{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "directus", "name": "Directus", "vendor": "Monospace Inc. (Directus)", "vendorUrl": "https://directus.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "Directus is a source-available headless CMS and data platform that runs on an SQL database, self-hosted or on a paid cloud. Agents manage items, files and the data model through REST, GraphQL and a built-in MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/directus.json", "repo": "https://github.com/directus/directus", "license": "MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "directus" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@directus/sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@directus/specs" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve on your own instance, with no app review or partner approval. The MCP server at `/mcp` accepts OAuth (PKCE, with dynamic client registration or client ID metadata documents, both off by default) and issues a token with the `mcp:access` scope that works only on the MCP endpoint. REST, GraphQL and MCP also accept a static token, one per user, which doesn't expire and is sent as `Authorization: Bearer` or as `?access_token=` in the URL. Log-in tokens are short-lived with a refresh token. Every credential acts with its user's access policies, down to collection, action, field and item rule.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Core tier is free to self-host with 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, with no card, account or contract, so an agent can start at once. Team is $499 a month on an annual term or $599 monthly, Enterprise is priced by sales, and Directus Cloud hosting is a $99 a month add-on with a 14-day trial. The Open Innovation Grant lifts the limits for organisations under $5M revenue and 50 employees (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$499 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or the repository's MCP source (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 12, "popularity": { "githubStars": 38295, "npmWeekly": 22588, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://directus.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://directus.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/main/packages/specs/src/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.schema", "cms.assets", "cms.publish", "cms.localisation" ], "tags": [ "source-available", "self-hosted", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "graphql", "typescript", "sql", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 244, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 55, "reliability": 82, "schema": 81, "security": 68, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "5 August 2026. Directus published GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c (critical, CVSS 9.2, no CVE). On versions before 12.1.0, a public WebSocket client could read, create, update or delete items in user collections after a failed authentication message. At least 20 advisories were published between 24 June and 2 September 2026, at least 11 rated high, among them SQL injection through geometry fields (GHSA-chfm-g7r3-vv42) and a TUS upload authorisation bypass (GHSA-xjxq-pj7h-g676). The critical fix shipped in 12.1.0 on 1 July, before publication, the vendor published every advisory itself, and none mentions exploitation, so we deduct 6 of a possible 15. https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c ; https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories" ], "verdict": "The built-in MCP server works under the connecting user's permissions, supports OAuth limited to the MCP endpoint and blocks deletes unless an administrator allows them. Since version 12 a licence check caps the free Core tier at 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and the default tool list carries about 79 KB of instructions.", "bestFor": "Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.", "strengths": [ "MCP OAuth with PKCE issues tokens with the `mcp:access` scope and the MCP endpoint as audience, and administrators can revoke registered clients", "Deletes through MCP are refused unless the Allow Deletes setting is on, and the MCP server itself is off by default", "Registry mode at `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` cuts the tool list to `search`, `execute` and `schema`", "Content versioning has REST endpoints to save, compare and promote a version, and revisions record each change", "Six tagged releases between 29 July and 7 October 2026, with breaking changes listed per version in the docs" ], "weaknesses": [ "Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period", "The licence is MSCL-1.0-GPL, source-available and not OSI approved, with a ban on competing use and on bypassing the licence key", "Static tokens never expire, are stored in plain text in `directus_users`, and the MCP guide shows them in the URL as `?access_token=`", "Releases don't follow semantic versioning, and 12.1 to 12.5 each carried breaking changes", "At least 20 security advisories were published between June and September 2026, one rated critical and at least 11 rated high" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect with OAuth or an `Authorization: Bearer` header. Don't put the token in the URL as `?access_token=`, where it can be logged", "Use `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` when the client loads every tool definition. Default mode sends each tool's full instructions, about 79 KB in total", "Read the `schema` tool before writing. Item payloads are untyped objects, so field names and types come only from the data model", "Publish a version with `POST /versions/{id}/promote` over REST. The MCP `items` tool refuses system collections such as `directus_versions`", "Count translation and junction tables against the 25-collection Core limit before creating collections" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "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": 67.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 55, "reliability": 82, "schema": 81, "security": 68, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 66 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @directus/sdk", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http directus https://your-directus-url.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "directus": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer your-generated-token" }, "url": "https://your-directus-url.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/directus" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Core, self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "3 Studio seats, 25 collections, 5 flows" }, { "item": "Team", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "annual term, or $599 billed monthly. 10 seats, 50 collections, 20 flows" }, { "item": "Team extra seat", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 50, "note": "Studio users only" }, { "item": "Directus Cloud hosting add-on", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "for Core, Team and Open Innovation Grant projects" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Monospace Inc. (doing business as Directus)", "domain": "directus.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-02-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://directus.com/license", "privacy": "https://directus.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.directus.cloud", "changelog": "https://github.com/directus/directus/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy policy (last updated 9 June 2026) names Monospace Inc., doing business as Directus, a Delaware corporation, at 223 Bedford Ave STE A #855, Brooklyn, New York. The terms page, dated 28 April 2025, gives the same entity.", "`terms` points at the MSCL-1.0-GPL licence text, which governs a self-hosted install. directus.com/terms reads as website terms of use, and Directus Cloud has separate Cloud policies at directus.com/cloud-policies.", "The privacy policy says personal information processed for customers of the product is handled under customer agreements, not the policy. No public DPA was found.", "A self-hosted install answers on its owner's domain. It contacts licensing.directus.com when a licence key is set and telemetry.directus.io for usage reports.", "https://directus.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026. directus.io redirects to directus.com.", "RDAP for directus.com gives a registration date of 1997-02-06, which predates the company's use of the domain.", "The status page runs on Statuspage and covers Directus Cloud regions and the dashboard, not self-hosted installs." ], "score": 66 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.json", "live": { "slug": "directus", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.directus.cloud", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T10:41:33.86327537Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:41:33.86327537Z" } }, "answer": "Directus scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Prismic's 61.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Prismic leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "prismic", "name": "Prismic", "vendor": "Prismic.io Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://prismic.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "Prismic is a hosted headless CMS and page builder. Agents write to it through the official hosted MCP server (16 tools that stage changes in releases) or the Migration, Asset and Types APIs with a write token.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prismic", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prismic.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prismic.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/prismic.json", "repo": "https://github.com/prismicio/prismic-client", "license": "Proprietary service under Prismic's Master Services Agreement. The JavaScript clients, the CLI and the agent skill on GitHub are Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.prismic.io/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@prismicio/client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@prismicio/migrate" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "prismic" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. The MCP server signs a person in through browser OAuth (authorisation code with PKCE and dynamic client registration) and works with that person's repository role. A repository Administrator or Owner must activate Prismic MCP first. Sign-ins expire after 90 days. The Migration, Asset and Types APIs take a repository write token as a Bearer header with a `repository` header. A person creates the token in Settings, API \u0026 Security, Write APIs, or with `npx prismic token create --write`. No scopes or expiry for write tokens were found in the reviewed documentation. No app review or sales approval is needed.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free is $0 per repository and includes the Migration API, 1 user, 2 locales and 4 million API calls a month, with no card on file needed. Starter is $10, Small $25, Medium $150 and Platinum $675 a month per repository, billed annually. Enterprise is sold through sales. The launch note says Prismic MCP is currently free on every plan (https://prismic.io/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$10 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the MCP docs, the write API references or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 16, "popularity": { "githubStars": 177, "npmWeekly": 236949, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://prismic.io/docs/mcp", "llmsTxt": "https://prismic.io/docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.publish", "cms.assets", "cms.localisation", "cms.schema" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "closed-source", "no-card", "free-tier", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "typescript", "cli", "graphql", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 410, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 35, "reliability": 78, "schema": 60, "security": 50, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The hosted MCP server stages every write as a draft in a release, cannot delete, and publishes only when a user with the Publisher role asks. Write tokens for the Migration, Asset and Types APIs have no scopes, no OpenAPI file was found, writes are limited to one request a second, and the acceptable use policy forbids access by scripts.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Prismic who want an agent to bulk-edit, localise or migrate pages into releases for human review.", "strengths": [ "Official hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.prismic.io/mcp` with 16 tools, free on every plan per the 8 June 2026 launch note", "MCP writes land as drafts in a release, the server has no delete tool, and `publish_release` needs the Publisher role", "OAuth on the MCP server with PKCE S256, dynamic client registration, refresh tokens and a revocation endpoint", "Free plan at $0 with the Migration API, 4 million API calls a month and unlimited documents, types and assets", "Root and docs `llms.txt`, and every docs page served as Markdown at the same URL plus `.md`" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI file for the Migration, Asset or Types APIs in the reviewed documentation. The Types API links a Postman collection", "Write tokens cover the whole repository with no scopes or expiry in the reviewed documentation, and the docs say they carry many privileges", "The Migration and Asset APIs each take one item a request at one request a second, with no idempotency keys", "The acceptable use policy forbids accessing the Solution by bots, programs or scripts, and the terms bar benchmarking without written consent", "Writer and Publisher roles start on the Medium plan ($150 a month). On Starter and Small every user is an Administrator" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask a repository Administrator to activate Prismic MCP in Settings first. Activation can take several minutes, and each environment has its own setting", "Call `list_repositories`, then `get_custom_type` or `get_shared_slice` for the empty content template before `create_document`", "Create a release with `create_release` and write into it. Call `publish_release` only on an explicit request, because a publish cannot be undone through MCP", "For the Migration API send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cwrite token\u003e` and a `repository` header, one page a request, one request a second, and keep each returned `id` for later PUT calls", "Upload media first (`upload_asset` or POST to `https://asset-api.prismic.io/assets`) and reference the asset `id` in image and media link fields" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 35, "reliability": 78, "schema": 60, "security": 50, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @prismicio/client @prismicio/migrate", "http": "curl --location --request GET 'https://customtypes.prismic.io/customtypes' \\\n --header 'repository: your-repo-name' \\\n --header 'Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "Prismic": { "url": "https://mcp.prismic.io/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/prismic" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 10, "note": "per repository, billed annually, 3 users and 3 locales" }, { "item": "Small", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "per repository, billed annually, 7 users and 4 locales" }, { "item": "Medium", "unit": "month", "usd": 150, "note": "per repository, billed annually, 25 users, 5 million API calls, user roles" }, { "item": "Platinum", "unit": "month", "usd": 675, "note": "per repository, billed annually, unlimited users, 10 million API calls" }, { "item": "CDN bandwidth overage", "unit": "gb", "usd": 0.3, "note": "Starter, Small and Medium. $0.25 on Platinum" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Prismic.io Inc.", "domain": "prismic.io", "domainRegistered": "2013-06-05", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://prismic.io/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://prismic.io/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.prismic.io", "changelog": "https://prismic.io/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The terms page is a Master Services Agreement, last updated 1 December 2025, between the customer and Prismic.io Inc., with notices to 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, Suite 210, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. The legal page gives 9 rue de la Pierre Levée, 75011 Paris, France.", "The privacy policy, last updated 8 April 2026, covers the website and the Prismic Services, has a section on Prismic MCP, and links a self-service DPA and a sub-processor list, both PDFs we did not read.", "The AI Terms of Service (4 February 2026) name Prismic, Inc. and apply to AI functions.", "The MCP server answers at mcp.prismic.io and the write APIs at migration.prismic.io, asset-api.prismic.io and customtypes.prismic.io. The MCP docs name prismic-auth.eu.auth0.com as the sign-in server.", "prismic.io/.well-known/security.txt and prismic.io/security.txt return 404. The security page gives security@prismic.io.", "RDAP for prismic.io gives a registration date of 2013-06-05.", "robots.txt on prismic.io carries Content-Signal ai-train=no, search=yes, ai-input=yes." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prismic.json", "live": { "slug": "prismic", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.prismic.io/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:53.540899126Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 382, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 337, "p95ms24h": 390, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.prismic.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:00.249405282Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:53.540899126Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Monospace Inc. (Directus)", "b": "Prismic.io Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://mcp.prismic.io/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under Prismic's Master Services Agreement. The JavaScript clients, the CLI and the agent skill on GitHub are Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "12", "b": "16", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "2026-10-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-12-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-06-09", "b": "2026-04-08", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "38k stars, 23k npm/wk", "b": "177 stars, 237k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Directus scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Prismic's 61.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Prismic leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Directus or Prismic?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Directus and Prismic need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Directus. Prismic has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.prismic.io/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Directus and Prismic without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 60", "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 63", "Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 50", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 55 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 79" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.", "slug": "directus", "watchFor": "Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 61" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where Directus loses 6 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams already on Prismic who want an agent to bulk-edit, localise or migrate pages into releases for human review.", "slug": "prismic", "watchFor": "No OpenAPI file for the Migration, Asset or Types APIs in the reviewed documentation. 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Write tokens for the Migration, Asset and Types APIs have no scopes, no OpenAPI file was found, writes are limited to one request a second, and the acceptable use policy forbids access by scripts." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-prismic", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-prismic.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-prismic.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-prismic.min.md" }, "markdown": "Directus scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Prismic's 61.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Prismic leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do cms content.\n\n- Directus: grade B, 67.1/100, rank #244 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/directus.json\n- Prismic: grade C, 61.9/100, rank #410 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prismic.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/prismic.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Directus (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 60\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 63\n- Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 50\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 55 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 79\n\nWatch for: Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period\n\n### Prismic (C)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Prismic who want an agent to bulk-edit, localise or migrate pages into releases for human review.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where Directus loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI file for the Migration, Asset or Types APIs in the reviewed documentation. The Types API links a Postman collection\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Directus | Prismic | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 82 | 78 | Directus +4 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 60 | Directus +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 63 | Directus +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 50 | Directus +18 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 55 | 35 | Directus +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 79 | Directus +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 72 | Prismic +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.1 · B** | **61.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Directus | Prismic |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Monospace Inc. (Directus) | Prismic.io Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://mcp.prismic.io/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT | Proprietary service under Prismic's Master Services Agreement. The JavaScript clients, the CLI and the agent skill on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 12 | 16 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-12-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-09 | 2026-04-08 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 38k stars, 23k npm/wk | 177 stars, 237k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Directus.** The built-in MCP server works under the connecting user's permissions, supports OAuth limited to the MCP endpoint and blocks deletes unless an administrator allows them. Since version 12 a licence check caps the free Core tier at 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and the default tool list carries about 79 KB of instructions.\n\n**Prismic.** The hosted MCP server stages every write as a draft in a release, cannot delete, and publishes only when a user with the Publisher role asks. Write tokens for the Migration, Asset and Types APIs have no scopes, no OpenAPI file was found, writes are limited to one request a second, and the acceptable use policy forbids access by scripts.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Directus\n\n1. Connect with OAuth or an `Authorization: Bearer` header. Don't put the token in the URL as `?access_token=`, where it can be logged\n2. Use `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` when the client loads every tool definition. Default mode sends each tool's full instructions, about 79 KB in total\n3. Read the `schema` tool before writing. Item payloads are untyped objects, so field names and types come only from the data model\n4. Publish a version with `POST /versions/{id}/promote` over REST. The MCP `items` tool refuses system collections such as `directus_versions`\n5. Count translation and junction tables against the 25-collection Core limit before creating collections\n\n### Prismic\n\n1. Ask a repository Administrator to activate Prismic MCP in Settings first. Activation can take several minutes, and each environment has its own setting\n2. Call `list_repositories`, then `get_custom_type` or `get_shared_slice` for the empty content template before `create_document`\n3. Create a release with `create_release` and write into it. Call `publish_release` only on an explicit request, because a publish cannot be undone through MCP\n4. For the Migration API send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cwrite token\u003e` and a `repository` header, one page a request, one request a second, and keep each returned `id` for later PUT calls\n5. 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