{
  "meta": {
    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-08",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/",
    "methodology": "0.4",
    "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json",
    "preview": false,
    "run": "2026-10-01",
    "runLabel": "October 2026 research run"
  },
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    "slug": "affinity",
    "name": "Affinity",
    "vendor": "Project Affinity, Inc.",
    "vendorUrl": "https://www.affinity.co",
    "kind": "http-api",
    "category": "crm",
    "summary": "Affinity is a relationship CRM for venture capital and private equity firms, from Project Affinity, Inc. Agents reach it through a versioned REST API with a public OpenAPI file and a hosted MCP server, on the Scale plan and above.",
    "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/affinity",
    "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/affinity.md",
    "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/affinity.min.md",
    "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/affinity.json",
    "license": "Proprietary service under Affinity's master subscription agreement. The `affinity-mcp` package on PyPI is MIT",
    "transports": [
      "http",
      "streamable-http",
      "stdio"
    ],
    "remoteUrl": "https://api.affinity.co/v2",
    "packages": [
      {
        "registry": "pypi",
        "name": "affinity-mcp"
      }
    ],
    "auth": "mixed",
    "authNotes": "A paying customer's user makes an API key in Settings, Manage Apps, which needs the Generate an API key permission from the firm's admin. API v2 takes the key as a Bearer token. A key acts with all of its owner's permissions, has no scopes or expiry, can be revoked, and can be tied to an IP allowlist. The hosted MCP server takes OAuth 2.0 through login.affinity.co, with a read-only choice at consent, or the same API key in an `Authorization` header. There is no self-serve signup. Outside developers building for shared customers sign the Affinity Developer Agreement.",
    "pricing": "paid",
    "pricingNotes": "From $2,300 a user a year (Scale), the lowest plan with the API and the MCP server. Essential is $2,000 without either, Advanced $2,700, Enterprise on quote, all billed yearly and bought through sales. Scale and Advanced include 100,000 API calls a month, MCP calls counted in, and Enterprise has no monthly cap. No free tier or sandbox was found, and trial accounts can't use the API (https://www.affinity.co/product/affinity-pricing, checked 2026-10-08).",
    "priceSummary": "$191.67 / seat-mo",
    "where": "both",
    "x402": {
      "level": "no",
      "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "endpoints": []
    },
    "toolCount": 75,
    "popularity": {
      "githubStars": null,
      "npmWeekly": null,
      "pypiWeekly": 268,
      "asOf": "2026-10-08"
    },
    "docsUrl": "https://developer.affinity.co",
    "llmsTxt": "https://developer.affinity.co/llms.txt",
    "openapi": "https://developer.affinity.co/api-reference/openapi.json",
    "capabilities": [
      "crm.records",
      "crm.pipeline",
      "crm.activities",
      "crm.search",
      "crm.webhooks"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "hosted",
      "paid",
      "sales-led",
      "mcp",
      "oauth",
      "openapi",
      "llms-txt",
      "webhooks",
      "closed-source",
      "python",
      "status-page",
      "soc2",
      "iso27001",
      "private-capital"
    ],
    "lastRelease": "2026-10-02",
    "graded": true,
    "anchor": {
      "graded": true,
      "score": 63.4,
      "grade": "B",
      "agentReady": false,
      "rank": 311,
      "ranked": true,
      "rankOf": 722,
      "categoryRank": 6,
      "methodology": "0.4",
      "run": "2026-10-01",
      "scores": {
        "ergonomics": 66,
        "maintenance": 70,
        "payments": 10,
        "reliability": 64,
        "schema": 91,
        "security": 66,
        "transparency": 70
      },
      "pending": [
        "performance",
        "tasks"
      ],
      "breakdown": [
        {
          "key": "reliability",
          "name": "Reliability",
          "weight": 16,
          "effectiveWeight": 20,
          "score": 64,
          "points": 12.8,
          "reason": "Status page at status.affinity.co with component history and separate components for External API v1, External API v2 and MCP (20). In the 90 days to 8 October 2026 one incident touched the APIs, a disruption of all services on 3 September 2026 that ran 63 minutes from first post to resolution, with recovery reported after 20 minutes, rated minor by Affinity and put down to its cloud provider. Two other entries concerned Analytics and the Outlook add-in. An hour of errors across every service sits between the minor and major lines, so 15 of 30, a judgement call. Limits published, 900 requests a minute per user and 100,000 a month per account on Scale and Advanced (15). The docs tell integrators to handle 429 and every response carries `x-ratelimit-*` headers with seconds to reset, but we found no Retry-After, no backoff guidance and no idempotency keys (8 of 15). No SLA in the master subscription agreement. The trust centre lists a Service-Level Agreement item whose text we couldn't read (0). API v2 has stable dated versions, but 36 of 112 operations are beta and the `affinity-mcp` package is classed Beta on PyPI (6 of 10). Hosted lines used."
        },
        {
          "key": "performance",
          "name": "Performance",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes."
        },
        {
          "key": "schema",
          "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
          "weight": 13,
          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 91,
          "points": 14.79,
          "reason": "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 files in JSON and YAML for three dated versions, 112 operations in 2026-09-17 (25). `llms.txt` with 386 links and a Markdown copy of each page (10). Operation descriptions have a median length of 469 characters and state the permission needed, limits and beta status, and the MCP tool page says when to pick `search_companies_top_matches` over `search_all_companies` (16 of 20). 358 schemas with 123 enums and `additionalProperties: false` on the ones we read, though list endpoints take a filter string with its own grammar (12 of 15). 839 example entries and typed error schemas with a `code` and `message`, while the error page itself is a table of HTTP codes (13 of 15). Date-based versions chosen by header, a migration page per version and a dated changelog (15)."
        },
        {
          "key": "ergonomics",
          "name": "Agent ergonomics",
          "weight": 13,
          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 66,
          "points": 10.73,
          "reason": "API responses can be sized with `limit`, `fieldIds` and `fieldTypes`, but the MCP server lists 75 tools and skills with no toolsets or dynamic loading documented (12 of 25). Cursor pagination with `nextUrl`, a filter grammar, and search endpoints with nested filters and up to five sorts (20). Errors come as an array of typed codes with messages, and validation errors name the property (15 of 20). No idempotency keys. The `affinity-mcp` 0.5.1 package registers every tool with `readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint` and `idempotentHint`, which we read in the wheel. We couldn't list the hosted server's tools without an account. Deletes and merges wait for confirmation per the docs (13 of 20). Defaults are sensible and few parameters are required, but we found no official API client in any language, only the Python MCP package (6 of 15)."
        },
        {
          "key": "security",
          "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
          "weight": 14,
          "effectiveWeight": 17.5,
          "score": 66,
          "points": 11.55,
          "reason": "The hosted MCP server takes OAuth 2.0 with scopes `mcp`, `mcp.read`, `api`, `api.read` and `offline_access`. API keys are named, revocable, several per user and can be tied to an IP allowlist, but carry all of their owner's permissions with no per-key scope or expiry. v2 takes the key only as a Bearer header (25 of 30). Read-only access can be chosen at OAuth consent, admins can disable each AI client for the firm, and every delete and merge waits for confirmation. An API key has no read-only mode (16 of 20). The server returns notes, transcripts, email subjects and files written by outsiders, and we found no prompt-injection guidance in the MCP security pages (3 of 15). Manage Apps shows each key's owner, last use and revoked history and the account's usage, and the local server can export OpenTelemetry traces. No per-call audit log for the operator is documented (7 of 15). SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 certificates on the trust centre, a yearly third-party penetration test, and a bug bounty the security page mentions without a public programme page. No security.txt (15 of 20)."
        },
        {
          "key": "payments",
          "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 12.5,
          "score": 10,
          "points": 1.25,
          "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-seat yearly prices are public, Essential $2,000, Scale $2,300 and Advanced $2,700 a user a year, with no per-call price and every plan sold through sales (10). No free tier or card-free trial that reaches the API. The help centre says trial accounts can't use the API until they buy Scale or above (0). A person at a paying firm makes the key or approves OAuth in a browser (0)."
        },
        {
          "key": "tasks",
          "name": "Task success",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored."
        },
        {
          "key": "maintenance",
          "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
          "weight": 7,
          "effectiveWeight": 8.75,
          "score": 70,
          "points": 6.13,
          "reason": "Newest API changelog entry 2 October 2026 (30). Eight dated entries since 5 August 2026, among them version 2026-09-17 on 17 September (20). Closed service with a public changelog, a support address and a feedback endpoint. We didn't test support (10 of 15). Not in the official MCP registry under its own namespace, where a search returns only a third-party server, and no official API SDKs. The official `affinity-mcp` package is on PyPI (5 of 15). `affinity-mcp` 0.5.1 dates from 15 July 2026, 85 days ago, with seven releases since March 2026, no public repository found and Python 3.13 required (5 of 10)."
        },
        {
          "key": "transparency",
          "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
          "weight": 7,
          "effectiveWeight": 8.75,
          "score": 70,
          "points": 6.13,
          "note": "editorial 64, provenance 75",
          "reason": "Closed service with a published master subscription agreement naming Project Affinity, Inc., and a separate developer agreement. The MCP package is MIT (15). DPA, a privacy policy updated July 2026, deletion of the customer's instance within 45 days of termination, and a statement that customer data is never used to train AI models. Breach notice is 'without undue delay' with no hours given, and the terms let Affinity use aggregated anonymous data freely (22 of 30). Old API versions are locked when a new one ships, with migration steps, but no sunset period for API versions is stated and beta endpoints can change without notice. Data Share has a written 60-day deprecation policy (10 of 20). 17 sub-processors named with locations, all in the USA, AWS hosting, and three AI sub-processors named (17 of 20)."
        }
      ],
      "assessment": {
        "date": "2026-10-08",
        "basis": "public evidence",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "notes": {
          "ergonomics": "API responses can be sized with `limit`, `fieldIds` and `fieldTypes`, but the MCP server lists 75 tools and skills with no toolsets or dynamic loading documented (12 of 25). Cursor pagination with `nextUrl`, a filter grammar, and search endpoints with nested filters and up to five sorts (20). Errors come as an array of typed codes with messages, and validation errors name the property (15 of 20). No idempotency keys. The `affinity-mcp` 0.5.1 package registers every tool with `readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint` and `idempotentHint`, which we read in the wheel. We couldn't list the hosted server's tools without an account. Deletes and merges wait for confirmation per the docs (13 of 20). Defaults are sensible and few parameters are required, but we found no official API client in any language, only the Python MCP package (6 of 15).",
          "maintenance": "Newest API changelog entry 2 October 2026 (30). Eight dated entries since 5 August 2026, among them version 2026-09-17 on 17 September (20). Closed service with a public changelog, a support address and a feedback endpoint. We didn't test support (10 of 15). Not in the official MCP registry under its own namespace, where a search returns only a third-party server, and no official API SDKs. The official `affinity-mcp` package is on PyPI (5 of 15). `affinity-mcp` 0.5.1 dates from 15 July 2026, 85 days ago, with seven releases since March 2026, no public repository found and Python 3.13 required (5 of 10).",
          "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Per-seat yearly prices are public, Essential $2,000, Scale $2,300 and Advanced $2,700 a user a year, with no per-call price and every plan sold through sales (10). No free tier or card-free trial that reaches the API. The help centre says trial accounts can't use the API until they buy Scale or above (0). A person at a paying firm makes the key or approves OAuth in a browser (0).",
          "reliability": "Status page at status.affinity.co with component history and separate components for External API v1, External API v2 and MCP (20). In the 90 days to 8 October 2026 one incident touched the APIs, a disruption of all services on 3 September 2026 that ran 63 minutes from first post to resolution, with recovery reported after 20 minutes, rated minor by Affinity and put down to its cloud provider. Two other entries concerned Analytics and the Outlook add-in. An hour of errors across every service sits between the minor and major lines, so 15 of 30, a judgement call. Limits published, 900 requests a minute per user and 100,000 a month per account on Scale and Advanced (15). The docs tell integrators to handle 429 and every response carries `x-ratelimit-*` headers with seconds to reset, but we found no Retry-After, no backoff guidance and no idempotency keys (8 of 15). No SLA in the master subscription agreement. The trust centre lists a Service-Level Agreement item whose text we couldn't read (0). API v2 has stable dated versions, but 36 of 112 operations are beta and the `affinity-mcp` package is classed Beta on PyPI (6 of 10). Hosted lines used.",
          "schema": "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 files in JSON and YAML for three dated versions, 112 operations in 2026-09-17 (25). `llms.txt` with 386 links and a Markdown copy of each page (10). Operation descriptions have a median length of 469 characters and state the permission needed, limits and beta status, and the MCP tool page says when to pick `search_companies_top_matches` over `search_all_companies` (16 of 20). 358 schemas with 123 enums and `additionalProperties: false` on the ones we read, though list endpoints take a filter string with its own grammar (12 of 15). 839 example entries and typed error schemas with a `code` and `message`, while the error page itself is a table of HTTP codes (13 of 15). Date-based versions chosen by header, a migration page per version and a dated changelog (15).",
          "security": "The hosted MCP server takes OAuth 2.0 with scopes `mcp`, `mcp.read`, `api`, `api.read` and `offline_access`. API keys are named, revocable, several per user and can be tied to an IP allowlist, but carry all of their owner's permissions with no per-key scope or expiry. v2 takes the key only as a Bearer header (25 of 30). Read-only access can be chosen at OAuth consent, admins can disable each AI client for the firm, and every delete and merge waits for confirmation. An API key has no read-only mode (16 of 20). The server returns notes, transcripts, email subjects and files written by outsiders, and we found no prompt-injection guidance in the MCP security pages (3 of 15). Manage Apps shows each key's owner, last use and revoked history and the account's usage, and the local server can export OpenTelemetry traces. No per-call audit log for the operator is documented (7 of 15). SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 certificates on the trust centre, a yearly third-party penetration test, and a bug bounty the security page mentions without a public programme page. No security.txt (15 of 20).",
          "transparency": "Closed service with a published master subscription agreement naming Project Affinity, Inc., and a separate developer agreement. The MCP package is MIT (15). DPA, a privacy policy updated July 2026, deletion of the customer's instance within 45 days of termination, and a statement that customer data is never used to train AI models. Breach notice is 'without undue delay' with no hours given, and the terms let Affinity use aggregated anonymous data freely (22 of 30). Old API versions are locked when a new one ships, with migration steps, but no sunset period for API versions is stated and beta endpoints can change without notice. Data Share has a written 60-day deprecation policy (10 of 20). 17 sub-processors named with locations, all in the USA, AWS hosting, and three AI sub-processors named (17 of 20)."
        },
        "sources": [
          {
            "what": "developer docs index",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/llms.txt",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "OpenAPI file, version 2026-09-17",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/api-reference/openapi.json",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "authentication",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/external-api-v2/authentication",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "rate limits",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/external-api-v2/rate-limits",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "versioning",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/external-api-v2/versioning",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "beta endpoints",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/external-api-v2/beta-endpoints",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "error codes",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/external-api-v2/error-codes",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "API changelog",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/changelog/previous-changes",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "version migration",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/changelog/version-migration",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP tools",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/mcp/available-tools",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP authentication",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/mcp/authentication",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP security",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/mcp/security",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP local setup",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/mcp/local-setup",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP setup for Claude",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/mcp/claude",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "Data Share versioning and deprecation",
            "url": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/data-share/versioning",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP FAQ",
            "url": "https://support.affinity.co/s/article/mcp-faq",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "API plans and FAQ",
            "url": "https://support.affinity.co/s/article/Getting-started-with-the-Affinity-API-faqs",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "API key management",
            "url": "https://support.affinity.co/s/article/How-to-create-and-manage-API-keys",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "API key audit guide",
            "url": "https://support.affinity.co/s/article/How-to-audit-API-keys-in-your-instance",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "sub-processors",
            "url": "https://support.affinity.co/s/article/Affinity-Subprocessors",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "pricing",
            "url": "https://www.affinity.co/product/affinity-pricing",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "status incidents feed",
            "url": "https://status.affinity.co/api/v2/incidents.json",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "legal documents index",
            "url": "https://www.affinity.co/legal",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "master subscription agreement v2025.2",
            "url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6372644369a530caa8c39dfc/69aa97b4ff59044c68b6df92_Affinity%20MSA%20-%202025-10-30%2C%20v2025.2%20%5BNO%20SIG%5D.pdf?v=2",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "developer agreement v2025.1",
            "url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6372644369a530caa8c39dfc/68d3f74b4d7b180c23a2f9e2_Affinity%20Developer%20Agreement%20-%202025.pdf",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "data processing addendum",
            "url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6372644369a530caa8c39dfc/67f5fabc288a0ff7bbddf9f4_Affinity%20-%20DPA%20March%202025%20ONLINE%20TERMS.pdf",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "privacy policy",
            "url": "https://www.affinity.co/legal/privacy-policy",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "security page",
            "url": "https://www.affinity.co/enterprise-grade-security",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "trust centre",
            "url": "https://trust.affinity.co/",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "PyPI package affinity-mcp",
            "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/affinity-mcp/json",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "PyPI downloads",
            "url": "https://pypistats.org/api/packages/affinity-mcp/recent",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "MCP registry search",
            "url": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=affinity",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          },
          {
            "what": "legacy v1 API docs",
            "url": "https://api-docs.affinity.co/",
            "seen": "2026-10-08"
          }
        ],
        "openQuestions": [
          "unchecked: the hosted MCP server's own tool definitions and annotations, because `https://mcp.affinity.co/mcp` answers 401 without an account. Annotations were read in the `affinity-mcp` 0.5.1 wheel only",
          "unchecked: the trust centre's Service-Level Agreement, Audit Logging and breach-notification items, which render as titles only without a login, so no SLA is credited",
          "unchecked: a public bug bounty programme page. The security page mentions a bounty and gives no link",
          "unchecked: the domain registration date for affinity.co, because the RDAP services we tried returned 404 or no answer",
          "The lead named only REST API v2. Affinity also runs an official hosted MCP server and publishes `affinity-mcp` on PyPI, and both are graded here",
          "The master subscription agreement's ban on machine learning and natural language processing over the product or Affinity Data reads oddly beside the MCP server. We record the clause and take no deduction",
          "Whether OAuth with the `api` and `api.read` scopes is open to third-party API clients is not stated. The authentication page documents API keys only",
          "Support response times were not tested"
        ]
      },
      "negative": 0,
      "verdict": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 file, dated API versions with migration notes and a hosted MCP server with a read-only OAuth scope give an agent a well-documented way in. Access needs a Scale plan at $2,300 a user a year, sold through sales, with no trial that includes the API, and 36 of the 112 v2 operations are marked beta.",
      "bestFor": "Venture capital, private equity and other private capital firms that already run Affinity and want an agent to read relationship strength, pipeline lists, notes and meetings, then update fields and log notes.",
      "strengths": [
        "Public OpenAPI 3.1.1 files for three dated versions (2024-01-01, 2026-07-15, 2026-09-17), 112 operations in the newest, plus `llms.txt` and Markdown copies of every docs page",
        "Breaking changes ship only in new dated versions, selected per key or per request with `X-Affinity-Api-Version`, each with written migration steps",
        "Hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.affinity.co/mcp` takes OAuth with a read-only scope chosen at consent, and admins can switch off any AI client for the whole firm",
        "Every MCP delete and merge shows what it will affect and waits for confirmation, and the `affinity-mcp` 0.5.1 package sets `readOnlyHint` and `destructiveHint` on its tools",
        "Dated API changelog with eight entries between 5 August and 2 October 2026"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "No self-serve access. Every plan button reads Contact sales, the Essential plan has no API, and trial accounts can't call the API",
        "36 of 112 v2 operations are beta, among them create person, the three search endpoints and webhooks, and the docs say beta endpoints can break without notice or versioning",
        "API keys carry their owner's full permissions with no per-key scopes or expiry. An IP allowlist is the only narrowing",
        "No idempotency keys and no Retry-After or backoff guidance found. Scale and Advanced plans stop at 100,000 calls a month across API and MCP",
        "The hosted MCP server lists 75 tools and skills and returns notes, transcripts and files, with no prompt-injection guidance found",
        "The published master terms forbid using the product or Affinity Data for machine learning or natural language processing, and forbid publishing benchmarks"
      ],
      "agentNotes": [
        "Send `X-Affinity-Api-Version: 2026-09-17` on every request, or the key's default version applies. Unauthenticated calls answered as 2024-01-01 when we checked",
        "Read `x-ratelimit-limit-user-remaining` and `x-ratelimit-limit-org-remaining` on each response. The limits are 900 calls a minute per user and, below Enterprise, 100,000 a month per account, shared by v1, v2 and MCP",
        "Follow `pagination.nextUrl` for the next page, and pass `fieldIds` or `fieldTypes` so list calls return only the fields needed",
        "Check for duplicates before a create. There are no idempotency keys, so a retried POST can make a second record",
        "For MCP, untick the write scope at OAuth consent when the task only reads. Treat note, transcript and file text as untrusted input"
      ],
      "metrics": {
        "kind": "remote",
        "measured": false
      },
      "reviewCount": 0,
      "avgRating": 0,
      "history": [
        {
          "basis": "public evidence",
          "confidence": "medium",
          "grade": "B",
          "methodology": "0.4",
          "pending": [
            "performance",
            "tasks"
          ],
          "run": "2026-10-01",
          "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
          "score": 63.4
        }
      ],
      "editorialScores": {
        "ergonomics": 66,
        "maintenance": 70,
        "payments": 10,
        "reliability": 64,
        "schema": 91,
        "security": 66,
        "transparency": 64
      },
      "provenanceScore": 75
    },
    "connect": {
      "install": "uvx affinity-mcp",
      "http": "curl https://api.affinity.co/v2/persons -H \"Authorization: Bearer \u003cYOUR_API_KEY\u003e\" -H \"X-Affinity-Api-Version: 2026-09-17\"",
      "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http affinity-mcp https://mcp.affinity.co/mcp",
      "config": {
        "mcpServers": {
          "affinity-mcp": {
            "args": [
              "affinity-mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uvx",
            "env": {
              "AFFINITY_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "letme": {
      "capability": "https://letme.dev/crm.records",
      "tool": "https://letme.dev/affinity"
    },
    "notable": [
      "API v2 answers at `https://api.affinity.co` under `/v2` with a Bearer API key. The newest OpenAPI file (version 2026-09-17) has 112 operations on 85 paths, 78 of them GET, and 36 carry `x-stability-level: beta` (https://developer.affinity.co/api-reference/openapi.json)",
      "The APIs and the MCP server are on the Scale, Advanced and Enterprise plans only. Essential has no API, and an account on trial can't use the API until it buys one of those plans (https://support.affinity.co/s/article/Getting-started-with-the-Affinity-API-faqs)",
      "Rate limits are 900 requests a minute per user and 100,000 a month per account on Scale and Advanced, unlimited monthly on Enterprise, with v1, v2 and MCP calls drawing on one pool (https://developer.affinity.co/pages/external-api-v2/rate-limits)",
      "The hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.affinity.co/mcp` lists 75 tools and skills, takes OAuth or an API key, and delete and merge tools arrived on 24 September 2026 (https://developer.affinity.co/pages/mcp/available-tools)",
      "v2 is not at parity with the legacy v1 API, which stays available without further investment. v1 also accepts the key over HTTP Basic (https://developer.affinity.co/pages/external-api-v2/introduction)",
      "Email bodies are not available through the API or MCP, only subject, participants and timestamps (https://support.affinity.co/s/article/mcp-faq)",
      "Section 2.3.11 of the master subscription agreement (v2025.2, 30 October 2025) bars use of the product or Affinity Data for machine learning, predictive analytics, natural language processing or other forms of analysis, and section 2.3.10 bars publishing performance information or benchmarks (https://www.affinity.co/legal)",
      "The status page shows one incident touching the APIs in the last 90 days, a 63-minute disruption of all services on 3 September 2026 that Affinity put down to its cloud provider (https://status.affinity.co/api/v2/incidents.json)"
    ],
    "area": "business",
    "details": [
      {
        "label": "API",
        "value": "REST v2 at `https://api.affinity.co/v2`, OpenAPI 3.1.1, 112 operations in version 2026-09-17 (76 stable, 36 beta). Legacy v1 at the same host, documented at api-docs.affinity.co"
      },
      {
        "label": "Versions",
        "value": "2026-09-17 (current), 2026-07-15 and 2024-01-01 (locked). Set a default per key in Manage Apps or send `X-Affinity-Api-Version`. Every response echoes the version used"
      },
      {
        "label": "MCP server",
        "value": "Official. Hosted at `https://mcp.affinity.co/mcp` (OAuth or API key) and local over stdio as `uvx affinity-mcp` (API key). 75 tools and skills listed, including five skills such as `warm_intro` and `affinity_meeting_prep`"
      },
      {
        "label": "Read and write",
        "value": "Read people, companies, opportunities, lists, list entries, saved views, fields, notes, meetings, transcripts, files, reminders, relationship strengths and metadata for emails, calls and chat messages. Write field values, notes, lists, list entries, reminders, people, opportunities, merges and webhooks"
      },
      {
        "label": "Credentials",
        "value": "API keys from Settings, Manage Apps. Several per user, named, revocable, shown once, optional IP allowlist of up to 100 addresses or ranges, no scopes or expiry. OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow at login.affinity.co with scopes `api`, `api.read`, `mcp`, `mcp.read` and `offline_access`"
      },
      {
        "label": "Rate limits",
        "value": "900 requests a minute per user. 100,000 a month per account on Scale and Advanced, unlimited on Enterprise. An unstated concurrency limit per account. `x-ratelimit-limit-user-*` and `x-ratelimit-limit-org-*` headers on every response"
      },
      {
        "label": "Pagination and filters",
        "value": "Cursor pagination with `limit` up to 100 and `pagination.nextUrl`. A filter string grammar on list endpoints, and POST search endpoints for companies, persons and list entries with nested filters and up to five sorts"
      },
      {
        "label": "Errors",
        "value": "JSON `errors` array, each entry with a `code` such as `authentication`, `validation` or `rate-limit` and a `message`"
      },
      {
        "label": "Webhooks",
        "value": "v2 webhook endpoints added in beta on 8 September 2026. v1 has webhook subscriptions"
      },
      {
        "label": "Plans",
        "value": "Essential $2,000, Scale $2,300, Advanced $2,700 a user a year, Enterprise on quote. API and MCP from Scale"
      },
      {
        "label": "Certifications",
        "value": "SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 certificates listed on trust.affinity.co, ISO 27701 claimed on the security page, annual third-party penetration test"
      },
      {
        "label": "Sub-processors",
        "value": "17 named with service and location, all in the USA, with AWS for hosting, plus Anthropic, Deepgram and Hyperdoc for AI functions and Snowflake for data share customers"
      },
      {
        "label": "Status",
        "value": "status.affinity.co on Statuspage, with separate components for External API v1, External API v2, API Documentation and MCP"
      }
    ],
    "unitPrices": [
      {
        "item": "Scale",
        "unit": "seat-month",
        "usd": 191.67,
        "note": "$2,300 a user a year, billed yearly. Lowest plan with the API and MCP, 100,000 calls a month"
      },
      {
        "item": "Advanced",
        "unit": "seat-month",
        "usd": 225,
        "note": "$2,700 a user a year, billed yearly. 100,000 calls a month"
      }
    ],
    "provenance": {
      "legalEntity": "Project Affinity, Inc.",
      "domain": "affinity.co",
      "domainRegistered": "",
      "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
      "terms": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6372644369a530caa8c39dfc/69aa97b4ff59044c68b6df92_Affinity%20MSA%20-%202025-10-30%2C%20v2025.2%20%5BNO%20SIG%5D.pdf?v=2",
      "privacy": "https://www.affinity.co/legal/privacy-policy",
      "statusPage": "https://status.affinity.co",
      "changelog": "https://developer.affinity.co/pages/changelog/previous-changes",
      "securityTxt": "none",
      "checked": "2026-10-08",
      "notes": [
        "The master subscription agreement (v2025.2, listed as updated 30 October 2025) names Project Affinity, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 182 Howard Street, PMB #3, San Francisco, CA 94105. It is the customer contract, published as a PDF linked from https://www.affinity.co/legal.",
        "Outside developers building for shared customers are governed by the Affinity Developer Agreement (v2025.1, listed as updated 18 September 2025), also linked from the legal page. The page at /legal/terms-of-use is the website terms of 16 July 2018 and is not used here.",
        "The privacy policy is marked updated July 2026 and covers personal data gathered through the services. Customer data is handled under the DPA (March 2025 online terms).",
        "The API answers at api.affinity.co and the hosted MCP server at mcp.affinity.co, both on the vendor's domain.",
        "https://www.affinity.co/.well-known/security.txt and https://affinity.co/.well-known/security.txt both returned 404.",
        "Domain registration date not established. The three RDAP services we tried returned 404 or no answer for affinity.co."
      ],
      "score": 75,
      "checks": [
        {
          "check": "Legal entity named",
          "value": "Project Affinity, Inc.",
          "points": 20,
          "max": 20,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "Domain age",
          "value": "affinity.co, no registry record we could read",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 15,
          "state": "no"
        },
        {
          "check": "Endpoint on the vendor's domain",
          "value": "api.affinity.co",
          "points": 15,
          "max": 15,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "Terms of service",
          "value": "published",
          "points": 10,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "Privacy policy",
          "value": "read, states 8 of the 8 things a reader expects",
          "points": 10,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "Status page",
          "value": "status.affinity.co",
          "points": 10,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "Changelog",
          "value": "published",
          "points": 10,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "ok"
        },
        {
          "check": "security.txt",
          "value": "not found",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "no"
        }
      ],
      "policies": [
        {
          "kind": "terms",
          "url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6372644369a530caa8c39dfc/69aa97b4ff59044c68b6df92_Affinity%20MSA%20-%202025-10-30%2C%20v2025.2%20%5BNO%20SIG%5D.pdf?v=2",
          "state": "not-read",
          "points": 10,
          "max": 10
        },
        {
          "kind": "privacy",
          "url": "https://www.affinity.co/legal/privacy-policy",
          "state": "read",
          "readAt": "2026-10-08",
          "statedDate": "2026-07-01",
          "words": 22394,
          "points": 10,
          "max": 10,
          "expected": [
            {
              "key": "privacy.date",
              "label": "Gives the date it was last updated",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "Updated July 2026",
              "says": "Last updated 2026-07-01"
            },
            {
              "key": "privacy.collected",
              "label": "Says what personal data is collected",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "This chart details the categories of Personal Data that we collect and have collected over the past 12 months:"
            },
            {
              "key": "privacy.retention",
              "label": "Says how long data is kept",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "We retain Personal Data about you for as long as you have an open account with us or as otherwise necessary to provide you with our Services.",
              "says": "For as long as needed, with no period named"
            },
            {
              "key": "privacy.processors",
              "label": "Says who else receives the data",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "Categories of Third Parties With Whom We Share this Personal Data:"
            },
            {
              "key": "privacy.sale",
              "label": "Says whether personal data is sold or shared for advertising",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "We do not sell your Personal Data uploaded or provided by you in your use of the Services.",
              "says": "Says it does not sell personal data"
            },
            {
              "key": "privacy.rights",
              "label": "Says what rights people have over their data",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "Under the CCPA, this right is subject to certain exceptions: for example, we may need to retain your Personal Data to provide you with the Services or complete a transaction or other action you have requested."
            },
            {
              "key": "privacy.contact",
              "label": "Gives a privacy contact",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "EU, UK, and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our handling of personal data received in reliance on the DPF should first contact Affinity at privacy@affinity.co.",
              "says": "privacy@affinity.co"
            },
            {
              "key": "privacy.transfers",
              "label": "Says where data is transferred or stored",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "servers, and you authorize Affinity to transfer, store and process your information to and in the U.S., and possibly other countries."
            }
          ],
          "toKnow": [
            {
              "key": "privacy.sells",
              "label": "Says it sells personal data or shares it for advertising",
              "found": true,
              "quote": "Depending on state laws that may be applicable to you, some of these disclosures may constitute a “sale” of your Personal Data."
            }
          ],
          "notes": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "text": "Affinity may use vendors to add professional or employment data about people who are contacts of its customers.",
              "quote": "If you are a contact of an Affinity customer and/or a contact of an Affinity customer’s end users or employees, we may use vendors to obtain information to augment your Professional or Employment-Related Data in connection with our provision of certain services to such customer."
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "text": "Gmail and Google Calendar data given to the Affinity app is used only for user-facing functions, under added restrictions that include no use for advertising.",
              "quote": "This data will be used only to provide or improve user-facing features that are prominent in the app’s user interface"
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "text": "Affinity uses automated processing to analyse the strength of a person's relationships with others in their network.",
              "quote": "Please note that we use automated processing to analyze the strength of your relationships with other people in your network (both within and outside of Affinity)."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
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      "slug": "affinity",
      "probe": {
        "target": "https://api.affinity.co/v2",
        "method": "get",
        "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:03.005524603Z",
        "lastOk": true,
        "lastStatus": 401,
        "lastMs": 428,
        "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
        "authRequired": true,
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        "samples30d": 21,
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          }
        ]
      },
      "vendorStatus": {
        "page": "https://status.affinity.co",
        "indicator": "none",
        "summary": "All Systems Operational",
        "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:50.505819253Z"
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