API & Data Policy
Agentic.ai provides free, open access to our directory data for agents, researchers, and builders. This page documents the terms.
Data License
All data available through our API and dataset exports is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the data for any purpose, including commercial use, provided you give appropriate credit.
Attribution
When using data from Agentic.ai, please include the following attribution:
Data from Agentic.ai Directory
Rate Limits
| Access Type | Rate Limit | Window |
|---|---|---|
| Public API (unauthenticated) | 100 requests | Per hour, per IP |
| Dataset exports | No limit | Cached for 1 hour |
Rate-limited responses return HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header indicating when you can retry. If you need higher limits, contact us at hello@agentic.ai.
Allowed Uses
- Citing and linking to our listings in your content
- Building agent integrations that query our API
- Research and analysis of the agentic AI landscape
- Displaying our data with proper attribution
Prohibited Uses
- Scraping beyond the API — use our API and exports instead of scraping HTML
- Misrepresenting our data or scores
- Removing attribution from redistributed data
Data Freshness
Directory data is updated continuously as listings are added and re-evaluated. API responses are cached for 5 minutes. Dataset exports are cached for 1 hour. All responses include an ETag header for efficient conditional requests.
ETag / Conditional Requests
API responses include an ETag header. Send If-None-Matchwith the ETag value to receive a 304 response when data hasn't changed, saving bandwidth and processing.
Contact
Questions about the API or data policy? Email hello@agentic.ai.