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Read Only

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Providers using this tag (7)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
GZW Data APIGamingVideo Gamesgray-zone-warfareGame Data1 API59.7
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
BTC War Live Market Data APIFinanceCryptocurrencyMarket DataBitcoin3 APIs44.1NewMinecraftServersMinecraftGamingserver-directoryGame Servers1 API43.1
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
Rugspull Read APIBNB Smart ChainBSCwbnb2 APIs37.1VoidpetCompanyGamesGamingMental Health2 APIs37.04chanSocialBulletin BoardImageboard6 APIs35.3Studio GhibliAnimeStudio GhibliFilmCharacters5 APIs32.7

APIs with this tag (28)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Upstox MCP ServerUpstox operates a hosted, OAuth-protected Model Context Protocol server at https://mcp.upstox.com/mcp that ...74.9
Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
VeraDial MCP ServerRemote, read-only Model Context Protocol server (Streamable HTTP) that lets a customer's own AI assistant -...57.0Drupal.org REST APIThe read-only REST API the Drupal Association operates on drupal.org itself, exposing Drupal.org’s own node...55.6
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Empower Balance APIListed in the public API catalog of the Empower developer portal, operated by Great-West Lifeco's U.S. reti...40.3Toornament Viewer APIRead-only public API for accessing tournament information without full organizer authentication. Ideal for ...40.1Substack Developer APINarrowly scoped official API that returns public Substack profile data for a given LinkedIn handle. Access ...39.8Substack MCP ServerOfficial remote Model Context Protocol server that connects a Substack publication to an MCP-capable AI ass...39.8Substack RSS FeedsPer-publication public RSS feeds available at https://{publication}.substack.com/feed for syndication and r...39.8
Thin 15 Limited public surface area
ColdSnap Store JSON (Ajax) APIThe unauthenticated read-only JSON surface Shopify serves from the ColdSnap storefront and which the store'...37.5Moda Data APIRead-only analytics API for programmatic access to Moda conversation data: overview/KPIs, conversations, wo...35.6Statuspage Status API (v2)Public, read-only REST API exposed by every Statuspage at /api/v2 that returns current status, components, ...33.6Exactly Protocol Previewer APIRead-only smart contract interface for previewing deposits, borrows, withdrawals, and repayments across all...32.2IPFS HTTP Gateway APIThe IPFS HTTP Gateway API is an implementation-agnostic interface for retrieving content-addressed data fro...32.1Dolls Kill Storefront Product JSON APIThe read-only, unauthenticated JSON endpoints Dolls Kill documents in its own agents.md for agents that onl...31.3Omaze UK Storefront JSONThe anonymous, read-only JSON surface of the Omaze UK storefront, documented by Omaze itself in /agents.md ...30.5OLIPOP Storefront Product JSONUnauthenticated read-only JSON endpoints the store's own agent instructions publish for agents that only ne...29.9quip Storefront JSON EndpointsThe read-only JSON surface the store documents for agents that only need to browse catalog data without tra...29.6Hubble Contacts Storefront Product JSONUnauthenticated read-only JSON over the Hubble Contacts storefront catalog, documented in Hubble's own /age...29.3Whimsical API (Beta)Limited-beta REST API. Endpoints are read-oriented and use POST verbs: `users.get`, `teams.list`, `comments...29.2Voyage Foods Storefront Product JSON APIThe read-only, unauthenticated product and collection JSON endpoints the store documents for agents in agen...29.0100 Thieves Storefront JSON EndpointsThe read-only JSON surface the store documents for agents that only need to browse catalog data without tra...27.7Accelerator Active Energy Storefront JSON EndpointsThe read-only JSON surface the store's own agent instructions document for agents that only need to browse ...26.2BrewDog Storefront Product JSONThe unauthenticated, read-only product and collection JSON surface of the brewdog.com Shopify storefront, d...26.2
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
M.Gemi Storefront Product JSONThe read-only Shopify storefront JSON surface for the M.Gemi catalog, documented by the store's own /llms.t...23.5Pendle Router Static (On-chain Helper)RouterStatic is an on-chain read-only helper contract that exposes simulation and quoting functions used by...22.9Money You're Owed Catalog Agent (A2A)A2A 1.0 agent ("Money You're Owed catalog agent", version 1.0.0) with a JSONRPC binding at https://agent.mo...19.9Money You're Owed Catalog MCP ServerFree public remote Model Context Protocol server (Streamable HTTP, protocol 2025-06-18, stateless, no authe...19.9Coursera Catalog APIPublic REST API for browsing Coursera's catalog of courses, specializations, instructors, partners, and cat...19.7

Companies reaching this through an API (25)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Read Only” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

100 Thieves Adrenaline Shoc BrewDog ColdSnap Coursera Dolls Kill Drupal Exactly Protocol Great-West Lifeco Hubble Contacts IPFS M.Gemi Moda Money You're Owed Olipop Omaze Pendle Finance Quip NYC Statuspage Substack Toornament Upstox VeraDial Voyage Foods Whimsical

Score breakdown

Frequency
41.0
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
51.1
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
4.2
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Cart 8 co-occurrences Universal Commerce Protocol 8 co-occurrences Checkout 10 co-occurrences JSON 10 co-occurrences Agentic Commerce 11 co-occurrences Shopify 10 co-occurrences Catalog 13 co-occurrences Direct to Consumer 6 co-occurrences

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