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Providers using this tag (9)

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 API57.1
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
replynodes-comCompanyArtificial IntelligenceWeb DataMCP1 API52.2threadsnoop-comRedditArtificial IntelligenceMCP1 API49.6BTC War Live Market Data APIFinanceCryptocurrencyMarket DataBitcoin2 APIs47.6Rugspull Read APIBNB Smart ChainBSCwbnb1 API40.0VoidpetCompanyGamesGamingMental Health1 API39.7
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
NewMinecraftServersMinecraftGamingserver-directoryGame Servers1 API38.74chanSocialBulletin BoardImageboard6 APIs31.3Studio GhibliAnimeStudio GhibliFilmCharacters5 APIs28.3

APIs with this tag (28)

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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 ...77.9
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Drupal.org REST APIThe read-only REST API the Drupal Association operates on drupal.org itself, exposing Drupal.org’s own node...55.9
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
VeraDial MCP ServerRemote, read-only Model Context Protocol server (Streamable HTTP) that lets a customer's own AI assistant -...46.9Substack Developer APINarrowly scoped official API that returns public Substack profile data for a given LinkedIn handle. Access ...43.6Substack MCP ServerOfficial remote Model Context Protocol server that connects a Substack publication to an MCP-capable AI ass...43.6Substack RSS FeedsPer-publication public RSS feeds available at https://{publication}.substack.com/feed for syndication and r...43.6Empower Balance APIListed in the public API catalog of the Empower developer portal, operated by Great-West Lifeco's U.S. reti...41.5
Thin 16 Limited public surface area
Toornament Viewer APIRead-only public API for accessing tournament information without full organizer authentication. Ideal for ...38.8ColdSnap Store JSON (Ajax) APIThe unauthenticated read-only JSON surface Shopify serves from the ColdSnap storefront and which the store'...37.6Moda Data APIRead-only analytics API for programmatic access to Moda conversation data: overview/KPIs, conversations, wo...35.7Statuspage Status API (v2)Public, read-only REST API exposed by every Statuspage at /api/v2 that returns current status, components, ...35.1Dolls Kill Storefront Product JSON APIThe read-only, unauthenticated JSON endpoints Dolls Kill documents in its own agents.md for agents that onl...31.4Whimsical API (Beta)Limited-beta REST API. Endpoints are read-oriented and use POST verbs: `users.get`, `teams.list`, `comments...30.7Omaze UK Storefront JSONThe anonymous, read-only JSON surface of the Omaze UK storefront, documented by Omaze itself in /agents.md ...30.6OLIPOP Storefront Product JSONUnauthenticated read-only JSON endpoints the store's own agent instructions publish for agents that only ne...30.0quip 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...29.3Voyage Foods Storefront Product JSON APIThe read-only, unauthenticated product and collection JSON endpoints the store documents for agents in agen...29.0Exactly Protocol Previewer APIRead-only smart contract interface for previewing deposits, borrows, withdrawals, and repayments across all...27.9100 Thieves Storefront JSON EndpointsThe read-only JSON surface the store documents for agents that only need to browse catalog data without tra...27.8IPFS HTTP Gateway APIThe IPFS HTTP Gateway API is an implementation-agnostic interface for retrieving content-addressed data fro...26.5Accelerator Active Energy Storefront JSON EndpointsThe read-only JSON surface the store's own agent instructions document for agents that only need to browse ...26.3BrewDog Storefront Product JSONThe unauthenticated, read-only product and collection JSON surface of the brewdog.com Shopify storefront, d...26.3
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
Pendle Router Static (On-chain Helper)RouterStatic is an on-chain read-only helper contract that exposes simulation and quoting functions used by...24.3M.Gemi Storefront Product JSONThe read-only Shopify storefront JSON surface for the M.Gemi catalog, documented by the store's own /llms.t...23.5Coursera Catalog APIPublic REST API for browsing Coursera's catalog of courses, specializations, instructors, partners, and cat...16.7Money 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...16.3Money You're Owed Catalog MCP ServerFree public remote Model Context Protocol server (Streamable HTTP, protocol 2025-06-18, stateless, no authe...16.3

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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
39.0
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.1
spread across providers
Quality lift
51.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
3.8
strength of nearest seed neighbor

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