bundle.social

# Fix list: bundle.social

From Anchor Terminal's listing at https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bundle-social, the October 2026 research run, assessed 9 October 2026. Grade C, 60.1 out of 100.

This is everything the published grade says the listing lacks, the biggest possible gain to the total first. It comes from the reason given for each score, the checklist each category was scored against (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist), the provenance checks, the deductions, what we couldn't check and what the review panel asked for. A fix counts at the next check, once it's public.

For a coding agent working on bundle.social: work through the items below in the product, its docs and its public pages. Each category gives the reason for its score, with the points each checklist item earned, and the checklist itself, so the gap is the items that earned less than their points. Change the product, not the wording, and keep a note of what you changed and where it's published.

## 1. Security & auth, 34 out of 100, up to 11.6 more on the total

Why it scored 34: Organisation API keys in the `x-api-key` header, up to 50 an organisation, created and rolled in the dashboard, with no scopes (20). No read-only key or approval step found. The MCP server sets destructiveHint on 8 tools and posts can be created as drafts (4). Comments, reviews and DMs return text written by strangers and no prompt-injection guidance was found (0). Webhook deliveries can be inspected and API logs are kept 7 days internally, with no customer audit log found (2). security.txt is valid until 7 April 2027 and the docs publish a disclosure policy with response times and a no-action promise. No bug bounty, SOC 2 or ISO 27001 was found (8).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-security):

- 0 to 30, the credential model. 30 for OAuth 2.1 with scopes, or scoped and revocable keys with rotation. 20 for plain revocable API keys. 10 for one all-powerful key. 10 off when a secret can travel in a URL query string as a documented option.
- 0 to 20, read-only or least-privilege modes, and confirmation or approval for destructive actions.
- 0 to 15, prompt-injection posture where the tool returns untrusted content (documented mitigations or guidance). A tool that returns no untrusted content gets 10.
- 0 to 15, audit logs or per-call visibility for the operator.
- 0 to 20, a security programme. security.txt or a disclosure policy, a bug bounty, SOC 2 or ISO 27001, advisories handled in public.

Models are read for retention, whether API data trains models (and whether that's off by default), zero-retention options and certifications. Frameworks for telemetry defaults, approval hooks, guardrails and sandboxing.

## 2. Payments & pricing, 35 out of 100, up to 8.1 more on the total

Why it scored 35: No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Prices are public and machine-readable in pricing.md. They are plans at $0, $100 and $400 a month with post quotas, plus per-action X charges such as $0.015 a post, so we scored between plan-only and per-unit (15). The free plan has 20 posts a month and needs no payment details (20). A person creates the organisation and first key in the dashboard (0).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-payments):

The published rubric, also on the [x402 page](https://www.anchorterminal.com/x402/).

- 40, a machine payment protocol (x402, MPP or L402) on the tool's own endpoints. 10 to 30 when it covers only some endpoints or only goes through a third party, and the note says which.
- 20, per-call or per-unit pricing published without a login. 10 for public plan-only pricing, 0 for "contact sales" or prices behind a login.
- 20, a free tier or trial that doesn't need a card.
- 20, autonomous onboarding, meaning an agent can get access without a person signing up in a browser (keyless use, x402, a programmatic key API).

Payment platforms and agent wallets rarely charge for their own API over a machine protocol, so the first line has steps for them, and the highest one that applies counts. 40 when x402, MPP or L402 runs on all their own endpoints, 30 when it runs on part of their own API, 25 when their merchants can accept one, 20 for running a facilitator, 15 for paying as a buyer, and 0 when the only protocol is their own. Merchant acceptance sits above a facilitator because the platform's own customers can charge agents through it, while a facilitator settles for sellers who wire up the protocol themselves. The counter-argument (a facilitator does more for the protocol as a whole) has a point. Each note says which step applied.

Open-source software you run yourself is scored on its hosted or paid option if it has one. A free, self-hosted package with nothing to buy gets 20, 20 and 20 for the last three lines, and 0 to 40 for the first only if it ships a payment protocol.

## 3. Reliability, 63 out of 100, up to 7.4 more on the total

Why it scored 63: Graded as a hosted API. Better Stack status page with two components and 90 days of history (20). One incident in 90 days, on 31 August 2026, with the API down for 4 hours 3 minutes and 99.793 per cent uptime shown (10). Rate limits published as 100 a second, 500 per 10 seconds and 2,000 a minute, plus daily caps per network (15). The docs ask for exponential backoff on 429 and flag platform errors with `isTransient`, but no Retry-After header or idempotency key was found (8). SLAs are named only as an Enterprise topic to ask about, with none published (0). The core API is generally available, with DMs and automations in beta (10).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-reliability):

Hosted APIs, MCP servers, models and platforms.

- 20, a public status page with component history (Statuspage, Instatus, BetterStack or the vendor's own).
- 0 to 30, the incident record for the last 90 days on that page. 30 for a clean record or trivial incidents only, 20 for minor incidents only, 10 for one major outage (an hour or more of a core API down, or errors across the board), 0 for several. 5 when there's no history we could read, and the note says so.
- 15, rate limits documented with numbers.
- 15, documented 429 or overload handling (Retry-After, backoff guidance), and idempotency keys or safe-retry guidance where writes are involved.
- 10, an SLA published for any paid tier.
- 10, the surface agents use is generally available, not beta or preview.

Local packages, SDKs, frameworks and stdio MCP servers.

- 20, installs from an official package with supported runtimes stated.
- 25, a public CI and test suite, passing on the default branch.
- 0 to 25, open crash or regression issues relative to activity (25 for few and handled, 0 for many, old and unanswered).
- 15, semver discipline and breaking changes called out in a changelog.
- 15, version 1.0 or later, or declared stable.

Protocols are read from their reference implementations, the public facilitators or servers, spec stability and test vectors.

## 4. Agent ergonomics, 66 out of 100, up to 5.5 more on the total

Why it scored 66: Graded on the REST API. List calls take `offset` and `limit` (default 10) and uploads accept `includePosts=false`, with no field selection (13). Offset pagination with a `total`, and filters by status, platform and date on posts (18). Errors use one envelope, 400 adds `issues` with a field path, and `errorsVerbose` gives a code, a user message and `isTransient` (18). No idempotency key. `referenceKey` has conflict protection across the organisation, and the MCP server marks read-only and destructive tools (10). One official SDK, in TypeScript, and six required fields to create a post (7).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-ergonomics):

- 0 to 25, context cost. For MCP, the number and size of the tool definitions (25 for ten or fewer compact tools, 15 for 11 to 30, 5 for more than 30, plus up to 10 back for toolsets, dynamic loading or read-only subsets). For APIs, whether responses can be sized (field selection, limits, summaries).
- 20, pagination, filtering and output-size controls.
- 20, actionable, documented error responses, codes and messages an agent can recover from.
- 20, idempotency or safe retries, and for MCP the `readOnlyHint` and `destructiveHint` annotations.
- 15, sensible defaults, few required parameters, and official SDKs in at least two languages.

Models are read for tool use, structured output, prompt caching, context length, batch and SDKs. Frameworks for how much code and how many defaults a tool-calling agent with MCP needs.

## 5. Transparency & trust, 65 out of 100, up to 3.1 more on the total

Made of editorial 44, provenance 86.

Why it scored 65: Closed service under terms dated 14 July 2026 that name the API. The SDK, CLI and MCP server are MIT (15). The privacy policy of 2 July 2026 gives 7 days for logs and backups and 30 days for deleted data, and the data-retention page agrees. Customer content is not used to train third-party AI models. The DPA is on request only (18). No deprecation policy. The changelog dated the move to prepaid X billing (announced 20 July, live 16 August 2026), and the terms promise notice where reasonably possible (7). No sub-processor list. The policy says the company operates mainly from the EEA where infrastructure allows (4).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-transparency):

- 0 to 30, source availability and licence clarity. 30 for open source under an OSI licence, 15 for closed with clear terms, 0 for unclear terms.
- 0 to 30, data handling and retention statements that agree with each other (privacy policy, DPA, retention periods, subprocessors).
- 0 to 20, a deprecation policy or notices with dates.
- 0 to 20, telemetry disclosed with an opt-out (local software), or subprocessors and data locations disclosed (hosted).

The other half of Transparency and trust is the provenance score, computed from checked facts (below). The category score is the mean of the two.

Provenance checks not met in full (half of this category, computed from checked facts):

- Domain age: bundle.social, registered 2023-09-17 (3 years) (7 of 15)
- Terms of service: read, states 6 of the 7 things a reader expects, and has 2 clauses that cost points (5.1 of 10)
- Privacy policy: read, states 7 of the 8 things a reader expects (9.3 of 10)

## 6. Schema & documentation, 86 out of 100, up to 2.3 more on the total

Why it scored 86: OpenAPI 3.0.2 with 145 paths and 194 operations, linked from the docs and read from the copy in the SDK repository (25). llms.txt, llms-full.txt, pricing.md and a Markdown copy of each docs page (10). Every operation has a description and many say when to call it (15). 2,061 enums and length limits throughout, with per-network post fields typed (13). Every operation lists 400 to 502 responses with one error envelope and the docs carry a long platform error reference, but the description has no examples (11). Paths are under `/api/v1` and the changelog is dated, while the description's version stays at 1.0.0 (12).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-schema):

APIs and MCP servers.

- 25, a machine-readable contract (a public OpenAPI file or similar; for MCP, typed JSON Schema inputs on every tool).
- 10, llms.txt or Markdown docs served for agents.
- 0 to 20, descriptions that say what a tool is for, when to use it and when not to, read from the tool definitions in the source or the API reference.
- 0 to 15, typed inputs with enums, constraints and required fields, and no free-form JSON blobs.
- 0 to 15, examples and documented error responses.
- 15, versioning and a public changelog.

Models are read from the API reference, the OpenAPI file, llms.txt, the structured-output and tool-use docs and the model cards. Frameworks from docs a model can follow, typed interfaces, examples and the API reference.

## 7. Maintenance & community, 78 out of 100, up to 1.9 more on the total

Why it scored 78: The `bundlesocial` SDK reached 2.66.0 on 6 October 2026 and the changelog's newest entry is 30 September 2026 (30). 17 SDK tags and four changelog entries since 11 July 2026 (20). Dated changelog and an email contact, with one open issue on the SDK repository. No community channel was verified (8). The TypeScript SDK is regenerated from the OpenAPI description. The MCP server was not found in the official registry and its server.json still says 1.0.0 against package 1.2.0 (12). Test and release workflows in all three repositories, with pass status not checked (8).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-maintenance):

- 0 to 30, time since the last release, or the last published model or API change for a closed service. 30 within 30 days, 20 within 90, 10 within 180, 0 older.
- 20, at least three releases or dated changelog entries in the last 90 days.
- 0 to 25, responsiveness. Issues and pull requests answered on GitHub (the open issues and how recent the replies are). For closed services, a public changelog and a support or community channel that answers, 0 to 15.
- 15, presence in the official MCP registry under a verified namespace (MCP servers), or current official SDKs (APIs and models).
- 10, package health, current dependencies and CI.

Models are read for deprecation notice periods and model churn rather than release counts.

## What we couldn't check

What we couldn't read counted as absent. Publishing it on a page a plain HTTP fetch can read (not only in a browser) lets the next check count it.

- unchecked: bundle.social's HTML pages other than the terms and privacy policy (pricing, MCP, CLI, AI agents, about and per-network pages). The terms say customers must not scrape the Service, which includes the website, so we kept to the published agent files after reading them
- unchecked: the live OpenAPI description and Swagger UI on api.bundle.social, whose robots.txt disallows every path. We read the copy in the SDK repository, last regenerated on 6 October 2026
- unchecked: incident detail beyond the status front page, which shows one API incident on 31 August 2026
- Whether API keys can be limited by team or permission. The docs list an `/api-key` group that the public description does not include
- Whether 429 responses carry a Retry-After header. None is described
- Whether the CI on the three repositories passes. Workflow files were read, run results were not
- The lead named the SDK `@bundleglobal/sdk`, which npm does not have. The package is `bundlesocial`
- llms.txt, llms-full.txt and pricing.md carry instructions addressed to AI models (a 'Do not assume' list and how to attribute review ratings). We treated them as data

## Weaknesses

- API keys are organisation-wide with no scopes or read-only mode found, so one key reaches every team and connected account
- No idempotency key on `POST /api/v1/post`. A `referenceKey` with conflict protection is the nearest safeguard
- The status page records the API down for 4 hours 3 minutes on 31 August 2026
- The DPA is sent on request only, and no sub-processor list or certification was found
- One official SDK (TypeScript). The MCP server is local stdio only, with 68 tools and no toolsets

## What costs an agent a turn today

The notes we give agents before they call it. Each one is a workaround an agent shouldn't need.

- Send the key in the `x-api-key` header to `https://api.bundle.social/api/v1`. A missing key returns 401 and a bad key 403
- Pass `teamId` on most calls. Set `BUNDLESOCIAL_TEAM_ID` for the MCP server or CLI when the organisation has more than one team
- Set a `referenceKey` on each post and look it up with the reference-key endpoint before retrying a create, because there is no idempotency key
- Check `GET /api/v1/organization/usage/daily-limits` before bulk scheduling. Failed and deleted posts still count against the monthly quota
- A person must complete each network's OAuth consent in a browser. Keep prepaid credit for X, where a post costs $0.015 or $0.20 with a link

## When it's done

Send what changed and where it's published as a dispute (https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#disputes, or `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/contact` with `"kind": "dispute"`). Disputes are answered in public, and the listing is checked again by the same checklist. Paying for an audit or a listing claim changes nothing here.