{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cosmic", "name": "Cosmic", "vendor": "Cosmic Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.cosmicjs.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "Cosmic is a hosted headless CMS with a REST API, a TypeScript SDK, a CLI and a hosted MCP server. Agents read and write objects, media and object types, generate media, and can create a project by agent signup.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cosmic", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cosmic.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cosmic.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cosmic.json", "dns": "cosmic.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/cosmicjs/mcp", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.cosmicjs.com/v1/buckets/{bucket_slug}", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@cosmicjs/mcp" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@cosmicjs/sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@cosmicjs/cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Each bucket has a read key and a write key, rotatable independently. The hosted MCP server takes `Authorization: Bearer READ_KEY` for read-only tools or `READ_KEY:WRITE_KEY` for full access; the write key can also go in `X-Cosmic-Write-Key`. The REST API takes the read key as `read_key` in the query or as a Bearer token on GET. POST /v3/agents/sign-up on dapi.cosmicjs.com needs no authentication and returns bucket keys for a new unclaimed project tied to a human's email.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan at $0 with 1 bucket, 10,000 objects and 250,000 non-cached API requests a month, no card. Builder $99 a month, Team $299, Business $499, Small Workspace $999 and Large Workspace $2,999, with 10 per cent off yearly; Enterprise by quote. Webhooks, localisation and revision history are paid add-ons. Workspace plans have a 30-day trial.", "priceSummary": "$99 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the OpenAPI spec, the MCP docs or pricing.md (checked 2026-11-06). An unclaimed or over-limit bucket returns 402 with no payment requirements.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 24, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 295, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/openapi.json", "registryName": "com.cosmicjs/mcp", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.assets", "cms.schema", "cms.publish", "cms.localisation" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "mcp-registry", "openapi", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "status-page", "webhooks", "typescript", "cli", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.5, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 123, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 45, "reliability": 90, "schema": 88, "security": 47, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Cosmic gives agents 24 annotated MCP tools with when-to-use descriptions, a read-only mode by key, documented limits and an agent signup API that returns working keys before a human claims the project. It holds no SOC 2 or ISO certification by its own statement, and read keys can travel in the URL.", "bestFor": "Teams that want an agent to set up and fill a hosted CMS end to end, including signup.", "strengths": [ "Agent signup API provisions a project and bucket with keys, idempotent per email and agent", "24 MCP tools with readOnlyHint and destructiveHint, and descriptions that say when to use each", "Leaving out the write key gives read-only MCP access", "OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and Markdown docs with an error model and per-code retry guidance", "Free plan with no card and published prices and quotas for every paid plan" ], "weaknesses": [ "No SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA certification, by the security page's own statement", "The REST API accepts the read key as a URL query parameter", "Revision history, webhooks and localisation are paid add-ons", "The OpenAPI spec covers 21 operations, fewer than the documented API", "Data is kept indefinitely unless deletion is requested" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send only the read key in the Bearer token unless the task needs writes", "Use cosmic_agent_signup when the user has no Cosmic account, and hand the human the claim URL within 14 days", "Fix and don't retry on 400; wait and retry on 429", "Use props, depth=0 and cursor pagination with `after` to stay under the 6 MB response limit", "Confirm with the user before cosmic_objects_delete, which deletes permanently" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 72.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 45, "reliability": 90, "schema": 88, "security": 47, "transparency": 53 }, "provenanceScore": 73, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npx @cosmicjs/mcp", "http": "curl -X POST https://dapi.cosmicjs.com/v3/agents/sign-up -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"human_email\":\"you@example.com\",\"project_name\":\"Recipe Blog\",\"agent_id\":\"my-agent\"}'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "cosmic": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer your-read-key:your-write-key" }, "url": "https://mcp.cosmicjs.com/v1/buckets/your-bucket-slug" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cosmic" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Builder plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "3 buckets, 50,000 objects, 1 million non-cached requests; $89 a month yearly" }, { "item": "Team plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "5 buckets, 100,000 objects, 2 million non-cached requests" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "10 buckets, 250,000 objects, 5 million non-cached requests" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Cosmic Inc.", "domain": "cosmicjs.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://cosmicstatus.com", "changelog": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy were last updated on 13 January 2025 and name Cosmic JS at 3208 Bonniebrook Dr, Plano, Texas. The MCP server's licence names Cosmic Inc.", "The terms forbid using a robot or spider to copy or scrape the website without written permission; recorded as a fact. www.cosmicjs.com/robots.txt allows all crawlers, including ClaudeBot, except /api/, /search, /community/members/ and /v3/.", "www.cosmicjs.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404. The security page asks for vulnerability reports at support@cosmicjs.com.", "cosmicstatus.com redirects to a Statuspage at cosmicjs.statuspage.io with API and Web Dashboard components." ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cosmic.json", "live": { "slug": "cosmic", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.cosmicjs.com/v1/buckets/{bucket_slug}", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:18.962856282Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 494, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 452, "p95ms24h": 538, "samples24h": 200, "samples30d": 200, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://cosmicstatus.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:47:35.290408052Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "cosmicjs/mcp", "version": "v1.7.1", "released": "2026-11-02", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:17:54.958583794Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.cosmicjs/mcp", "version": "1.6.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@cosmicjs/cli", "version": "1.12.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:17:52.953736128Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@cosmicjs/mcp", "version": "1.7.1", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:17:50.755872442Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@cosmicjs/sdk", "version": "2.4.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:17:51.562341268Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "npmWeekly": 295, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cosmicjs.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:42.91283778Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:32:12.321724133Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:27.310794511Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3e45613abe99" }, { "url": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:31.923491628Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d4aa3db9a89b" }, { "url": "https://www.cosmicjs.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:35.902981274Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3c4a26f1901" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:18.962856282Z" } }, "answer": "Cosmic scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "dotcms", "name": "dotCMS", "vendor": "dotCMS LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://www.dotcms.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "cms", "summary": "dotCMS is an enterprise CMS with headless REST APIs, workflows and push publishing, run as dotCMS Cloud or self-hosted. Agents use the @dotcms/mcp-server package, which searches the instance's OpenAPI spec and runs API calls in a sandbox.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dotcms.json", "dns": "dotcms.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/dotCMS/core", "license": "BUSL-1.1", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@dotcms/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The MCP server reads DOTCMS_URL and AUTH_TOKEN. API tokens are JWTs issued for a dotCMS user, carry that user's role permissions, take an expiry in days, and are created by administrators in the user manager or through /api/v1/authentication/api-token. The docs recommend a separate user and role per application; the MCP server needs write permission for content types, content and workflows. Tokens are injected outside the sandbox, so sandboxed code never sees them.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "dotCMS is free with every capability for companies under $5 million in revenue under its BSL licence, self-hosted. Cloud plans (Starter, Professional, Business, Enterprise) are priced on request, with monthly request and bandwidth allowances and SLAs of 99.5 to 99.9 per cent.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the MCP README, the dev docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-11-06).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 43, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/build/integrations/dotai/mcp-server", "llmsTxt": "https://dev.dotcms.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.publish", "cms.assets", "cms.schema", "cms.localisation" ], "tags": [ "official", "mcp", "stdio", "self-hosted", "hosted", "source-available", "llms-txt", "sales-led", "sla", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 780, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 35, "reliability": 47, "schema": 65, "security": 63, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "dotCMS's MCP server keeps the tool list to seven by letting the agent search the instance's OpenAPI spec and run API calls in a sandbox that never sees the token. It is a pre-1.0 package that needs a write token, and cloud prices are on request.", "bestFor": "Enterprises already on dotCMS who want an agent to manage content and pages.", "strengths": [ "Seven tools in code mode, with the instance's OpenAPI spec searchable from the sandbox", "The API token stays outside the sandbox, which only receives results", "JWT tokens per user with role permissions and an expiry", "security.txt with PGP, a bounty-backed disclosure policy and LTS security backports", "Free with every capability for organisations under $5 million in revenue" ], "weaknesses": [ "Pre-1.0 package, with the dev docs still pointing at the beta tag", "The server needs a token with write permission for content types, content and workflows", "execute can call any endpoint, and no read-only mode or annotations were found", "Cloud prices are on request only", "Source-available under the BSL, not an OSI licence" ], "agentNotes": [ "Search the spec with `search` before writing an `execute` call, and return only the fields you need", "Use a token for a dedicated user and role, not an administrator's", "Confirm with the user before execute calls that publish, archive or delete content", "Keep results small with pick and first, since output is capped at about 25,000 characters", "Use download_assets for theme folders so files land on disk instead of in context" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 35, "reliability": 47, "schema": 65, "security": 63, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 57, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npx -y @dotcms/mcp-server", "config": { "mcpServers": { "dotcms": { "args": [ "-y", "@dotcms/mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "AUTH_TOKEN": "your-api-token", "DOTCMS_URL": "https://your-dotcms-instance.com" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/dotcms" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "dotCMS LLC", "domain": "dotcms.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://github.com/dotCMS/core/blob/main/LICENSE", "privacy": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/manage/access-and-security/security-and-privacy/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/reference/releases/product-versions/changelogs", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The MCP server runs locally and calls the customer's own dotCMS instance, so the endpoint isn't on a dotCMS domain.", "The privacy policy, last updated 8 September 2026, covers dotCMS's websites only and names dotCMS Holdings, LLC, dotCMS Services LLC and dotCMS LLC.", "www.dotcms.com/robots.txt disallows /docs/ and /utils/; dev.dotcms.com allows all with Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes.", "www.dotcms.com/terms-of-service and /privacy-policy returned 404; no cloud terms of service were found, so the licence stands in for terms.", "No status page answered (status.dotcms.com refused the connection)." ], "score": 57 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms.json", "live": { "slug": "dotcms", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "dotCMS/core", "version": "dotcms-cli-26.11.06-03", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:22:22.409374032Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@dotcms/mcp-server", "version": "0.1.1", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:22:21.577680774Z" } ], "githubStars": 971, "npmWeekly": 43, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://dotcms.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-06-09T23:59:59.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:46.289271049Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://dev.dotcms.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:32:19.058875451Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/reference/releases/product-versions/changelogs", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:02:43.439634709Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "14706a7e3d20" }, { "url": "https://dev.dotcms.com/docs/manage/access-and-security/security-and-privacy/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:02:39.904485204Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b8fe703d4258" }, { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotCMS/core/main/LICENSE", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:20:41.976083247Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1dd3baa6b46f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:46.289271049Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 43, "category": "reliability", "leads": "cosmic", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Graded on the hosted service with the hosted lines. Statuspage at cosmicstatus.com with API and Web Dashboard components (20). The history page shows no incidents in September, October or November 2026, and the newest incident in the feed is from 26 May 2025. The MCP server isn't a component, so 25 of 30. 100 requests a second with a burst of 200, timeouts and size limits are documented (15). 429 is documented and the error page says which codes to fix and not retry; no Retry-After guidance was found. Agent signup is idempotent (12 of 15). The security page says Enterprise has an SLA from 99.95 per cent uptime; the SLA page itself wasn't read (8 of 10). Hosted MCP is announced as available now, with no beta label (10). 20+25+15+12+8+10 = 90.", "b": "Read with the local-software lines, since the MCP server is a stdio package the owner runs against their own instance. Official npm package with Node 20 or later and Bun stated (20). The monorepo has CI and the MCP app has vitest tests and smoke tests; whether they pass on main wasn't read (12 of 25). Open issues weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (10 of 25). 0.1.0 and 0.1.1 without release notes for the package (5 of 15). Pre-1.0, and the dev docs still call it beta (0). 20+12+10+5+0 = 47." }, "scores": { "a": 90, "b": 47 } }, { "by": 23, "category": "schema", "leads": "cosmic", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "openapi.json at www.cosmicjs.com covers 21 operations on 12 paths, each with a summary, a description and documented 401, 402, 404, 429 and 500 responses, though the docs describe more endpoints than it covers (revisions, AI, search); MCP tools have typed inputs (20 of 25). llms.txt and every docs page as Markdown (10). Tool descriptions say when to use each tool and when not to, such as never calling delete speculatively (18 of 20). 11 enums in the spec, typed metafields and validation messages (11 of 15). Examples on every API page and an error model with a sample (14 of 15). API v3 paths and a dated changelog (15). 20+10+18+11+14+15 = 88.", "b": "The search tool exposes the instance's own OpenAPI spec, so the contract is machine-readable, though the tools themselves take JavaScript code (20 of 25). llms.txt and Markdown pages on dev.dotcms.com (10). The README says what each tool is for and gives examples; when not to use them isn't stated (12 of 20). Code strings rather than typed parameters for search and execute (4 of 15). Examples for both tools; error behaviour of the sandbox isn't documented (9 of 15). dotCMS changelogs are dated; the MCP package has no changelog (10 of 15). 20+10+12+4+9+10 = 65." }, "scores": { "a": 88, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "security", "leads": "dotcms", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Separate read and write keys per bucket, rotatable independently (25), less 10 because the docs give `read_key` as a query parameter on GET (15 of 30). Read-only MCP access by leaving out the write key, four user roles on every plan, and a delete tool told not to run speculatively; no approval step (14 of 20). Objects hold text written by people and AI generation writes into the bucket; no prompt-injection guidance was found (3 of 15). An append-only audit log of security-relevant actions on Workspace or Pro plans (10 of 15). No SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA by the security page's own statement, no security.txt, reports to support email (5 of 20). 15+14+3+10+5 = 47.", "b": "JWT API tokens per user with role permissions and an expiry, created only by administrators (25 of 30). A read-only token can be made through a restricted role, but the MCP server asks for write permission; workflows support multiple-approval steps (14 of 20). Content returned from the CMS reaches the agent, and the sandbox isolates the token, with no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Audit logging for API calls wasn't established in the pages read (5 of 15). A valid security.txt with PGP, a responsible disclosure policy with bounties, LTS security backports and a public list of known security issues, which is drawn by script and couldn't be read. No certification was found (14 of 20). 25+14+5+5+14 = 63." }, "scores": { "a": 47, "b": 63 } }, { "by": 14, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "cosmic", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "24 tools, in the 11 to 30 band (15), plus 5 because omitting the write key gives a read-only subset (20 of 25). limit, props, depth, cursor pagination with `after`, status and locale filters (20). Status codes with specific messages and fix-or-retry guidance per code (17 of 20). readOnlyHint and destructiveHint on the MCP tools; no idempotency keys for writes, though agent signup is idempotent (14 of 20). Few required parameters, a TypeScript SDK and a CLI, no SDK in a second language found (11 of 15). 20+20+17+14+11 = 82.", "b": "7 tools in code mode, so the definitions stay small (25). Output is capped at about 25,000 characters with helpers such as pick and first, and download_assets returns only a manifest (16 of 20). Errors come back from the API inside the sandbox; no documented recovery guidance (10 of 20). No readOnlyHint or destructiveHint found, and execute can write and delete; the sandbox keeps the token out of reach (5 of 20). Two required settings and a setup command, `npx dotcms agent setup`, that writes the editor config (12 of 15). 25+16+10+5+12 = 68." }, "scores": { "a": 82, "b": 68 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "cosmic", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "MCP server v1.7.1 was tagged on 2 November 2026 (30). v1.7.0 on 9 September and v1.7.1, plus changelog entries on 14 and 31 August, 1, 8, 10, 22 and 23 September and 5 and 9 October 2026 (20). A dated changelog, a Discord server and support email; GitHub issue activity wasn't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (12 of 25). com.cosmicjs/mcp in the official MCP registry under a domain namespace, though the registry has 1.6.0 while the repository is at 1.7.1 (15). CI, deploy and publish workflows in the MCP repository (9 of 10). 30+20+12+15+9 = 86.", "b": "dotCMS core tagged v26.11.06-03 on 6 November 2026; the MCP package's last release was 0.1.1 on 2 September (30). Core tags several times a week (20). GitHub issues and a community forum; response times weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (10 of 25). Not in the official MCP registry; official JavaScript client libraries (8 of 15). The MCP package's dependencies and CI state weren't read (7 of 10). 30+20+10+8+7 = 75." }, "scores": { "a": 86, "b": 75 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "payments", "leads": "cosmic", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices and quotas are public, with add-ons; no per-call price (10). Free plan with no card (20). Agent signup returns working bucket keys with no human signup; the human claims the project by emailed code within 14 days, so partial (15 of 20). 0+10+20+15 = 45.", "b": "Scored with the self-hosted rule, with prices from the cloud plans. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Cloud prices are on request only (0). Free with every capability under $5 million in revenue under the BSL, with no card (20). Self-hosting needs no dotCMS account, and tokens can be minted by API on one's own instance (15 of 20). 0+0+20+15 = 35." }, "scores": { "a": 45, "b": 35 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Cosmic Inc.", "b": "dotCMS LLC", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp.cosmicjs.com/v1/buckets/{bucket_slug}", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "BUSL-1.1", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "24", "b": "7", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.cosmicjs/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-11-02", "b": "2026-09-02", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-09-08", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "295 npm/wk", "b": "43 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Cosmic scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cosmic or dotCMS?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Cosmic and dotCMS need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Cosmic has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.cosmicjs.com/v1/buckets/{bucket_slug}. dotCMS runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Cosmic and dotCMS without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 47", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 65", "Agent ergonomics, 82 against 68", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 75", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 54" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want an agent to set up and fill a hosted CMS end to end, including signup.", "slug": "cosmic", "watchFor": "No SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA certification, by the security page's own statement" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 47" ], "also": null, 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-hygraph" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-kontent-ai.json", "title": "Cosmic vs Kontent.ai", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-kontent-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-payload.json", "title": "Cosmic vs Payload", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-payload" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-prismic.json", "title": "Cosmic vs Prismic", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-prismic" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-sanity.json", "title": "Cosmic vs Sanity", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-sanity" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-storyblok.json", "title": "Cosmic vs Storyblok", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-storyblok" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-storyblok.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Storyblok", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-storyblok" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-strapi.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-webflow.json", "title": "dotCMS vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "dotCMS vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dotcms-vs-wordpress" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 43, "cosmic": 90, "dotcms": 47, "edge": "cosmic", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 23, "cosmic": 88, "dotcms": 65, "edge": "cosmic", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 14, "cosmic": 82, "dotcms": 68, "edge": "cosmic", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "cosmic": 47, "dotcms": 63, "edge": "dotcms", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "cosmic": 45, "dotcms": 35, "edge": "cosmic", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 11, "cosmic": 86, "dotcms": 75, "edge": "cosmic", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "cosmic": 63, "dotcms": 54, "edge": "cosmic", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Cosmic scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do content management.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "cosmic": "Cosmic gives agents 24 annotated MCP tools with when-to-use descriptions, a read-only mode by key, documented limits and an agent signup API that returns working keys before a human claims the project. It holds no SOC 2 or ISO certification by its own statement, and read keys can travel in the URL.", "dotcms": "dotCMS's MCP server keeps the tool list to seven by letting the agent search the instance's OpenAPI spec and run API calls in a sandbox that never sees the token. It is a pre-1.0 package that needs a write token, and cloud prices are on request." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-dotcms", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-dotcms.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-dotcms.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-dotcms.min.md" }, "markdown": "Cosmic scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do content management.\n\n- Cosmic: grade BB, 72.5/100, rank #123 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cosmic.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cosmic.json\n- dotCMS: grade C, 57.7/100, rank #780 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dotcms.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dotcms.json\n- Best headless CMS and website publishing for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/cms/index.md\n- All 136 cms comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cms/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cosmic (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams that want an agent to set up and fill a hosted CMS end to end, including signup.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 47\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 82 against 68\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 75\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA certification, by the security page's own statement\n\n### dotCMS (C)\n\nGood for: Enterprises already on dotCMS who want an agent to manage content and pages.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 47\n\nWatch for: Pre-1.0 package, with the dev docs still pointing at the beta tag\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: Cosmic +43\n\n- Cosmic (90): Graded on the hosted service with the hosted lines. Statuspage at cosmicstatus.com with API and Web Dashboard components (20). The history page shows no incidents in September, October or November 2026, and the newest incident in the feed is from 26 May 2025. The MCP server isn't a component, so 25 of 30. 100 requests a second with a burst of 200, timeouts and size limits are documented (15). 429 is documented and the error page says which codes to fix and not retry; no Retry-After guidance was found. Agent signup is idempotent (12 of 15). The security page says Enterprise has an SLA from 99.95 per cent uptime; the SLA page itself wasn't read (8 of 10). Hosted MCP is announced as available now, with no beta label (10). 20+25+15+12+8+10 = 90.\n- dotCMS (47): Read with the local-software lines, since the MCP server is a stdio package the owner runs against their own instance. Official npm package with Node 20 or later and Bun stated (20). The monorepo has CI and the MCP app has vitest tests and smoke tests; whether they pass on main wasn't read (12 of 25). Open issues weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (10 of 25). 0.1.0 and 0.1.1 without release notes for the package (5 of 15). Pre-1.0, and the dev docs still call it beta (0). 20+12+10+5+0 = 47.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Cosmic +23\n\n- Cosmic (88): openapi.json at www.cosmicjs.com covers 21 operations on 12 paths, each with a summary, a description and documented 401, 402, 404, 429 and 500 responses, though the docs describe more endpoints than it covers (revisions, AI, search); MCP tools have typed inputs (20 of 25). llms.txt and every docs page as Markdown (10). Tool descriptions say when to use each tool and when not to, such as never calling delete speculatively (18 of 20). 11 enums in the spec, typed metafields and validation messages (11 of 15). Examples on every API page and an error model with a sample (14 of 15). API v3 paths and a dated changelog (15). 20+10+18+11+14+15 = 88.\n- dotCMS (65): The search tool exposes the instance's own OpenAPI spec, so the contract is machine-readable, though the tools themselves take JavaScript code (20 of 25). llms.txt and Markdown pages on dev.dotcms.com (10). The README says what each tool is for and gives examples; when not to use them isn't stated (12 of 20). Code strings rather than typed parameters for search and execute (4 of 15). Examples for both tools; error behaviour of the sandbox isn't documented (9 of 15). dotCMS changelogs are dated; the MCP package has no changelog (10 of 15). 20+10+12+4+9+10 = 65.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: dotCMS +16\n\n- Cosmic (47): Separate read and write keys per bucket, rotatable independently (25), less 10 because the docs give `read_key` as a query parameter on GET (15 of 30). Read-only MCP access by leaving out the write key, four user roles on every plan, and a delete tool told not to run speculatively; no approval step (14 of 20). Objects hold text written by people and AI generation writes into the bucket; no prompt-injection guidance was found (3 of 15). An append-only audit log of security-relevant actions on Workspace or Pro plans (10 of 15). No SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA by the security page's own statement, no security.txt, reports to support email (5 of 20). 15+14+3+10+5 = 47.\n- dotCMS (63): JWT API tokens per user with role permissions and an expiry, created only by administrators (25 of 30). A read-only token can be made through a restricted role, but the MCP server asks for write permission; workflows support multiple-approval steps (14 of 20). Content returned from the CMS reaches the agent, and the sandbox isolates the token, with no prompt-injection guidance (5 of 15). Audit logging for API calls wasn't established in the pages read (5 of 15). A valid security.txt with PGP, a responsible disclosure policy with bounties, LTS security backports and a public list of known security issues, which is drawn by script and couldn't be read. No certification was found (14 of 20). 25+14+5+5+14 = 63.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Cosmic +14\n\n- Cosmic (82): 24 tools, in the 11 to 30 band (15), plus 5 because omitting the write key gives a read-only subset (20 of 25). limit, props, depth, cursor pagination with `after`, status and locale filters (20). Status codes with specific messages and fix-or-retry guidance per code (17 of 20). readOnlyHint and destructiveHint on the MCP tools; no idempotency keys for writes, though agent signup is idempotent (14 of 20). Few required parameters, a TypeScript SDK and a CLI, no SDK in a second language found (11 of 15). 20+20+17+14+11 = 82.\n- dotCMS (68): 7 tools in code mode, so the definitions stay small (25). Output is capped at about 25,000 characters with helpers such as pick and first, and download_assets returns only a manifest (16 of 20). Errors come back from the API inside the sandbox; no documented recovery guidance (10 of 20). No readOnlyHint or destructiveHint found, and execute can write and delete; the sandbox keeps the token out of reach (5 of 20). Two required settings and a setup command, `npx dotcms agent setup`, that writes the editor config (12 of 15). 25+16+10+5+12 = 68.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Cosmic +11\n\n- Cosmic (86): MCP server v1.7.1 was tagged on 2 November 2026 (30). v1.7.0 on 9 September and v1.7.1, plus changelog entries on 14 and 31 August, 1, 8, 10, 22 and 23 September and 5 and 9 October 2026 (20). A dated changelog, a Discord server and support email; GitHub issue activity wasn't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (12 of 25). com.cosmicjs/mcp in the official MCP registry under a domain namespace, though the registry has 1.6.0 while the repository is at 1.7.1 (15). CI, deploy and publish workflows in the MCP repository (9 of 10). 30+20+12+15+9 = 86.\n- dotCMS (75): dotCMS core tagged v26.11.06-03 on 6 November 2026; the MCP package's last release was 0.1.1 on 2 September (30). Core tags several times a week (20). GitHub issues and a community forum; response times weren't read because the GitHub API refused us for its rate limit (10 of 25). Not in the official MCP registry; official JavaScript client libraries (8 of 15). The MCP package's dependencies and CI state weren't read (7 of 10). 30+20+10+8+7 = 75.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Cosmic +10\n\n- Cosmic (45): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices and quotas are public, with add-ons; no per-call price (10). Free plan with no card (20). Agent signup returns working bucket keys with no human signup; the human claims the project by emailed code within 14 days, so partial (15 of 20). 0+10+20+15 = 45.\n- dotCMS (35): Scored with the self-hosted rule, with prices from the cloud plans. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Cloud prices are on request only (0). Free with every capability under $5 million in revenue under the BSL, with no card (20). Self-hosting needs no dotCMS account, and tokens can be minted by API on one's own instance (15 of 20). 0+0+20+15 = 35.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cosmic | dotCMS | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 47 | Cosmic +43 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 65 | Cosmic +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 68 | Cosmic +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 47 | 63 | dotCMS +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 45 | 35 | Cosmic +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 75 | Cosmic +11 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 54 | Cosmic +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **72.5 · BB** | **57.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cosmic | dotCMS |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Cosmic Inc. | dotCMS LLC |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.cosmicjs.com/v1/buckets/{bucket_slug}` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | BUSL-1.1 |\n| Tools exposed | 24 | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.cosmicjs/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-11-02 | 2026-09-02 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-08 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 295 npm/wk | 43 npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cosmic.** Cosmic gives agents 24 annotated MCP tools with when-to-use descriptions, a read-only mode by key, documented limits and an agent signup API that returns working keys before a human claims the project. It holds no SOC 2 or ISO certification by its own statement, and read keys can travel in the URL.\n\n**dotCMS.** dotCMS's MCP server keeps the tool list to seven by letting the agent search the instance's OpenAPI spec and run API calls in a sandbox that never sees the token. It is a pre-1.0 package that needs a write token, and cloud prices are on request.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cosmic\n\n1. Send only the read key in the Bearer token unless the task needs writes\n2. Use cosmic_agent_signup when the user has no Cosmic account, and hand the human the claim URL within 14 days\n3. Fix and don't retry on 400; wait and retry on 429\n4. Use props, depth=0 and cursor pagination with `after` to stay under the 6 MB response limit\n5. Confirm with the user before cosmic_objects_delete, which deletes permanently\n\n### dotCMS\n\n1. Search the spec with `search` before writing an `execute` call, and return only the fields you need\n2. Use a token for a dedicated user and role, not an administrator's\n3. Confirm with the user before execute calls that publish, archive or delete content\n4. Keep results small with pick and first, since output is capped at about 25,000 characters\n5. Use download_assets for theme folders so files land on disk instead of in context\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cosmic or dotCMS?\n\nCosmic scores 72.5 (BB) on agent readiness against dotCMS's 57.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. dotCMS leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Cosmic and dotCMS need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Cosmic and dotCMS without installing anything?\n\nCosmic has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.cosmicjs.com/v1/buckets/{bucket_slug}. dotCMS runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-dotcms.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cosmic-vs-dotcms.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cosmic\", \"b\": \"dotcms\"}`. 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