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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.

10,586providers publish it
36.6%of the 28,886 it applies to
18at full credit
10,568at 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
bound1.0×10.018
served0.9×9.02,440
negotiable0.75×7.5636
bearer0.35×3.57,492

Top providers

The top 500 of 10,586 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 AlloyX10.0 boundemerging 5 CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services10.0 bounddeveloping 6 Virto Commerce10.0 boundexemplar 7 Qlik Sense Enterprise10.0 boundthin 8 Apple Pay10.0 bounddeveloping 9 Cisco Intersight10.0 boundstrong 10 Kubernetes Services10.0 bounddeveloping 11 Spinnaker10.0 boundthin 12 SmallStep10.0 bounddeveloping 13 The Western Union Company10.0 boundthin 14 Vertica10.0 boundemerging 15 Xcel Energy10.0 boundemerging 16 Kubernetes10.0 bounddeveloping 17 Vespa10.0 bounddeveloping 18 Mastercard Gateway API10.0 boundthin 19 Xquik9.0 servedexemplar 20 Telnyx9.0 servedexemplar 21 OneSignal9.0 servedexemplar 22 APIs.io9.0 servedexemplar 23 Primitive9.0 servedthin 24 cloro9.0 servedexemplar 25 DoiT9.0 servedexemplar 26 ClosedLoop AI9.0 servedstrong 27 Agent Ready9.0 servedstrong 28 Cloudflare9.0 servedexemplar 29 Natural AI9.0 servedstrong 30 Sirenic9.0 servedstrong 31 AnyAPI9.0 servedstrong 32 Mollie9.0 servedstrong 33 Publora9.0 servedstrong 34 Taskfolk9.0 servedstrong 35 DomScan9.0 servedstrong 36 Ultravioleta DAO9.0 servedstrong 37 CarsXE9.0 servedexemplar 38 Cracked API9.0 servedexemplar 39 Agentcard9.0 serveddeveloping 40 MoEngage9.0 servedexemplar 41 The Colony9.0 servedstrong 42 Webex9.0 servedstrong 43 Sarj AI Developer API9.0 serveddeveloping 44 Vaquill AI9.0 servedexemplar 45 0xArchive9.0 servedexemplar 46 Feedly9.0 servedstrong 47 Allowance9.0 serveddeveloping 48 Sageox9.0 servedemerging 49 Kann KI das? Sponsoring Agent9.0 serveddeveloping 50 CData9.0 servedexemplar 51 Algolia9.0 servedexemplar 52 Leadping9.0 servedexemplar 53 APILayer9.0 servedexemplar 54 S&P Global9.0 servedexemplar 55 Patronus Protect9.0 serveddeveloping 56 Listings API9.0 servedstrong 57 Zapier9.0 servedexemplar 58 AlphaAI9.0 servedexemplar 59 AutoContent API9.0 servedstrong 60 ZoomInfo9.0 servedexemplar 61 lemlist9.0 servedexemplar 62 Scope39.0 servedexemplar 63 Space Frontiers9.0 servedstrong 64 Jira9.0 servedexemplar 65 Lightfield9.0 servedexemplar 66 Ploid9.0 servedexemplar 67 Unbounce9.0 servedexemplar 68 The Hog9.0 serveddeveloping 69 Relevance AI9.0 servedexemplar 70 Commune9.0 servedexemplar 71 Meow9.0 servedemerging 72 Rhombus Systems9.0 servedstrong 73 Adobe9.0 servedexemplar 74 Parallel9.0 servedexemplar 75 Bria9.0 servedstrong 76 WebScraping.AI9.0 servedstrong 77 Amazon Selling Partner API9.0 serveddeveloping 78 akta.pro9.0 servedexemplar 79 Medblocks9.0 servedstrong 80 AgentMail9.0 servedstrong 81 Drippay9.0 servedexemplar 82 Builder.io9.0 serveddeveloping 83 Harness9.0 servedexemplar 84 Adobe Analytics9.0 servedexemplar 85 Common Room9.0 servedexemplar 86 Bloomreach9.0 servedexemplar 87 Emboss9.0 servedstrong 88 Boom Ai9.0 servedexemplar 89 TextQL9.0 servedexemplar 90 Octen9.0 servedexemplar 91 Birdeye9.0 servedexemplar 92 Canva9.0 servedexemplar 93 Cymetica9.0 servedstrong 94 Upstox9.0 servedexemplar 95 Clear Street9.0 servedstrong 96 Lusha9.0 servedexemplar 97 Saperly9.0 servedstrong 98 Goody9.0 servedstrong 99 OpenGov9.0 serveddeveloping 100 Infobip9.0 servedexemplar 101 Minds9.0 servedstrong 102 Tray.ai9.0 servedexemplar 103 Loops9.0 servedexemplar 104 Cordial9.0 servedstrong 105 Starbridge9.0 serveddeveloping 106 FeedOracle Technologies9.0 servedexemplar 107 Monaco9.0 serveddeveloping 108 invinoveritas9.0 servedstrong 109 Optimizely9.0 servedexemplar 110 FirstPromoter9.0 servedstrong 111 Appcharge9.0 servedstrong 112 FLORA9.0 servedexemplar 113 API Evangelist9.0 servedstrong 114 Losant9.0 servedexemplar 115 Adobe Suite9.0 servedexemplar 116 Caplight9.0 servedthin 117 Relm9.0 servedstrong 118 Resolve9.0 servedstrong 119 Brainfish9.0 serveddeveloping 120 Twelve Data9.0 servedexemplar 121 DeveloperHub9.0 servedstrong 122 X9.0 servedexemplar 123 DialNexa9.0 servedstrong 124 Airwallex9.0 servedexemplar 125 Paubox9.0 servedexemplar 126 Sumble9.0 servedstrong 127 Daloopa9.0 serveddeveloping 128 Hilt9.0 servedexemplar 129 Webflow9.0 servedstrong 130 Mavenlink9.0 servedstrong 131 Mem9.0 serveddeveloping 132 beehiiv9.0 servedexemplar 133 Hightouch9.0 servedexemplar 134 Duvo Ai9.0 servedstrong 135 DeBounce9.0 servedexemplar 136 Adobe Workfront9.0 servedexemplar 137 Novu9.0 servedexemplar 138 FullEnrich9.0 servedstrong 139 Acquia9.0 servedexemplar 140 Square9.0 servedexemplar 141 Meltwater9.0 servedexemplar 142 Bitly9.0 servedexemplar 143 Demandbase9.0 servedstrong 144 Oracle9.0 servedstrong 145 Upsun9.0 servedstrong 146 Synup9.0 servedstrong 147 Speko9.0 serveddeveloping 148 Kit9.0 servedexemplar 149 Fireflies.ai9.0 servedexemplar 150 DataForSEO9.0 servedexemplar 151 Apollo.io9.0 servedstrong 152 Backstage9.0 servedstrong 153 Perplexity9.0 servedstrong 154 Clickup9.0 servedexemplar 155 Caretta9.0 serveddeveloping 156 Parallel Web Systems9.0 servedstrong 157 SearchApi9.0 serveddeveloping 158 Automattic9.0 serveddeveloping 159 Tabs9.0 serveddeveloping 160 Airweave9.0 serveddeveloping 161 Arcmira9.0 servedstrong 162 APIContext9.0 serveddeveloping 163 Checkly9.0 servedexemplar 164 Netlify9.0 servedexemplar 165 Unify9.0 servedexemplar 166 Instantly9.0 servedstrong 167 Art Blocks9.0 servedthin 168 Customer.io9.0 servedexemplar 169 GitHub9.0 servedexemplar 170 UserGems9.0 servedexemplar 171 Explorium9.0 servedexemplar 172 Contentful9.0 serveddeveloping 173 Didit9.0 servedstrong 174 Lumos9.0 servedstrong 175 Plex9.0 serveddeveloping 176 Coval9.0 serveddeveloping 177 Comunicate.top API9.0 serveddeveloping 178 AfterShip9.0 servedexemplar 179 ClickHouse9.0 servedexemplar 180 Browser Use9.0 servedexemplar 181 Stedi9.0 servedexemplar 182 Sigma Computing9.0 servedexemplar 183 Zillapi9.0 servedstrong 184 Talkable9.0 servedstrong 185 Entergram9.0 servedstrong 186 AppLike Group9.0 servedstrong 187 Prezent9.0 servedstrong 188 Clozd9.0 serveddeveloping 189 StayingAPI9.0 servedstrong 190 WorkOS9.0 servedstrong 191 Karumi9.0 serveddeveloping 192 Triple Whale9.0 servedexemplar 193 Newstore9.0 serveddeveloping 194 IntegrationOS9.0 servedexemplar 195 cogDepot9.0 servedstrong 196 xCures9.0 servedstrong 197 Cello9.0 servedstrong 198 Recipe API9.0 serveddeveloping 199 Medusa9.0 servedstrong 200 Immutable9.0 servedstrong 201 Terabase Energy9.0 serveddeveloping 202 Astrology API9.0 servedstrong 203 Knak9.0 servedstrong 204 GC AI9.0 serveddeveloping 205 Lucent9.0 serveddeveloping 206 Trading Economics9.0 serveddeveloping 207 Knock9.0 servedexemplar 208 Monte Carlo9.0 servedexemplar 209 Box9.0 servedstrong 210 Archbee9.0 servedexemplar 211 Walmart9.0 servedstrong 212 Brevo9.0 servedexemplar 213 Memo Bank9.0 servedstrong 214 Druva9.0 servedstrong 215 Stripe9.0 servedexemplar 216 Clay9.0 servedstrong 217 RocketReach9.0 servedstrong 218 emem9.0 servedstrong 219 Search1API9.0 servedexemplar 220 TranscriptFetch9.0 servedexemplar 221 Harmonic.ai9.0 servedstrong 222 Clearspeed9.0 serveddeveloping 223 Workera9.0 serveddeveloping 224 Clari9.0 servedstrong 225 Nimbleway9.0 servedstrong 226 Cobot9.0 serveddeveloping 227 Salesforce Marketing Cloud9.0 servedexemplar 228 Anvil9.0 serveddeveloping 229 Piknik.Spot9.0 serveddeveloping 230 Savee9.0 servedstrong 231 Bird9.0 serveddeveloping 232 Outline9.0 serveddeveloping 233 Close9.0 servedexemplar 234 G29.0 servedexemplar 235 Dash09.0 servedstrong 236 Integration.app (Membrane)9.0 servedstrong 237 Poggio Labs9.0 servedstrong 238 Stotles9.0 serveddeveloping 239 Insforge9.0 serveddeveloping 240 b.well9.0 serveddeveloping 241 CryptoCompare9.0 serveddeveloping 242 SpAItial9.0 serveddeveloping 243 Fixture9.0 serveddeveloping 244 Scalar9.0 servedexemplar 245 Statable Stats API9.0 servedstrong 246 EODHD9.0 servedstrong 247 Qovery9.0 serveddeveloping 248 OpusClip9.0 serveddeveloping 249 MarginEdge9.0 serveddeveloping 250 Genesys9.0 servedstrong 251 Omnisend9.0 servedexemplar 252 RudderStack9.0 servedexemplar 253 Lacuna9.0 servedstrong 254 OpenAI9.0 servedexemplar 255 Statsig9.0 servedexemplar 256 Cogny9.0 servedexemplar 257 Exa9.0 servedstrong 258 Anchor Browser9.0 serveddeveloping 259 SumUp9.0 serveddeveloping 260 Smartling9.0 servedthin 261 Qonto9.0 servedexemplar 262 Fodda (PSFK)9.0 servedexemplar 263 MOLOCO9.0 servedstrong 264 The Ainglish Project9.0 servedstrong 265 Ando9.0 serveddeveloping 266 TikTok Marketing API9.0 servedstrong 267 Phonic9.0 serveddeveloping 268 Scrunch AI9.0 servedstrong 269 DevCycle9.0 servedstrong 270 Sendspark9.0 servedstrong 271 Morningstar9.0 serveddeveloping 272 Jasper9.0 servedstrong 273 Whisper Security9.0 servedstrong 274 Topograph9.0 servedstrong 275 Datarails9.0 servedstrong 276 Sybilion9.0 serveddeveloping 277 nCino9.0 servedthin 278 Chronosphere9.0 servedstrong 279 Xpansiv9.0 serveddeveloping 280 Profound9.0 servedexemplar 281 Monid9.0 servedstrong 282 ClawSpan9.0 servedstrong 283 Reevo9.0 serveddeveloping 284 Anrok9.0 serveddeveloping 285 Impact9.0 servedexemplar 286 Runway9.0 serveddeveloping 287 Acronis9.0 servedexemplar 288 Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)9.0 servedexemplar 289 MongoDB9.0 servedexemplar 290 ThousandEyes9.0 servedexemplar 291 Pexafy9.0 servedstrong 292 Nooks9.0 servedstrong 293 Contrast Security9.0 servedstrong 294 Platform.sh9.0 servedstrong 295 Aptly9.0 serveddeveloping 296 Social Fetch9.0 servedstrong 297 KonbiniAPI9.0 servedstrong 298 Sitefire9.0 serveddeveloping 299 Equals9.0 serveddeveloping 300 Tesser9.0 serveddeveloping 301 Hedera9.0 serveddeveloping 302 Datadog APM9.0 servedexemplar 303 data.world9.0 serveddeveloping 304 Braze9.0 servedexemplar 305 OneTrust9.0 servedexemplar 306 HERE9.0 servedexemplar 307 cPanel9.0 servedstrong 308 Ontraport9.0 servedstrong 309 Wefunder9.0 serveddeveloping 310 Beyond9.0 serveddeveloping 311 Loa Healthcare Pricing API9.0 serveddeveloping 312 Process Street9.0 serveddeveloping 313 Cvent Hospitality Cloud9.0 servedstrong 314 Lightrun9.0 servedstrong 315 Clawvisor9.0 serveddeveloping 316 PostHog9.0 serveddeveloping 317 6sense9.0 servedexemplar 318 Better Stack9.0 servedexemplar 319 Chili Piper9.0 servedstrong 320 Shortcut Software9.0 servedstrong 321 AmunCore9.0 servedstrong 322 Huntress9.0 serveddeveloping 323 Shopify9.0 servedexemplar 324 Demodesk9.0 servedstrong 325 CoreStack9.0 serveddeveloping 326 Campfire9.0 serveddeveloping 327 Clarifeye9.0 serveddeveloping 328 CircleCI9.0 servedexemplar 329 Flint9.0 servedstrong 330 1Lookup9.0 servedstrong 331 The Mobile First Company9.0 servedstrong 332 MailerSend9.0 servedstrong 333 Epidemic Sound9.0 serveddeveloping 334 Upwork9.0 servedthin 335 MrScraper9.0 servedexemplar 336 Seamless.AI9.0 servedexemplar 337 AirOps9.0 servedstrong 338 BudgetPixel9.0 servedstrong 339 Schematic9.0 serveddeveloping 340 Agorapulse9.0 servedexemplar 341 Snov.io9.0 servedexemplar 342 Northbeam9.0 servedexemplar 343 Intelligems9.0 servedstrong 344 Vitally9.0 serveddeveloping 345 AIMLAPI9.0 servedstrong 346 MonetizeNow9.0 serveddeveloping 347 KarmaCheck9.0 serveddeveloping 348 Adobe Experience Cloud9.0 servedexemplar 349 Lukka9.0 serveddeveloping 350 Postman9.0 servedexemplar 351 Plinth US Grants Data9.0 servedstrong 352 Optilogic9.0 serveddeveloping 353 Coda Project9.0 servedstrong 354 Wego9.0 serveddeveloping 355 Aembit9.0 servedexemplar 356 Thinkific9.0 serveddeveloping 357 JamBase9.0 serveddeveloping 358 Appwrite9.0 servedexemplar 359 Delx9.0 servedexemplar 360 Givebutter9.0 servedstrong 361 Lev9.0 servedstrong 362 LinqAlpha9.0 serveddeveloping 363 ClawdChat 虾聊9.0 serveddeveloping 364 Klaviyo9.0 servedexemplar 365 Mirakl9.0 servedexemplar 366 Confluence9.0 servedexemplar 367 APIClaw9.0 serveddeveloping 368 Informatica9.0 serveddeveloping 369 Opus9.0 serveddeveloping 370 Contra9.0 serveddeveloping 371 MailerLite9.0 servedexemplar 372 Antimetal9.0 serveddeveloping 373 GitLab CI/CD9.0 serveddeveloping 374 Yext9.0 serveddeveloping 375 Prisma9.0 servedexemplar 376 Affinda9.0 servedstrong 377 Zoom9.0 servedstrong 378 Alpaca9.0 servedstrong 379 TimeCamp9.0 servedthin 380 Deployxa9.0 servedstrong 381 Monocrawl9.0 servedstrong 382 Bluecore9.0 serveddeveloping 383 VidMob9.0 serveddeveloping 384 HubSpot9.0 servedexemplar 385 Outreach9.0 servedexemplar 386 ForceDream9.0 servedexemplar 387 Perigon9.0 servedexemplar 388 Synthflow9.0 servedstrong 389 Amplitude9.0 servedstrong 390 Roboflow9.0 servedstrong 391 Metadata9.0 serveddeveloping 392 Unified9.0 servedthin 393 Nanonets9.0 servedstrong 394 Trulioo9.0 servedstrong 395 Virix Labs9.0 servedstrong 396 Acceldata9.0 servedstrong 397 Syft Data9.0 servedstrong 398 Reachdesk9.0 servedstrong 399 Turquoise Health9.0 servedstrong 400 LeadIQ9.0 servedstrong 401 Beaconstac9.0 servedstrong 402 WorkBoard9.0 serveddeveloping 403 VergeSense9.0 serveddeveloping 404 Fullcast9.0 serveddeveloping 405 Opoint9.0 serveddeveloping 406 Prior Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 407 Extole9.0 servedstrong 408 Prismic9.0 servedexemplar 409 Asana9.0 servedexemplar 410 SendPulse9.0 servedexemplar 411 Token.io9.0 servedexemplar 412 Zoom Phone9.0 servedexemplar 413 Openhandle9.0 servedstrong 414 Conviva9.0 servedstrong 415 Read AI9.0 servedstrong 416 Worklittle9.0 serveddeveloping 417 Bolna9.0 serveddeveloping 418 Chord9.0 serveddeveloping 419 ScreenshotOne9.0 servedthin 420 AppSumo9.0 serveddeveloping 421 Runway Financial9.0 serveddeveloping 422 Krea9.0 servedthin 423 Hunter9.0 servedexemplar 424 LeanData9.0 servedstrong 425 The San Francisco Compute Company9.0 servedstrong 426 Hex9.0 servedstrong 427 ev.energy9.0 serveddeveloping 428 toksta9.0 serveddeveloping 429 Improvado9.0 servedstrong 430 Lean Technologies9.0 serveddeveloping 431 Truex Media9.0 serveddeveloping 432 Midjourney9.0 servedthin 433 Nutshell9.0 servedstrong 434 Usersnap9.0 servedstrong 435 Global Database9.0 serveddeveloping 436 Sprig9.0 serveddeveloping 437 Larridin9.0 serveddeveloping 438 Gojiberry AI9.0 serveddeveloping 439 Okta9.0 servedexemplar 440 Acoustic9.0 servedstrong 441 Lilt9.0 servedstrong 442 iBanFirst9.0 servedstrong 443 UserTesting9.0 serveddeveloping 444 DomainTools9.0 serveddeveloping 445 Weld9.0 serveddeveloping 446 DeSci Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 447 CoreStory9.0 serveddeveloping 448 Routebase9.0 servedstrong 449 WoowUp9.0 serveddeveloping 450 Pleo9.0 serveddeveloping 451 Craft.io9.0 serveddeveloping 452 Apify9.0 servedthin 453 BigPanda9.0 servedexemplar 454 Factset9.0 servedstrong 455 Braintree9.0 servedthin 456 ElevenLabs9.0 servedexemplar 457 Surfe9.0 servedexemplar 458 Coresignal9.0 servedexemplar 459 Postiz9.0 servedstrong 460 AskNicely9.0 servedstrong 461 Fabric Origin9.0 servedstrong 462 Evermuse9.0 serveddeveloping 463 Fever9.0 servedthin 464 Splunk9.0 servedstrong 465 CloudChipr9.0 servedstrong 466 Openwork9.0 servedstrong 467 Delinea9.0 servedexemplar 468 Automation Anywhere9.0 servedexemplar 469 Bolt Financial9.0 servedstrong 470 Regal9.0 servedexemplar 471 Tapfiliate9.0 servedexemplar 472 Notion9.0 servedstrong 473 Socotra9.0 serveddeveloping 474 HeyMilo9.0 serveddeveloping 475 Bugsnag9.0 servedexemplar 476 Blnk Finance9.0 servedexemplar 477 Embrace9.0 servedstrong 478 AnnounceKit9.0 servedstrong 479 Figma9.0 servedstrong 480 NextRoll9.0 servedstrong 481 Listen Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 482 Digital Ocean9.0 serveddeveloping 483 Folk9.0 serveddeveloping 484 Monday.com9.0 servedthin 485 Mixedbread9.0 servedstrong 486 Kajabi9.0 serveddeveloping 487 Medplum9.0 servedexemplar 488 CI HUB9.0 servedstrong 489 Planable9.0 servedstrong 490 Sequel9.0 servedstrong 491 OK Capsule9.0 servedstrong 492 CB Insights9.0 servedstrong 493 AgentsPodium9.0 serveddeveloping 494 Fastino Labs9.0 serveddeveloping 495 Thrive Global9.0 servedthin 496 LaunchDarkly9.0 servedexemplar 497 Talend9.0 servedstrong 498 Salesforce9.0 servedexemplar 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 v0.23.0 across 28,886 providers · lists rebuilt 2026-10-08 · capped at the top 500 per page.