.0 serveddeveloping 417 GitLab9.0 servedstrong 418 Funnel9.0 servedstrong 419 Paedae9.0 serveddeveloping 420 Green Check Verified9.0 serveddeveloping 421 RELEX Solutions9.0 serveddeveloping 422 Jam9.0 serveddeveloping 423 Blockade Games9.0 serveddeveloping 424 Strise9.0 serveddeveloping 425 Kurrent9.0 serveddeveloping 426 Glue9.0 serveddeveloping 427 Conga9.0 servedstrong 428 Instagram9.0 servedstrong 429 Frontify9.0 servedstrong 430 Quip NYC9.0 serveddeveloping 431 Bucket9.0 serveddeveloping 432 PlanSource9.0 serveddeveloping 433 BulletProof9.0 servedthin 434 Yieldmo9.0 servedthin 435 Inrupt9.0 servedexemplar 436 Groundcover9.0 servedstrong 437 Telia Company9.0 serveddeveloping 438 Adverity9.0 serveddeveloping 439 ShareThis9.0 serveddeveloping 440 Lorum9.0 serveddeveloping 441 Kite Hill9.0 servedthin 442 Aaron's9.0 servedthin 443 Steadfast Group9.0 servedthin 444 Makeup by Mario9.0 servedthin 445 Nectar Social9.0 servedthin 446 Dust Identity9.0 serveddeveloping 447 AltoIRA9.0 serveddeveloping 448 Tyro Payments9.0 serveddeveloping 449 Trellis Research9.0 serveddeveloping 450 Local Infusion9.0 servedemerging 451 Dun & Bradstreet9.0 servedstrong 452 Rose Rocket9.0 serveddeveloping 453 AgiBot9.0 serveddeveloping 454 Opply9.0 servedthin 455 Turntide Technologies9.0 servedthin 456 BrightEdge9.0 serveddeveloping 457 tl;dv9.0 serveddeveloping 458 Nexar9.0 servedthin 459 2X9.0 servedthin 460 Charthop9.0 serveddeveloping 461 Bobbie9.0 servedthin 462 Black Buffalo9.0 servedthin 463 Dynatrace9.0 servedexemplar 464 Buffer9.0 servedstrong 465 Authenticx9.0 serveddeveloping 466 Orthogonal9.0 serveddeveloping 467 Fellow9.0 serveddeveloping 468 Klutch9.0 serveddeveloping 469 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank9.0 serveddeveloping 470 MadHive9.0 servedthin 471 StorONE9.0 servedthin 472 AlterEstate9.0 servedthin 473 SIX9.0 servedstrong 474 Airbyte9.0 servedexemplar 475 Serval9.0 serveddeveloping 476 Collate9.0 serveddeveloping 477 Signal AI9.0 serveddeveloping 478 Therabody9.0 servedthin 479 Aidbox9.0 servedstrong 480 Upwind9.0 servedstrong 481 Color9.0 serveddeveloping 482 Phasio9.0 serveddeveloping 483 Rad.9.0 servedthin 484 Ziina9.0 servedexemplar 485 Alasco9.0 serveddeveloping 486 Zoho CRM9.0 servedexemplar 487 Amigo9.0 servedstrong 488 Aquant9.0 serveddeveloping 489 SIMBA Chain9.0 servedstrong 490 Factiva9.0 servedstrong 491 Tradier9.0 servedstrong 492 Basis9.0 serveddeveloping 493 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes me9.0 serveddeveloping 494 Agicap9.0 serveddeveloping 495 Southwest Power Pool9.0 serveddeveloping 496 LINE9.0 servedexemplar 497 Rybbit9.0 servedexemplar 498 Autodesk9.0 servedstrong 499 Salesflare9.0 servedstrong 500 Horizon3.ai9.0 serveddeveloping

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 prioritized profiling is the fast lane if you would rather have it done for you.

Scored on rubric v0.17.2 across 27,504 providers · lists rebuilt 2026-09-01 · capped at the top 500 per page.