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  "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": 217,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 5,
        "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": "2026-10-09T01:07:26.729225578Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T01:07:26.729225578Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Webflow scores 69.4 (B) on agent readiness against Directus's 67.1 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Directus leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "webflow",
      "name": "Webflow",
      "vendor": "Webflow, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://webflow.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "cms",
      "summary": "Webflow is a hosted website builder with a built-in CMS. Agents reach it through the Data API v2 (collections, items, assets, pages, locales, publishing) or the official hosted MCP server, which wraps that API in 34 tools.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/webflow.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/webflow/openapi-spec",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Webflow's Terms of Service. The OpenAPI spec, the JavaScript and Python SDKs and the open-source MCP server on GitHub are MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.webflow.com/v2",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "webflow-api"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "webflow"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "webflow-mcp-server"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve. The Data API takes a Bearer token, either a site token or an OAuth access token. A site administrator creates a site token under Apps \u0026 integrations and picks read and write scopes. Each site allows 5 tokens and a token expires after 365 days without use. An OAuth app is registered in a workspace with its scopes, and only apps listed on the Marketplace go through review. The MCP server uses browser OAuth with PKCE and dynamic client registration, where a site owner or admin picks the sites or the workspace. Custom code endpoints and workspace activity logs aren't open to site tokens.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The Starter site plan is free and includes the CMS APIs at 60 requests a minute, 50 CMS items and the MCP server, so an agent can start without a contract. Basic is $15 a month billed yearly and has no CMS. Premium is $25 a month billed yearly with 20,000 CMS items and 120 requests a minute. Team is $2,500 a month on an annual contract and Enterprise is sold through sales. Prices are per site (https://webflow.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "$15 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Data API docs, the MCP server docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 34,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 85160,
        "pypiWeekly": 121246,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developers.webflow.com/data/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://developers.webflow.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webflow/openapi-spec/main/openapi/v2.yml",
      "registryName": "com.webflow/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "cms.content",
        "cms.publish",
        "cms.assets",
        "cms.schema",
        "cms.localisation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "closed-source",
        "free-tier",
        "webhooks",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "status-page",
        "soc2",
        "iso27001"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-07",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 69.4,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 160,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 79,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 74,
          "transparency": 81
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "7 October 2026. The Get Site Plan endpoint changed the `id` and `displayName` it returns for Starter sites and renamed some plans, in place. The changelog entry of the same date calls it a breaking change and no earlier notice was found. It is documented, so the deduction is small (https://developers.webflow.com/home/changelog/2026/10/7)."
        ],
        "verdict": "The Data API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 140 operations, scoped OAuth and site tokens, and CMS items that stay drafts until a separate publish call. The MCP server loads 34 multi-action tools and can't create new localised CMS items. The free plan holds 50 CMS items, and the activity log needs the $2,500 Team plan.",
        "bestFor": "Teams whose website already runs on Webflow and who want an agent to draft, update and publish CMS items, fix metadata or manage assets.",
        "strengths": [
          "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec for Data API v2 with 140 operations, MIT, last synced on 2 September 2026, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page",
          "OAuth and site tokens take read and write scope pairs per resource (cms, assets, pages, sites and others), and each site allows at most 5 tokens",
          "CMS items are created and updated as drafts. Publishing an item or the whole site is a separate call",
          "429 responses carry Retry-After, every response carries X-RateLimit-Remaining, and the JavaScript and Python SDKs back off automatically",
          "Hosted MCP server at mcp.webflow.com/mcp is listed in the official MCP registry as com.webflow/mcp and has its own component on the status page"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The MCP server documents 34 tools (27 data, 3 Designer session, 4 utility), each with several actions, and a granted tool grants all its actions",
          "No idempotency keys on Data API writes in the reviewed documentation. Site publish is limited to one successful call a minute",
          "The MCP server can't create new localised CMS items. It reads and updates existing items in secondary locales",
          "The Starter plan allows 50 CMS items and 60 requests a minute. The site activity log that records agent changes is listed on Team ($2,500 a month) and Enterprise",
          "On 7 October 2026 Get Site Plan changed its `id` and `displayName` values in place, marked as breaking in the changelog entry of the same day"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to https://api.webflow.com/v2. Ask for `cms:read` and `cms:write` only, plus `sites:write` if the task publishes",
          "Create or update items first, then call Publish Items or Publish Site. An item with `isDraft` true and a `lastPublished` date is live with unpublished changes",
          "Stay under 60 requests a minute on Starter and Basic and 120 on Premium, read X-RateLimit-Remaining, and wait for Retry-After on 429",
          "Page item lists with `limit` (maximum 100) and `offset`, and filter with `filter[\u003cfieldSlug\u003e][\u003coperator\u003e]`, up to 10 terms",
          "Upload an asset in two steps (create the asset with a file hash, then POST the bytes to the presigned URL). Write localised content with the item's `cmsLocaleId`"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 69.4
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 79,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 74,
          "transparency": 65
        },
        "provenanceScore": 97
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install webflow-api",
        "http": "curl --request GET \\\n  --url https://api.webflow.com/v2/sites \\\n  --header 'accept: application/json' \\\n  --header 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http webflow https://mcp.webflow.com/mcp"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/webflow"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Basic site plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 15,
          "note": "billed yearly, per site, no CMS"
        },
        {
          "item": "Premium site plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 25,
          "note": "billed yearly, per site, 20,000 CMS items and 120 requests a minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "Team platform plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 2500,
          "note": "annual contract, 5 full and 5 limited seats included"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Webflow, Inc.",
        "domain": "webflow.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2003-03-31",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://webflow.com/legal/terms",
        "privacy": "https://webflow.com/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.webflow.com",
        "changelog": "https://developers.webflow.com/home/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms of Service name Webflow, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 398 11th Street, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103, and are governed by California law.",
          "The Terms of Service (effective 15 November 2023) govern the platform and incorporate the Developer Terms of Service at https://webflow.com/legal/developer-terms-of-service, which cover API use and rate limits.",
          "The privacy policy is effective 17 March 2025. The DPA is effective 15 November 2023 and the sub-processor list was updated on 9 July 2026.",
          "The Data API answers at api.webflow.com and the MCP server at mcp.webflow.com.",
          "webflow.com/.well-known/security.txt points to a Bugcrowd disclosure programme and expires on 31 December 2026.",
          "RDAP for webflow.com gives a registration date of 2003-03-31.",
          "status.webflow.com runs on Statuspage with components for the Data API and the MCP server."
        ],
        "score": 97
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "webflow",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.webflow.com/v2",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-09T01:13:01.356676253Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 252,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 266,
          "p95ms24h": 348,
          "samples24h": 83,
          "samples30d": 83,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 70,
              "ok": 70
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 13,
              "ok": 13
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.webflow.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T01:07:56.42335962Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://developers.webflow.com/home/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:03.444775017Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "26398a0d385c"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://webflow.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:48.086194416Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "1895a791460c"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://webflow.com/legal/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:43.849393456Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "1dc949e66fd3"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://webflow.com/legal/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:46.083572378Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "fab4ea21138a"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T01:13:01.356676253Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Monospace Inc. (Directus)",
        "b": "Webflow, Inc.",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "https://api.webflow.com/v2",
        "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"
      },
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(Directus) | Webflow, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.webflow.com/v2` |\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 Webflow's Terms of Service. The OpenAPI spec, the JavaScript and Python SDKs and the open-source MCP server on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 12 | 34 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `com.webflow/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2023-11-15 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-09 | 2025-03-17 |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 38k stars, 23k npm/wk | 85k npm/wk, 121k PyPI/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. 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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### Webflow\n\n1. Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to https://api.webflow.com/v2. Ask for `cms:read` and `cms:write` only, plus `sites:write` if the task publishes\n2. Create or update items first, then call Publish Items or Publish Site. An item with `isDraft` true and a `lastPublished` date is live with unpublished changes\n3. Stay under 60 requests a minute on Starter and Basic and 120 on Premium, read X-RateLimit-Remaining, and wait for Retry-After on 429\n4. Page item lists with `limit` (maximum 100) and `offset`, and filter with `filter[\u003cfieldSlug\u003e][\u003coperator\u003e]`, up to 10 terms\n5. Upload an asset in two steps (create the asset with a file hash, then POST the bytes to the presigned URL). 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