{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "rook", "name": "ROOK", "vendor": "Rookeries Development Corp.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.tryrook.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "health-data", "summary": "ROOK Connect, from Rookeries Development Corp., collects health data from wearables and phone health stores, normalises it into sleep, physical and body summaries and events, and sends it by webhook or a REST API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rook", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rook.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rook.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rook.json", "repo": "https://github.com/RookeriesDevelopment", "license": "Proprietary service under ROOK's Terms and Conditions for ROOK services", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "react-native-rook-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "capacitor-rook-sdk" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A person registers an organisation in the ROOK Portal, which enables a Sandbox project, then generates a client UUID and secret key. The secret is shown once. Calls use HTTP Basic auth with the UUID as username and the secret as password. Production needs new credentials, an active plan and signed agreements. No scopes or key rotation were found. End users authorise each data source through ROOK's authoriser pages, the mobile SDKs or the ROOK App.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Core $399 a month for up to 750 active users, Core+ $999 for 5,000, Business $1,999 for 15,000, Enterprise custom. Add-ons cost $79 to $499 a month. A Sandbox is available before buying a plan. The standard term is 12 months with 30 days' notice to cancel (checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "$399 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.tryrook.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.tryrook.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.tryrook.io/redocusaurus/plugin-redoc-0.yaml", "capabilities": [ "health.wearables", "health.consent", "health.fhir" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "wearables", "health-data", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "sandbox", "webhooks", "status-page", "hipaa" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 718, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 25, "reliability": 75, "schema": 74, "security": 32, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Graded on the REST API. A public OpenAPI file, a free Sandbox from the self-serve portal, published plan prices and a dated changelog. Credentials are one client UUID and secret per environment with no scopes, 429 handling isn't documented, the API is meant for occasional queries rather than bulk reads, and no SOC 2 report or security contact was found.", "bestFor": "A wellness, insurance, corporate wellness or remote monitoring product that wants normalised wearable data pushed to its backend, with plan prices it can see up front.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.3 file with 29 operations and production and sandbox servers, linked from the API reference", "A self-serve portal enables a Sandbox on registration, and the pricing FAQ says it can be tested before buying a plan", "Plan prices are public, from $399 a month for 750 active users, with add-on prices listed", "Data webhooks carry an X-ROOK-HASH HMAC header and are retried on a published schedule", "Dated changelog with five entries between 25 August and 7 October 2026, and SDK LTS releases with a six-month support period" ], "weaknesses": [ "Credentials are one client UUID and secret per environment, sent by Basic auth, with no scopes or rotation documented", "Typical limits of 60 requests a minute and 10,000 a day vary by plan, and no 429 or Retry-After behaviour is documented", "No server-side SDK. The official SDKs are mobile libraries for iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native and Capacitor", "The services terms cite an SLA page that isn't linked or published, and no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report was found", "A WAF blocks requests without a User-Agent header and parameters containing localhost or SQL-like text" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send HTTP Basic auth with client_uuid as the username and the secret key as the password, plus a User-Agent header, or the WAF returns 403", "Use https://api.rook-connect.review for Sandbox and https://api.rook-connect.com for production. Each has its own credentials", "Read health data from the data webhook. Use the API only for occasional queries, and stay under 60 requests a minute", "Deduplicate summaries on document_version and datetime. ROOK resends a summary with a higher document_version when it changes", "Call POST /api/v1/user_id/{user_id}/data_sources/revoke_auth to end a connection. Some providers take hours to stop sending data" ], "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": 54.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 25, "reliability": 75, "schema": 74, "security": 32, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 58 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.rook-connect.review/api/v1/client/users/status \\\n -u \u003cclient_uuid\u003e:\u003csecret_key\u003e \\\n -H 'User-Agent: MyApp/1.0.0'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/health.wearables", "tool": "https://letme.dev/rook" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Core plan, up to 750 active users", "unit": "month", "usd": 399, "note": "tryrook.io/pricing, 2026-10-14" }, { "item": "Business plan, up to 15,000 active users, all add-ons", "unit": "month", "usd": 1999, "note": "tryrook.io/pricing, 2026-10-14" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Rookeries Development Corp.", "domain": "tryrook.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.tryrook.io/terms-rook-connect/", "privacy": "https://www.tryrook.io/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://rook.statuspage.io", "changelog": "https://rook.canny.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The Terms and Conditions for ROOK services (last updated August 2026) and the website terms (4 June 2026) name Rookeries Development Corp., 224 NE 59th St, Miami, FL 33137.", "The website terms forbid robots, spiders and page scraping to acquire, copy or monitor any part of the site. robots.txt on www.tryrook.io and docs.tryrook.io allows all paths, and we read public pages only.", "The API answers at api.rook-connect.com and api.rook-connect.review, which are not on tryrook.io.", "rookmotion.com, the domain in the founder's list, did not load (expired certificate). The current site is www.tryrook.io.", "www.tryrook.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404." ], "score": 58 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rook.json", "live": { "slug": "rook", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://rook.statuspage.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:39.74478552Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:39.74478552Z" } }, "answer": "Validic Inform scores 57.9 (C) on agent readiness against ROOK's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "validic", "name": "Validic Inform", "vendor": "Validic, Inc. (ChartSpan)", "vendorUrl": "https://validic.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "health-data", "summary": "Validic Inform normalises data from wearables, health apps and in-home medical devices into one API, with a REST API for per-user reads and a server-sent events Streaming API for bulk delivery, and a free self-service developer tier.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/validic", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/validic.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/validic.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/validic.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Validic/inform-quickstart", "license": "Proprietary service under Validic's Online Service Agreement for Inform (last updated 13 August 2025). The inform-quickstart sample apps are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "sse" ], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Every Inform request carries the organisation token as `?token=` in the query string, the only option documented. A developer account is created by a sign-up API at https://api.dashboard.validic.com (register, verify a six-digit emailed code, log in, provision), which returns `organization_id` and `organization_token`. End users connect their devices through a Validic marketplace URL returned for each user. No scopes or rotation were found.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Developer tier is free with no card or contract and allows 5 connected users, 5 cloud integrations, the Streaming API, a REST API preview and 90-day retention, on synthetic test data, with no SLA. A Business tier is listed as coming soon. Enterprise is negotiated and adds a BAA, custom SLA, all sources and 7-year retention (checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, agent guides or the sign-up page (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.validic.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.validic.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "health.wearables", "health.consent" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "wearables", "remote-patient-monitoring", "api-key", "llms-txt", "sse", "free-tier", "status-page", "programmatic-signup" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 628, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 40, "reliability": 73, "schema": 75, "security": 30, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Graded on the Inform REST and Streaming APIs. An agent can create a free developer account through a sign-up API, with only an emailed code needing a person's inbox, and llms.txt plus agent guides document every step. The organisation token travels in the URL query string, the free tier holds synthetic data only, and production access needs an Enterprise contract.", "bestFor": "A remote patient monitoring or wellness app that needs normalised readings from many wearables and home devices, and an agent that wants to start building without a sales call.", "strengths": [ "Sign-up, email verification and organisation provisioning are all API calls, with an agent guide at dashboard.validic.com/agents.txt", "Free developer tier with no card or contract, covering 5 users and 5 cloud integrations", "Published rate limit of 2,000 REST requests per token per hour", "Dated release notes, the newest for the Inform platform on 12 October 2026", "No status page incidents between 16 July and 14 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The organisation token is sent as `?token=` in the URL, the only documented option", "Errors return only a status and a phrase, and a date range over the limit gives a bare 400", "The free tier holds synthetic data only, and the REST API there is a preview", "No server-side SDK and no full OpenAPI file, only fragments on each reference page" ], "agentNotes": [ "Show the developer the free-tier terms and wait for acceptance before calling `POST /auth/register`", "Send `Authorization: \u003cid_token\u003e` to sign-up calls, but pass the organisation token as `?token=` on Inform calls", "Use the customer `uid` in URLs, never Validic's internal `id`, which returns a silent 404", "Keep date ranges to 30 days or less and page month by month for backfills", "Unwrap `data` on list responses and treat an empty array as normal on a new account" ], "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": 57.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 40, "reliability": 73, "schema": 75, "security": 30, "transparency": 53 }, "provenanceScore": 88 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.v2.validic.com/organizations/$ORG_ID/users?token=$ORG_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/health.wearables", "tool": "https://letme.dev/validic" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Validic, Inc.", "domain": "validic.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-09-11", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://validic.com/online-service-agreement-inform/", "privacy": "https://validic.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.validic.com", "changelog": "https://help.validic.com/space/VRN", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The Online Service Agreement (last updated 13 August 2025) names Validic, Inc. The privacy policy was last updated 20 January 2026.", "ChartSpan announced the completed acquisition of Validic on 22 June 2026, and the inform-quickstart licence names Chartspan Medical Technologies.", "validic.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "The developer changelog at developer.validic.com/changelog stopped on 15 April 2025 and points to the release notes on help.validic.com.", "RDAP for validic.com gives a registration date of 11 September 2005." ], "score": 88 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/validic.json", "live": { "slug": "validic", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.validic.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:45.767488138Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:39:45.767488138Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Rookeries Development Corp.", "b": "Validic, Inc. (ChartSpan)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, SSE (legacy)", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under ROOK's Terms and Conditions for ROOK services", "b": "Proprietary service under Validic's Online Service Agreement for Inform (last updated 13 August 2025). The inform-quickstart sample apps are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-08-01", "b": "2025-08-13", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-28", "b": "2026-01-20", "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": "not found in the text", "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": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Validic Inform scores 57.9 (C) on agent readiness against ROOK's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ROOK or Validic Inform?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do ROOK and Validic Inform need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for ROOK. No hosted endpoint is listed for Validic Inform.", "question": "Can an agent call ROOK and Validic Inform without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A wellness, insurance, corporate wellness or remote monitoring product that wants normalised wearable data pushed to its backend, with plan prices it can see up front.", "slug": "rook", "watchFor": "Credentials are one client UUID and secret per environment, sent by Basic auth, with no scopes or rotation documented" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 55" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A remote patient monitoring or wellness app that needs normalised readings from many wearables and home devices, and an agent that wants to start building without a sales call.", "slug": "validic", "watchFor": "The organisation token is sent as `?token=` in the URL, the only documented option" } ], "job": { "capability": "health.wearables", "name": "Wearable and health app data" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1uphealth-vs-rook.json", "title": "1upHealth vs ROOK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1uphealth-vs-rook" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aidbox-vs-rook.json", "title": "Aidbox vs ROOK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aidbox-vs-rook" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/health-gorilla-vs-rook.json", "title": "Health Gorilla vs ROOK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/health-gorilla-vs-rook" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medplum-vs-rook.json", "title": "Medplum vs ROOK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medplum-vs-rook" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metriport-vs-rook.json", "title": "Metriport Medical API vs ROOK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metriport-vs-rook" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/particle-health-vs-rook.json", "title": "Particle Health vs ROOK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/particle-health-vs-rook" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redox-vs-rook.json", "title": "Redox vs ROOK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redox-vs-rook" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1uphealth-vs-validic.json", "title": "1upHealth vs Validic Inform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1uphealth-vs-validic" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aidbox-vs-validic.json", "title": "Aidbox vs Validic Inform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aidbox-vs-validic" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/health-gorilla-vs-validic.json", "title": "Health Gorilla vs Validic Inform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/health-gorilla-vs-validic" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medblocks-vs-rook.json", "title": "Medblocks vs ROOK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medblocks-vs-rook" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medblocks-vs-validic.json", "title": "Medblocks vs Validic Inform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medblocks-vs-validic" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metriport-vs-validic.json", "title": "Metriport Medical API vs Validic Inform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/metriport-vs-validic" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-zus-health.json", "title": "ROOK vs Zus Health", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-zus-health" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/validic-vs-zus-health.json", "title": "Validic Inform vs Zus Health", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/validic-vs-zus-health" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-terra.json", "title": "ROOK vs Terra API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-terra" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/terra-vs-validic.json", "title": "Terra API vs Validic Inform", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/terra-vs-validic" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 2, "edge": "rook", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "rook": 75, "validic": 73, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "validic", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "rook": 74, "validic": 75, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "validic", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "rook": 49, "validic": 50, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "rook", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "rook": 32, "validic": 30, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "validic", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "rook": 25, "validic": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "validic", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "rook": 73, "validic": 74, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "validic", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "rook": 55, "validic": 71, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Validic Inform scores 57.9 (C) on agent readiness against ROOK's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do wearable and health app data.", "verdicts": { "rook": "Graded on the REST API. A public OpenAPI file, a free Sandbox from the self-serve portal, published plan prices and a dated changelog. Credentials are one client UUID and secret per environment with no scopes, 429 handling isn't documented, the API is meant for occasional queries rather than bulk reads, and no SOC 2 report or security contact was found.", "validic": "Graded on the Inform REST and Streaming APIs. An agent can create a free developer account through a sign-up API, with only an emailed code needing a person's inbox, and llms.txt plus agent guides document every step. The organisation token travels in the URL query string, the free tier holds synthetic data only, and production access needs an Enterprise contract." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-validic", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-validic.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-validic.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-validic.min.md" }, "markdown": "Validic Inform scores 57.9 (C) on agent readiness against ROOK's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do wearable and health app data.\n\n- ROOK: grade C, 54.9/100, rank #718 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rook.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rook.json\n- Validic Inform: grade C, 57.9/100, rank #628 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/validic.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/validic.json\n- Best health record and wellness data APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/health-data/index.md\n- All 63 health comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/health-data/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ROOK (C)\n\nGood for: A wellness, insurance, corporate wellness or remote monitoring product that wants normalised wearable data pushed to its backend, with plan prices it can see up front.\n\nWatch for: Credentials are one client UUID and secret per environment, sent by Basic auth, with no scopes or rotation documented\n\n### Validic Inform (C)\n\nGood for: A remote patient monitoring or wellness app that needs normalised readings from many wearables and home devices, and an agent that wants to start building without a sales call.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 55\n\nWatch for: The organisation token is sent as `?token=` in the URL, the only documented option\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ROOK | Validic Inform | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 73 | ROOK +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 75 | Validic Inform +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 50 | Validic Inform +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 32 | 30 | ROOK +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 40 | Validic Inform +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 74 | Validic Inform +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 55 | 71 | Validic Inform +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **54.9 · C** | **57.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ROOK | Validic Inform |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Rookeries Development Corp. | Validic, Inc. (ChartSpan) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under ROOK's Terms and Conditions for ROOK services | Proprietary service under Validic's Online Service Agreement for Inform (last updated 13 August 2025). The inform-quickstart sample apps are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-01 | 2025-08-13 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-28 | 2026-01-20 |\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 | 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 | yes | not found in the text |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ROOK.** Graded on the REST API. A public OpenAPI file, a free Sandbox from the self-serve portal, published plan prices and a dated changelog. Credentials are one client UUID and secret per environment with no scopes, 429 handling isn't documented, the API is meant for occasional queries rather than bulk reads, and no SOC 2 report or security contact was found.\n\n**Validic Inform.** Graded on the Inform REST and Streaming APIs. An agent can create a free developer account through a sign-up API, with only an emailed code needing a person's inbox, and llms.txt plus agent guides document every step. The organisation token travels in the URL query string, the free tier holds synthetic data only, and production access needs an Enterprise contract.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ROOK\n\n1. Send HTTP Basic auth with client_uuid as the username and the secret key as the password, plus a User-Agent header, or the WAF returns 403\n2. Use https://api.rook-connect.review for Sandbox and https://api.rook-connect.com for production. Each has its own credentials\n3. Read health data from the data webhook. Use the API only for occasional queries, and stay under 60 requests a minute\n4. Deduplicate summaries on document_version and datetime. ROOK resends a summary with a higher document_version when it changes\n5. Call POST /api/v1/user_id/{user_id}/data_sources/revoke_auth to end a connection. Some providers take hours to stop sending data\n\n### Validic Inform\n\n1. Show the developer the free-tier terms and wait for acceptance before calling `POST /auth/register`\n2. Send `Authorization: \u003cid_token\u003e` to sign-up calls, but pass the organisation token as `?token=` on Inform calls\n3. Use the customer `uid` in URLs, never Validic's internal `id`, which returns a silent 404\n4. Keep date ranges to 30 days or less and page month by month for backfills\n5. Unwrap `data` on list responses and treat an empty array as normal on a new account\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ROOK or Validic Inform?\n\nValidic Inform scores 57.9 (C) on agent readiness against ROOK's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do ROOK and Validic Inform need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ROOK and Validic Inform without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for ROOK. No hosted endpoint is listed for Validic Inform.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-validic.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rook-vs-validic.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"rook\", \"b\": \"validic\"}`. 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