io.apis/apis-io

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

Discover APIs and providers from the APIs.io catalog with read-only access.

Captured live from the server via tools/list.

apis_io_search

Search the APIs.io catalog. Find APIs, providers, or tags by free text, tags (match any/all), providers, artifact types, industry, region, and rating band. Set return to choose the result kind.

Parameters (14)

returnstring
qstring
Free text over name + description.
tagsarray
Tag slugs.
matchstring
providersarray
artifact_typesarray
bandarray
Rating bands: exemplar, strong, developing, thin, minimal.
min_scorenumber
industryarray
regionarray
sortstring
fieldsarray
pageinteger
limitinteger

find_apis

Cross-provider API discovery by tag, provider, or artifact type.

Parameters (13)

qstring
Free text over name + description.
tagsarray
Tag slugs.
matchstring
providersarray
artifact_typesarray
bandarray
Rating bands: exemplar, strong, developing, thin, minimal.
min_scorenumber
industryarray
regionarray
sortstring
fieldsarray
pageinteger
limitinteger

get_api

Full detail for one API by aid (provider:api-slug); set include=["content"] to inline artifact bodies.

Parameters (3)

aidstringrequired
artifact_typesarray
includearray

find_providers

Discover providers by text, tag, artifact type, industry, region, or rating band.

Parameters (13)

qstring
Free text over name + description.
tagsarray
Tag slugs.
matchstring
providersarray
artifact_typesarray
bandarray
Rating bands: exemplar, strong, developing, thin, minimal.
min_scorenumber
industryarray
regionarray
sortstring
fieldsarray
pageinteger
limitinteger

get_provider

Full detail for one provider, including its APIs and links.

Parameters (1)

slugstringrequired

find_tags

Browse/rank the tag taxonomy by composite score, frequency, or breadth.

Parameters (4)

qstring
sortstring
pageinteger
limitinteger

get_tag

One tag with its linked providers, APIs, and neighbor tags.

Parameters (1)

slugstringrequired

find_industries

Browse industry verticals; sort by provider/API count.

Parameters (4)

qstring
sortstring
pageinteger
limitinteger

get_industry

One industry with its ranked member providers.

Parameters (1)

slugstringrequired

find_regions

Browse geographic regions; sort by provider/API count.

Parameters (4)

qstring
sortstring
pageinteger
limitinteger

get_region

One region with its ranked member providers.

Parameters (1)

slugstringrequired

find_ratings

Ranked ratings leaderboard — filter by band, score range, trend, or facet threshold.

Parameters (8)

bandarray
min_scorenumber
trendstring
facetstring
min_facetnumber
tagsarray
pageinteger
limitinteger

get_provider_rating

One provider's full rating breakdown (composite, band, trend, six facets).

Parameters (1)

slugstringrequired

get_rating_rubric

The rubric — bands, facet weights, trend thresholds — so an agent can interpret any score.

No parameters.

find_artifacts

Find artifacts of one type across the catalog. type is one of: openapis, asyncapis, arazzo, postman, collections, graphql, json-schemas, json-structures, json-ld, vocabularies, rules, examples, finops, plans, rate-limits, skills.

Parameters (7)

typestringrequired
qstring
tagsarray
providersarray
includearray
pageinteger
limitinteger

Install

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apis-io": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://apis.io/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.