{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "pipedream", "name": "Pipedream API + MCP", "vendor": "Pipedream (Workday)", "vendorUrl": "https://pipedream.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Code-first workflows in Node.js, Python, Go and Bash, plus Connect, an API and SDK that runs 10,000+ prebuilt actions across 3,000+ apps on behalf of your own users with managed OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipedream", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipedream.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipedream.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pipedream.json", "repo": "https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream", "license": "Pipedream Source Available License (components)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.pipedream.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@pipedream/sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "pipedream" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Connect API uses OAuth client credentials (client ID and secret exchanged at /v1/oauth/token for a bearer token). End users connect their accounts through short-lived Connect tokens. The developer MCP server at https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3 takes the bearer token plus `x-pd-project-id`, `x-pd-environment` and `x-pd-external-user-id` headers. The end-user server at https://mcp.pipedream.net/v2 signs in with OAuth.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Billed in credits, one credit per 30 seconds of compute at 256 MB (more memory costs more). Tool calls through MCP, action runs, deployed trigger emissions and proxy requests cost credits, listing apps and tools doesn't. Free $0 with a daily credit limit and Connect in development only, no card. Startup $150 a month or $99 a month billed yearly, 10,000 credits a month, extra credits $0.012 each, production Connect with 100 end users included and $2 per extra end user. Business is custom, annual contract only (https://pipedream.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$150 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 11719, "npmWeekly": 587447, "pypiWeekly": 327799, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://pipedream.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://pipedream.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://pipedream.com/docs/pipedream_openapi_swagger.json", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows", "automation.apps", "automation.embedded", "automation.code", "automation.webhooks", "automation.auth", "agent.tools" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 167, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 74, "security": 58, "transparency": 78 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Managed OAuth per end user across 3,000+ apps, through API, SDK or MCP. Public changelog's last entry is 1 October 2025.", "strengths": [ "Managed OAuth per end user across 3,000+ apps, through API, SDK or MCP", "Billed by compute time, one credit per 30 seconds at 256 MB, so a many-step run can cost one credit", "Every action declares `readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint` and `openWorldHint`", "TypeScript, Python and Java SDKs, last released 2 September 2026", "SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA BAA, and data location and subprocessors published" ], "weaknesses": [ "Public changelog's last entry is 1 October 2025", "Production Connect starts at $150 a month ($99 billed yearly). Free is development only", "No published limit or 429 behaviour for action runs and tool calls", "No security.txt, no bug bounty and no prompt-injection guidance", "Cloud only, in AWS us-east-1" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass your own user ID as `x-pd-external-user-id` so each user's accounts stay separate", "Send `x-pd-app-slug` to load one app's tools rather than 10,000", "Use a Connect rate-limit token (`x-pd-rate-limit`) to cap runaway loops per user", "Check `isError` on tool results before treating a call as done", "Stay on `x-pd-environment: development` until billing is set, since production needs a paid plan" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 74, "security": 58, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/oauth/token -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d \"{\\\"grant_type\\\":\\\"client_credentials\\\",\\\"client_id\\\":\\\"$PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID\\\",\\\"client_secret\\\":\\\"$PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET\\\"}\"\ncurl \"https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/apps?q=slack\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PIPEDREAM_ACCESS_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http pipedream https://mcp.pipedream.net/v2", "config": { "mcpServers": { "pipedream": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${PIPEDREAM_ACCESS_TOKEN}", "x-pd-app-slug": "slack", "x-pd-environment": "development", "x-pd-external-user-id": "${USER_ID}", "x-pd-project-id": "${PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID}" }, "url": "https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/pipedream" }, "alsoIn": [ "agent-auth" ], "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 150, "note": "$99 a month billed yearly. 10,000 credits and production Connect with 100 end users" }, { "item": "Extra credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.012, "note": "one credit is 30 seconds of compute at 256 MB" }, { "item": "Extra end user", "unit": "user-month", "usd": 2, "note": "beyond the 100 included on Startup" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Pipedream, LLC", "domain": "pipedream.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-06-01", "domainNote": "pipedream.com was registered in 1998, well before the company was founded.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://pipedream.com/terms", "privacy": "https://pipedream.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.pipedream.com", "changelog": "https://pipedream.com/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms, last updated 30 September 2026, name Pipedream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and point Workday customers to Workday's early access scheme. Workday agreed to buy Pipedream in November 2025." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipedream.json", "live": { "slug": "pipedream", "probe": { "target": "https://api.pipedream.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:01:40.215114252Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 331, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 337, "p95ms24h": 395, "samples24h": 273, "samples30d": 1137, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.pipedream.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T02:58:48.69594256Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@pipedream/sdk", "version": "3.1.6", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:36:35.684775925Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "pipedream", "version": "2.1.20", "released": "2026-09-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:36:36.554973153Z" } ], "githubStars": 11724, "npmWeekly": 628729, "pypiWeekly": 423275, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://pipedream.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:41.429747478Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://pipedream.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:06.906170195Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "pipedream.com", "registered": "1998-06-01", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/pipedream.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:14.75079587Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://pipedream.com/docs/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:40.0311865Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:22:54.204376413Z", "fingerprint": "85598021dd17" }, { "url": "https://pipedream.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:42.503230545Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d35da09334d8" }, { "url": "https://pipedream.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:44.304778654Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "333facaf775d" }, { "url": "https://pipedream.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:46.316335344Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:23:00.580870679Z", "fingerprint": "b8807ffb4738" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:01:40.215114252Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "workato", "name": "Workato API + MCP", "vendor": "Workato", "vendorUrl": "https://www.workato.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "workflow-automation", "summary": "Enterprise integration platform for building automated workflows.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/workato.json", "license": "proprietary", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://www.workato.com/api", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Developer API takes an API client token as 'Authorization: Bearer', scoped by a client role and project scopes. Legacy full-access keys (x-user-token header) were rejected from 2025-07-14. The AIRO MCP server takes OAuth 2.0 in interactive clients or the same API token as a bearer header. Tool MCP servers use Workato Identity (OAuth2 SSO) or a token, and verified user access makes each end user connect their own app accounts.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Usage is billed in Workato credits, one balance shared by recipe tasks (each action step), API calls, rows, pages and Genie actions. Workato Free is a one-time grant of 50,000 credits. Workato Pro is self-serve by card at $75 a month for 2,500 credits, $100 for 3,500, $275 for 10,000, $780 for 30,000 and $1,275 for 50,000, with no rollover. Enterprise is quoted by sales and the public pricing page lists no prices. Tools invoked over MCP bill as tasks (https://docs.workato.com/en/pricing/self-service/self-service.html).", "priceSummary": "$75 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in Workato docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.workato.com/en/workato-api.html", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.workato.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "automation.workflows", "automation.apps", "automation.embedded", "automation.code", "automation.webhooks", "automation.auth", "agent.tools" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "llms-txt", "enterprise", "closed-source", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 282, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 51, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 35, "reliability": 58, "schema": 63, "security": 70, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "API client tokens scoped by role and project, with legacy full-access keys removed on 14 October 2025. No OpenAPI file and no official SDK on npm or PyPI.", "strengths": [ "API client tokens scoped by role and project, with legacy full-access keys removed on 14 October 2025", "Verified user access runs MCP tools with each end user's own app credentials", "MCP actions tagged \"(via AIRO)\" in the audit log, and tool-level RBAC since 5 September 2026", "Per-endpoint rate limits and specific error messages in the API reference", "Workato Free gives 50,000 credits once with no card" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI file and no official SDK on npm or PyPI", "15 status incidents since 1 July 2026, including about 53 hours of degraded FileStorage and API Platform in September", "Base URL changes per data centre, ten hosts in all", "The Developer API manages recipes and jobs. App actions come from recipes or MCP tools you publish", "Trust centre needs JavaScript and the public security overview dates from January 2025" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the base URL for the workspace's data centre, and app.trial.workato.com for Free or Pro", "Give the agent an API client whose role lists only the endpoints it needs. The MCP server exposes those as tools", "Repeat or cancel at most 25 jobs per call and no more than one call a second", "Send an `x-correlation-id` on each call so failures can be traced in support tickets", "Every action step in a recipe is a task, so collapse loops before running at volume" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 51, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 35, "reliability": 58, "schema": 63, "security": 70, "transparency": 53 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://www.workato.com/api/users/me -H \"Authorization: Bearer $WORKATO_API_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http workato-airo https://app.workato.com/airo_mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${WORKATO_API_TOKEN}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "workato": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${WORKATO_API_TOKEN}" }, "url": "https://app.workato.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows", "tool": "https://letme.dev/workato" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Workato Pro, 2,500 credits", "unit": "month", "usd": 75, "note": "credits cover tasks, API calls, rows and Genie actions, no rollover" }, { "item": "Workato Pro, 10,000 credits", "unit": "month", "usd": 275 }, { "item": "Workato Pro, 50,000 credits", "unit": "month", "usd": 1275 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Workato, Inc.", "domain": "workato.com", "domainRegistered": "2013-10-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.workato.com/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.workato.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.workato.com", "changelog": "https://www.workato.com/product-hub/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.json", "live": { "slug": "workato", "probe": { "target": "https://www.workato.com/api", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:01:46.20150943Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 152, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 288, "p95ms24h": 346, "samples24h": 273, "samples30d": 1137, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.workato.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T02:58:55.221435918Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://workato.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:49.152361528Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.workato.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:22.263635257Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "workato.com", "registered": "2013-10-16", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/workato.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:44.120331178Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.workato.com/product-hub/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:00.60809521Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a4683b4aa9be" }, { "url": "https://docs.workato.com/en/workato-api.html", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:19.326387583Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "949db37e2d76" }, { "url": "https://docs.workato.com/en/pricing/self-service/self-service.html", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:17.233211449Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "aaa7aa2e2d11" }, { "url": "https://www.workato.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:56.201708986Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:40:46.071201667Z", "fingerprint": "b16fc348911e" }, { "url": "https://www.workato.com/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:58.214869216Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:40:48.841630047Z", "fingerprint": "1ed57a9371b8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:01:46.20150943Z" } }, "summary": "Pipedream API + MCP has a score of 65.8 (B) against Workato API + MCP's 58.3 (C). Both do automation workflows. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 22 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipedream-vs-workato", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipedream-vs-workato.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipedream-vs-workato.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipedream-vs-workato.min.md" }, "markdown": "Pipedream API + MCP has a score of 65.8 (B) against Workato API + MCP's 58.3 (C). Both do automation workflows. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 22 points.\n\n- Pipedream API + MCP: grade B, 65.8/100, rank #167 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipedream.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pipedream.json\n- Workato API + MCP: grade C, 58.3/100, rank #282 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/workato.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Pipedream API + MCP for reliability (+7), schema \u0026 documentation (+11), agent ergonomics (+22), payments \u0026 pricing (+5), maintenance \u0026 community (+19), transparency \u0026 trust (+6).\n\nPick Workato API + MCP for security \u0026 auth (+12).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Pipedream API + MCP | Workato API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 58 | Pipedream API + MCP +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 63 | Pipedream API + MCP +11 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 51 | Pipedream API + MCP +22 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 70 | Workato API + MCP +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 35 | Pipedream API + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 60 | Pipedream API + MCP +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 72 | Pipedream API + MCP +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **65.8 · B** | **58.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Pipedream API + MCP | Workato API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Pipedream (Workday) | Workato |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.pipedream.com/v1` | `https://www.workato.com/api` |\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 | Pipedream Source Available License (components) | proprietary |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-09 |\n| Popularity | 12k stars, 587k npm/wk, 328k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Pipedream API + MCP.** Managed OAuth per end user across 3,000+ apps, through API, SDK or MCP. Public changelog's last entry is 1 October 2025.\n\n**Workato API + MCP.** API client tokens scoped by role and project, with legacy full-access keys removed on 14 October 2025. No OpenAPI file and no official SDK on npm or PyPI.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Pipedream API + MCP\n\n1. Pass your own user ID as `x-pd-external-user-id` so each user's accounts stay separate\n2. Send `x-pd-app-slug` to load one app's tools rather than 10,000\n3. Use a Connect rate-limit token (`x-pd-rate-limit`) to cap runaway loops per user\n4. Check `isError` on tool results before treating a call as done\n5. Stay on `x-pd-environment: development` until billing is set, since production needs a paid plan\n\n### Workato API + MCP\n\n1. Use the base URL for the workspace's data centre, and app.trial.workato.com for Free or Pro\n2. Give the agent an API client whose role lists only the endpoints it needs. The MCP server exposes those as tools\n3. Repeat or cancel at most 25 jobs per call and no more than one call a second\n4. Send an `x-correlation-id` on each call so failures can be traced in support tickets\n5. 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