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Read-only MCP server over the APIs.io catalog — discover APIs, providers, tags & artifacts.

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Publisher io.apis · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://apis.io/mcp

allow
verdict
rich-solo
cluster
ok_tools
answers
79
tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow
allow — alive & usable · retrieval-public ● · V3 has answer key ◐
allow — because answers ●, 79 tools legible (band B) ●, no confirmed drift in 2 probes ●; not yet checked: truth (2 attempts unverifiable, 0 disagreements)

Cluster rich-solo · distinctiveness 0.619 (unusual). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 11,094-server censussee the whole spectrum.

Does it answer? Q1 · observed
answersalive_tools
latency143 ms
vs populationtypical
protocolcurrent
authopen
Can it be used? Q4 · observed
tools79
vs populationhigh
capabilities3
harnessB
Did it hold when checked? Q3–Q4 · derived
identitysolo
servers on its host1
verifiabilityunassessed
duplicate inventoryno
drift events0
answers true0/0 agree

🔏 Signed receipt rr_4344cde89879e96a345da4f4 · ed25519 · key rs-rcpt-2026-08 — this rating is tamper-evident; an agent gets the full signature from check_server and can verify it against the published key.

Q1Does it answer?alive & usable — 2 probes ●evidence ↓
Q2What is it?retrieval-public ● evidence ↓
Q3Can it be checked?V3 has answer key ◐evidence ↓
Q4Did it hold?harness B · truth not yet run · no drift ●evidence ↓
Q5What company does it keep?rich-solo · 1 on its host (context, not verdict) ◐evidence ↓

● observed · ◐ derived · ○ reported — the verdict synthesizes Q1–Q4; Q5 is context. Methodology →

History observed

Every probe we made, oldest → newest (2 shown, 2026-08-12 → 2026-08-14). Green answered · amber answered-but-walled · red no useful answer. A gap in our cadence is a gap in coverage, not evidence about the server.

changelog (1 events)
datetypewhat changed
2026-08-12outcomefirst probe: ok_tools

What kind of tools these are derived

Verification only means something relative to a tool's NATURE — an email-sender has no "true answer", a generator has no answer key. Classification evidence: classified from tool names/descriptions/annotations WE OBSERVED. What checking applies to each kind (the full methodology →):

naturetoolsmeaning what checking applies
retrieval-public59serves public factstruth-checkable against a public source — the V-ladder applies in full
action10changes the worldno true answer exists; we check the CONTRACT (destructive/read-only/idempotent declarations, error legibility) and never fire real actions
unclassified9not classifiable from its textTier-1 only until its tools describe themselves
generative1creates contentno answer key exists; disclosure + stability checks, never truth verdicts

Tools last seen observed

add_to_list apis_io_search company_gaps compare_providers create_list delete_list delete_saved_search enrich_provider export_dataset export_stack find_apis find_apis_json find_arazzo find_areas find_artifacts find_asyncapis find_channels find_collections find_company_insights find_examples find_finops find_graphql find_industries find_investors find_json_ld find_json_schemas find_json_structures find_mcp find_openapis find_plans find_postman find_providers find_rate_limits find_rating_movers find_ratings find_regions find_rules find_scopes find_security find_similar_apis find_similar_providers find_skills find_tags find_vcs find_vocabularies gap_analysis get_api get_api_artifacts get_area get_area_leaders get_company_insight get_industry get_industry_leaders get_list get_openapi get_provider get_provider_artifacts get_provider_onboarding get_provider_rating get_rating_history get_rating_rubric get_region get_region_leaders get_tag get_vc industry_gap_analysis insights_adoption insights_dimensions list_lists list_saved_searches match_providers recommend_stack resolve run_saved_search save_search saved_search_net_new story_leads vc_portfolio whats_changed

Harness readiness observed

Can an agent's harness pick this tool and call it correctly? Graded on the three things an agent reads — name, description, typed parameters. Band B — usable, with rough edges.

legibility checktools passingok
name is clear & specific79/79
has a description79/79
description is substantive76/7976/79
parameters are typed79/79
parameters are described9/799/79

79 of 79 tools graded · 79 with a captured input schema. RS-008, Tier-1 — no domain knowledge, applies to any tool. “Alive” is not the same as “usable”.

Truth checks observed

Not yet confirmed — 2 attempt(s) currently unverifiable (rate limits, walls, or unmappable schemas — never counted against the server) · 0 disagreements.

claim classkeyverdictprimary source
tariff-duty6109.10.00unverifiableus-hts
tariff-duty8471.30.01unverifiableus-hts

Protocol conformance observed

2025-06-18
protocol version
session model
1.1.0
server version apis.io

Capabilities: prompts resources tools

Drift observed

No confirmed drift on record. Baseline set 2026-08-14; changes appear here after human review.

raw probe records
probed (UTC) outcomehttpmsprotocol
2026-08-14T19:58:51Zok_tools2001432025-06-18
2026-08-12T05:34:04Zok_tools2001322025-06-18

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