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  "data-exchange",
  "platform"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Opened airbyte.com. Airbyte presents an open-source and hosted data-integration platform and a context layer for AI agents, with 700+ connectors and links to MCP, API docs, Cloud, and llms.txt.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The public homepage identifies the vendor and product as Airbyte.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "llms.txt states Airbyte Agents is cloud-hosted at app.airbyte.ai, while Data Replication offers open-source self-hosted, Cloud, and Enterprise options.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "Enterprise Flex is described as available on-premises and multi-region, with a hybrid deployment that keeps an Airbyte-managed control plane.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/pricing",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Airbyte Core local install documents Docker Desktop on Mac, Windows, and Linux, plus abctl install paths for those operating systems. Cloud and Agents UIs are web.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/using-airbyte/getting-started/oss-quickstart",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "The homepage and linked Cloud/docs surfaces are browser products. Agents and Cloud are used from the web.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Connectors and public repos excluding airbyte-protocol are ELv2. Airbyte Protocol is MIT. Airbyte Cloud, Airbyte Enterprise, and Airbyte Agents require a commercial license.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/community/licenses",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Cloud Standard starts at USD 10 per month. Pro and Enterprise Flex are paid commercial plans. Self-managed Core remains separately licensed under ELv2.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/pricing",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "The vendor LLM index lists Free, Individual, Team, and Custom tiers for Airbyte Agents, and a Cloud signup with a free tier.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "status",
   "note": "Airbyte publishes a current marketing site, docs, Cloud signup, and Agent MCP. The product is active.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Airbyte documents a public API for programmatic control, including listing sources on Cloud at https://api.airbyte.com/v1/ and on self-managed at /api/public/v1/.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "Platform examples are HTTP GET/POST JSON calls with Accept application/json. The Agent API is a separate HTTP API at https://api.airbyte.ai.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "Callers create an application, then POST client_id, client_secret, and grant-type client_credentials to https://api.airbyte.com/v1/applications/token (Cloud) or <AIRBYTE_URL>/api/public/v1/applications/token (self-managed). The response is a Bearer access_token that expires in 900 seconds.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/using-airbyte/configuring-api-access",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[1]",
   "note": "The Agent API adds workspace-scoped tokens. POST https://api.airbyte.ai/api/v1/account/applications/scoped-token with a Bearer application token and workspace_name returns a token limited to one workspace. Scoped tokens expire after 20 minutes.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/api/authentication",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The documented first request lists source connectors in a workspace. The Configuration API is deprecated and unsupported for managing a deployment. The API manages Airbyte objects; it is not a query API for destination warehouse data.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The Agent API covers authentication, connector create/inspect/execute, workspace admin, and some data-replication template endpoints. Execute can read or act on a connected third-party service. Multi-organization callers must send X-Organization-Id.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as Airbyte's current platform API hub. It points to token docs and to reference.airbyte.com for the full route catalog.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Airbyte documents airbyte-agent-sdk as the official Python interface for Airbyte Agents, installed with uv add airbyte-agent-sdk.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/sdk",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The Agent SDK is vendor-published Airbyte documentation and the airbyte-agent-sdk package. Import name is airbyte_agent_sdk.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/sdk",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "The Agent SDK requires Python 3.11 or later. Vendor docs tell non-Python backends to use the HTTP API instead.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/sdk",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Airbyte hosts and manages the remote Agent MCP at https://mcp.airbyte.ai/mcp. There is nothing to install. Setup is documented for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, and VS Code.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/mcp",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "The server is first-party. Transport is Streamable HTTP. Layer-1 auth is OAuth 2.0 to an Agents account. Tools include inspect_connector, read_skill_docs, list_skills, and search_skills, then connector execute. Scope is Airbyte Agents, not every self-managed Core deployment.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/mcp",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "airbyte-agent is a vendor Go CLI for organizations, workspaces, and connectors, with --json input, JSON output, and airbyte-agent schema discovery. Source is airbytehq/airbyte-agent-cli.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/cli",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.webhooks",
   "note": "Workspaces can send notifications to a generic webhook for failed and successful syncs and related connection events. Cloud also supports email. Self-managed supports webhook, not email.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/cloud/managing-airbyte-cloud/manage-airbyte-cloud-notifications",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "Platform list-sources responses are JSON objects with a data array. That is the API export shape, not a warehouse extract format.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.ui_stack[0]",
   "note": "Airbyte Agents is used from the web app at app.airbyte.ai. No UI-automation probe was run, so drivability stays unknown.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/ui",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "Opened https://airbyte.com/llms.txt. It is a first-party LLM index for Airbyte Agents, Data Replication, MCP, SDK, API, pricing, and docs.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Platform REST plus the Agent API give documented read/write coverage, client-credentials Bearer auth, JSON, and published token lifetimes. Coverage is split across two bases and 15-minute tokens, and the API does not query warehouse data. That is the 7-8 band, scored 8.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "Official hosted MCP with OAuth and useful connector inspect/execute coverage is production-grade for Agents. It does not administer Cloud/Core pipelines, and vendor docs send bulk or CI work to the CLI. That is official useful coverage, scored 8, not unusual completeness.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/mcp",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "Official airbyte-agent has JSON I/O, schema discovery, Homebrew and CI install, and env-var auth. Connector create still needs a browser credential widget. The CLI is Agents-scoped, not a general Cloud/Core pipeline CLI. Scored 7.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/cli",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Airbyte's current Agent MCP guide, including https://mcp.airbyte.ai/mcp, OAuth, and Streamable HTTP.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/mcp",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current platform API hub, including Cloud and self-managed base URLs and Bearer examples.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current platform access-token guide, including client_credentials and 900-second expiry.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/using-airbyte/configuring-api-access",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Agent API authentication page, including application tokens and scoped tokens.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/api/authentication",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[4].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current airbyte-agent CLI guide, including JSON flags and schema discovery.",
   "source": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/cli",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[5].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Airbyte's current first-party llms.txt index.",
   "source": "https://airbyte.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
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  "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
  "volatility": "high",
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   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/mcp"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/using-airbyte/configuring-api-access"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/api/authentication"
   },
   {
    "type": "cli",
    "url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/ai-agents/interfaces/cli"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://airbyte.com/llms.txt"
   }
  ]
 },
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 "id": "airbyte",
 "license": "freemium",
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   "llms_txt": true
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "oauth2-client-credentials",
    "scoped-token"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://docs.airbyte.com/developers/api-documentation",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "json"
   ],
   "import": []
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [],
   "webhooks": true
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": true,
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Airbyte Cloud, Airbyte Core, and Airbyte Agents expose browser UIs. The platform REST API, Agent API, official Python Agent SDK, airbyte-agent CLI, and hosted Agent MCP cover pipeline and connector work without browser control.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "python"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Airbyte",
 "platforms": [
  "web",
  "windows",
  "macos",
  "linux"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "fivetran",
   "dbt"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Airbyte",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "mcp",
  "scores": {
   "api": 8,
   "cli": 7,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 8,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Airbyte is automatable today through a hosted first-party Agent MCP and public REST APIs. This record is Airbyte's data-movement platform (Cloud, self-managed Core, and connector catalog) plus Airbyte Agents. It is not Fivetran, dbt, Snowflake, or Databricks as standalone products. Airbyte hosts the Agent MCP at https://mcp.airbyte.ai/mcp over Streamable HTTP. Clients authenticate with OAuth against an Airbyte Agents account, then add connectors and query or act on CRM, billing, and support data. Vendor docs recommend the CLI for large result sets, many sequential calls, long-running work, or offline CI. The platform REST API at https://api.airbyte.com/v1/ (Cloud) or /api/public/v1/ (self-managed) manages sources and related pipeline objects with Bearer tokens minted by OAuth 2.0 client credentials; tokens expire in 15 minutes. The Agent API at https://api.airbyte.ai uses the same client-credential pattern plus optional workspace-scoped tokens, and can execute connector operations. The official Python package is airbyte-agent-sdk. The official CLI is airbyte-agent, with JSON input/output and schema discovery. Workspace notification webhooks exist on Cloud and self-managed. Named Zapier, Make, Power Automate, and n8n connectors were not assessed. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API and MCP both score 8. MCP is the best path for agent clients because it is zero-install and hosted. Platform pipeline administration still uses the Cloud/Core REST API, which the Agent MCP does not replace.\n"
 }
}