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      "slug": "courier",
      "name": "Courier",
      "vendor": "Courier",
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      "summary": "Notification API that routes one message to email, SMS, push, an in-app Inbox, Slack, Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp through your own providers, with templates, digests, preferences and journeys.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/courier.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/trycourier/courier-node",
      "license": "Apache-2.0 (Node SDK)",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.courier.com",
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@trycourier/courier"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "trycourier"
        }
      ],
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      "authNotes": "Workspace API key as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` on the REST API. The hosted MCP at mcp.courier.com takes the key in an `api_key` header, with no OAuth. A JWT endpoint issues tokens for client SDKs such as the Inbox.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Developer plan free for up to 10,000 sends a month. Business is pay as you go at $0.005 a send. Enterprise is custom with volume discounts. Billing counts notifications sent, not seats or channels (https://www.courier.com/docs/overview.md). Support is email on Developer, adds chat on Business, and Enterprise adds a shared Slack channel and an SLA (https://www.courier.com/docs/resources/help.md).",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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        "githubStars": 63,
        "npmWeekly": 189029,
        "pypiWeekly": 35385,
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      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.courier.com/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.courier.com/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://www.courier.com/docs/openapi-specs/openapi.documented.yml",
      "registryName": "io.github.trycourier/courier",
      "capabilities": [
        "notify.push",
        "notify.in-app",
        "notify.multichannel",
        "notify.preferences",
        "notify.digest"
      ],
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        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "enterprise"
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      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
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        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 96,
        "ranked": true,
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        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 68,
          "maintenance": 86,
          "payments": 35,
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          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "strengths": [
          "Free for 10,000 sends a month, then $0.005 a send with no platform fee",
          "`POST /send` has no request-count rate limit, and the limited endpoints publish their numbers",
          "Idempotency keys replay for 25 hours by default and up to a year",
          "Public OpenAPI file, llms.txt with about 230 Markdown pages, and an agent skill",
          "Status page with no incidents posted since 18 June 2026"
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          "170 MCP tools with no toolsets, filtering or read-only mode",
          "MCP authentication is a raw API key header with no OAuth or scopes",
          "Error responses documented only as `message` and `type`, with no list of codes",
          "Audit trail of key and template changes is Enterprise only",
          "No subprocessor list, data regions or retention periods in the privacy policy"
        ],
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          "Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on every send so a retry doesn't notify twice",
          "Set `routing.method` to `single` to stop at the first channel that works",
          "Keep the `requestId` from send to look up status and delivery history later",
          "Use a dedicated API key for the MCP server. Every one of the 170 tools runs with that key's full rights",
          "Space resends at least 2 seconds apart per message or you get a 429"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 3,
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          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
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            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 92,
          "schema": 84,
          "security": 56,
          "transparency": 40
        },
        "provenanceScore": 90
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.courier.com/send \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $COURIER_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -H \"Idempotency-Key: build-42\" \\\n  -d '{\"message\":{\"to\":{\"user_id\":\"user_123\"},\"content\":{\"title\":\"Build finished\",\"body\":\"All tests passed\"},\"routing\":{\"method\":\"single\",\"channels\":[\"push\",\"email\"]}}}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http courier https://mcp.courier.com --header \"api_key: $COURIER_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "courier": {
              "headers": {
                "api_key": "${COURIER_API_KEY}"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://mcp.courier.com"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.push",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/courier"
      },
      "area": "everyday",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Business send",
          "unit": "message",
          "usd": 0.005,
          "note": "Pay as you go after 10,000 free sends"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "trycourier.com, Inc.",
        "domain": "courier.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1993-09-09",
        "domainNote": "courier.com was registered in 1993, long before Courier launched, so the domain was bought later.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.courier.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.courier.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.courier.com",
        "changelog": "https://www.courier.com/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Terms are governed by California law and give 143 2nd St, San Francisco, as the address.",
          "Certifications and data handling are published separately at security.courier.com."
        ],
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "courier",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.courier.com",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:45.893192507Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 403,
          "lastMs": 369,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
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          "p95ms24h": 394,
          "samples24h": 272,
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              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 109,
              "ok": 109
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
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          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.courier.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:27:44.014430368Z"
        },
        "versions": [
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            "registry": "github",
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            "version": "v9.11.0",
            "released": "2026-09-24",
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          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.trycourier/courier",
            "version": "1.3.7",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@trycourier/courier",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:24:41.01851751Z"
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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            "released": "2026-09-24",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:24:41.493112637Z"
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        ],
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        "pypiWeekly": 43876,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://courier.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:36.911141403Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://www.courier.com/docs/llms.txt",
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          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:28.596906373Z"
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        "domain": {
          "domain": "courier.com",
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          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/courier.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:59.714592295Z"
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.courier.com/privacy-policy",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:58.086522562Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.courier.com/terms",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:59.807103351Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "15732fe78cb9"
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:45.893192507Z"
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      "slug": "onesignal",
      "name": "OneSignal",
      "vendor": "OneSignal",
      "vendorUrl": "https://onesignal.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "notifications",
      "summary": "Messaging platform that sends mobile and web push through its own service and adds email, SMS, RCS, in-app messages, Live Activities and journeys.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onesignal",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onesignal.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onesignal.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/onesignal.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/OneSignal/onesignal-node-api",
      "license": "Modified MIT (Node SDK, use limited to OneSignal's services)",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.onesignal.com",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@onesignal/node-onesignal"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "onesignal-python-api"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "App API key as `Authorization: Key \u003ckey\u003e` (not Bearer), with the app_id in the request body. The hosted MCP at api.onesignal.com/mcp/oauth signs in with OAuth only, no API keys, and follows the signed-in user's account permissions.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with unlimited mobile push, in-app messages and Live Activities for up to 1,000 monthly active users, web push to up to 10,000 subscribers a send, 10,000 emails a month and 3 active journeys. Growth from $19 a month, then $0.012 per mobile push monthly active user, $0.004 per web push subscriber, and 20,000 emails free then $1.50 per 1,000, with SMS and RCS available. Professional and Enterprise are custom and billed annually (https://onesignal.com/pricing). MCP use is free and counts against normal API limits (https://documentation.onesignal.com/docs/en/model-context-protocol).",
      "priceSummary": "$19 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 43,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 52,
        "npmWeekly": 230563,
        "pypiWeekly": 28196,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://documentation.onesignal.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://documentation.onesignal.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://documentation.onesignal.com/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "notify.push",
        "notify.in-app",
        "notify.multichannel",
        "email.send",
        "messaging.sms"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "sms",
        "enterprise"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-30",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 69.6,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 110,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 64,
          "maintenance": 81,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 74,
          "transparency": 76
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Runs push delivery itself, so there's no separate push provider to wire up. Three incidents on the API and SDK endpoints in September 2026.",
        "strengths": [
          "Runs push delivery itself, so there's no separate push provider to wire up",
          "429 with Retry-After, two documented backoff recipes and 30-day idempotency keys",
          "Hosted MCP server with OAuth only, a confirmation flag on send and no delete tools",
          "SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and 27701 and HIPAA, with a valid security.txt",
          "Dated deprecation notices with effective dates in the changelog"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Three incidents on the API and SDK endpoints in September 2026",
          "MCP server is in open beta and app access may need enabling before most tools work",
          "Priced per monthly active user and subscriber, which is hard to forecast",
          "43 MCP tools with no way to load a subset",
          "The SDK licence limits use to OneSignal's services, and the Node SDK has no test job in CI"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use `Authorization: Key \u003ckey\u003e`, not Bearer, and put `app_id` in the body",
          "Send an `idempotency_key` UUID with every create call and reuse it on each retry",
          "On 429, wait for `Retry-After`, then back off with jitter, up to 10 attempts",
          "Stay under 10 sends per subscribed subscription in 15 minutes or the app is disabled",
          "Target people with `include_aliases.external_id` and set `target_channel`"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 69.6
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 64,
          "maintenance": 81,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 74,
          "transparency": 51
        },
        "provenanceScore": 100
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.onesignal.com/notifications?c=push\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Key $ONESIGNAL_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d \"{\\\"app_id\\\":\\\"$ONESIGNAL_APP_ID\\\",\\\"target_channel\\\":\\\"push\\\",\\\"include_aliases\\\":{\\\"external_id\\\":[\\\"user_123\\\"]},\\\"headings\\\":{\\\"en\\\":\\\"Build finished\\\"},\\\"contents\\\":{\\\"en\\\":\\\"All tests passed\\\"}}\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http onesignal https://api.onesignal.com/mcp/oauth",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "onesignal": {
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://api.onesignal.com/mcp/oauth"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/notify.push",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/onesignal"
      },
      "area": "everyday",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Growth",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 19,
          "note": "Starting price, plus usage"
        },
        {
          "item": "Email on Growth",
          "unit": "1k-emails",
          "usd": 1.5,
          "note": "After 20,000 free sends a month"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "OneSignal, Inc.",
        "domain": "onesignal.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2011-09-10",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://onesignal.com/tos",
        "privacy": "https://onesignal.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.onesignal.com",
        "changelog": "https://documentation.onesignal.com/release-notes/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Terms are governed by California law.",
          "security.txt lists security@onesignal.com and expires on 2030-01-01."
        ],
        "score": 100
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/onesignal.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "onesignal",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.onesignal.com",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:51.440511282Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 403,
          "lastMs": 33,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 30,
          "p95ms24h": 69,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 895,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 109,
              "ok": 109
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.onesignal.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:27:54.367113783Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "OneSignal/onesignal-node-api",
            "version": "v5.19.0",
            "released": "2026-10-02",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:04.182170309Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@onesignal/node-onesignal",
            "version": "5.19.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:03.157307024Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "onesignal-python-api",
            "version": "5.17.0",
            "released": "2026-10-02",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:03.999022493Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 52,
        "npmWeekly": 251070,
        "pypiWeekly": 33222,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://onesignal.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2030-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:47.574936204Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://documentation.onesignal.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:04.001188276Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "onesignal.com",
          "registered": "2011-09-10",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/onesignal.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:02.742372392Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://documentation.onesignal.com/release-notes/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:23.610523164Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "72c1fcf22329"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://onesignal.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:20.039042117Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:34:21.895419767Z",
            "fingerprint": "8b6afea19691"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://onesignal.com/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:22.108855187Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "3017c3b82574"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://onesignal.com/tos",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:24.091642563Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "126091322fee"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:51.440511282Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Courier has a score of 70.5 (BB) against OneSignal's 69.6 (B). Both do notify push. The largest gap is reliability, 22 points."
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