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   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Appian presents a commercial AI process-orchestration platform for agents, systems, and people, with enterprise case studies and a 99.95% uptime claim.",
   "source": "https://appian.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "The opened homepage markets Appian as an enterprise commercial platform with sales and analyst-report calls to action, not as a free or open-source product.",
   "source": "https://appian.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "Appian documents Appian Cloud environments as the MCP host and uses example.appian.com / example.appiancloud.com URLs for Web APIs. This record treats the opened Cloud SaaS surface as the deployment.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/appian-mcp-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Web APIs, Designer, and Admin Console are browser applications on the Appian site URL.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Appian documents Web API objects that expose Appian data and services to outside systems at /suite/webapi endpoints.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "Web APIs are HTTP endpoints with GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and PATCH. The Deployment REST API is documented as following REST standards.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "API keys are tied to a service account. Clients send appian-api-key, Authorization: Bearer, or Basic with a null username or password holding the key. Keys are environment-specific and do not expire automatically.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_API_Authentication.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[1]",
   "note": "Basic authentication uses an Appian or LDAP username and password. It cannot be used by members of the SAML system group or the Service Accounts system group.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_API_Authentication.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[2]",
   "note": "OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials is documented against RFC 6749. Each Appian OAuth client is tied to a service account. Scope must be blank or omitted. Third-party JWT access tokens are also documented.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_API_Authentication.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Callers only see Web API objects each app publishes, plus the separate Deployment REST API. That is partial coverage of the product, not a fixed Appian business catalog.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as the current Web APIs design page used as this record's API docs URL.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Appian documents Appian MCP Server so external AI applications can connect to an Appian Cloud environment with a service-account API key.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/appian-mcp-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "Official Cloud server at {ENVIRONMENT_URL}/mcp from Appian 26.6+, disabled by default. Tool collections cover process models, expression rules, AI agents, synced record types, and process insights.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/enable-configure-mcp-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "Process models can be started from MCP and from Web APIs that run smart services. Start forms and synchronous user-input tasks cannot complete through MCP.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/make-available-mcp-tools.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "Expression rules can be enabled as MCP tools and are the same expression surface Web APIs are built from.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/make-available-mcp-tools.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "An application can export an OpenAPI 3.0.1 JSON definition of its Web APIs, including base URL, authentication options, methods, paths, and descriptions.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[1]",
   "note": "The Deployment REST API exports applications and packages as deployment resources for an external pipeline.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Deployment_Rest_API.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "The same /deployments endpoint imports packages, applications, Admin Console settings, plug-ins, customization files, and database scripts when Action-Type is import.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Deployment_Rest_API.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.ui_stack[0]",
   "note": "Designer, Admin Console, and end-user interfaces are browser applications on the Appian site.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://docs.appian.com/llms.txt returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-12.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Documented REST Web APIs with OpenAPI export plus a versioned Deployment REST API and three programmatic auth methods. Callers only see published objects and deployment endpoints, so the path is useful production integration rather than a complete fixed product API.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "Official Cloud server with useful process, rule, agent, and record tools. Limits include Cloud-only, advanced/premium tier, default-off, service-account-only auth, no start forms, and synced-records-only queries, so the score stays at official useful coverage (7).",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/appian-mcp-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened Appian's current MCP Server overview, including Cloud-only limits, service-account auth, and capability list.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/appian-mcp-server.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the current Web API authentication page, including API key, Basic, OAuth 2.0 client credentials, mTLS, and session rules.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_API_Authentication.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened the current Deployment REST API overview, including v3 endpoints and API-key or OAuth service-account auth.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Deployment_Rest_API.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened the current Web APIs design page, including methods, security, and OpenAPI export.",
   "source": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
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  "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
  "volatility": "high",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/appian-mcp-server.html"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_API_Authentication.html"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Deployment_Rest_API.html"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html"
   }
  ]
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 "homepage": "https://appian.com/",
 "id": "appian",
 "license": "commercial",
 "modalities": {
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   "llms_txt": false
  },
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   "auth": [
    "api-key",
    "basic",
    "oauth2-client-credentials"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.8/Web_APIs.html",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "openapi",
    "zip"
   ],
   "import": [
    "zip"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "process-models",
    "expression-rules"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "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. Appian documents published Web APIs, the Deployment REST API, and a first-party Appian MCP Server as machine paths. This record is the Appian process platform. It is not Mendix, Camunda, OutSystems, or Power Automate as standalone products.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": "unknown",
   "languages": [],
   "official": "unknown"
  }
 },
 "name": "Appian",
 "platforms": [
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "mendix",
   "camunda",
   "power-automate"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Appian",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 7,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 7,
   "overall": 7,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Appian is automatable today through REST APIs that each application publishes and through the Deployment REST API, not through a single fixed business-object catalog. This record is the current Appian platform as documented in the 26.8 help set. It is not Mendix, Camunda, OutSystems, or Power Automate. Web APIs live at /suite/webapi/{endpoint} and support GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and PATCH. POST, PUT, DELETE, and PATCH may run smart services; GET cannot. Applications can export an OpenAPI 3.0.1 definition. Programmatic authentication is an API key on a service account (appian-api-key or Bearer), HTTP Basic with an Appian or LDAP username and password, or the OAuth 2.0 client-credentials grant. Session cookies are for browser calls only. The Deployment REST API at /suite/deployment-management/v3 (26.5+) exports, inspects, and imports applications and packages for CI/CD, authenticated with the same API-key or OAuth service-account mechanism. Appian MCP Server is a first-party Cloud endpoint at {ENVIRONMENT_URL}/mcp from Appian 26.6. It is disabled by default, listed on advanced and premium tiers, and authenticates as one service-account API key. System tools search, describe, and invoke opted-in process models, expression rules, and AI agents, and query synced record types. Self-managed, start forms, document upload, and per-user MCP auth are out of that path. iPaaS catalogs were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API scores 7 and is the best path because Web APIs and deployment endpoints are not limited to Cloud MCP enablement. MCP scores 7 for agents on an enabled Cloud site.\n"
 }
}