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   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "The homepage presents Netdata monitoring and troubleshooting.",
   "source": "https://www.netdata.cloud/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "The agent repository LICENSE file is the GNU General Public License version 3.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/LICENSE",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "Pricing describes the open-source agent and Netdata Cloud plans, including Community free forever for 5 nodes, non-commercial, and Business from $4.50 per node per month.",
   "source": "https://www.netdata.cloud/pricing/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Netdata documents an agent REST API for metrics, alerts, and configuration, and a cloud REST API.",
   "source": "https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The page is the REST API reference.",
   "source": "https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "Cloud examples send Authorization: Bearer.",
   "source": "https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Cloud MCP and the agent API are separate. The MCP key does not by itself document every REST route, so API coverage stays partial.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/docs/netdata-ai/mcp/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Public REST API documentation.",
   "source": "https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "The Netdata repository documents a cloud MCP at https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp and a local agent or parent MCP on port 19999.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/docs/netdata-ai/mcp/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "Cloud MCP is streamable HTTP and requires a paid plan plus a Bearer token with scope:mcp. Local WebSocket is documented from v2.6.0. Local HTTP streamable and SSE are documented from v2.7.2.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/docs/netdata-ai/mcp/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened the Netdata MCP README on 2026-10-12.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/docs/netdata-ai/mcp/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the Netdata REST API document on 2026-10-12.",
   "source": "https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened Netdata pricing on 2026-10-12.",
   "source": "https://www.netdata.cloud/pricing/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  "volatility": "medium",
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   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/docs/netdata-ai/mcp/README.md"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api"
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   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.netdata.cloud/pricing/"
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  },
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    "bearer"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/rest-api",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest"
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  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [],
   "import": []
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [],
   "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. Metrics access is documented as the agent REST API and the Netdata MCP server, and computer-use viability was not measured.\n",
   "ui_stack": [],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": "unknown",
   "languages": [],
   "official": "unknown"
  }
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 "name": "Netdata",
 "platforms": [
  "web",
  "linux"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "datadog",
   "grafana"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Netdata",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "mcp",
  "scores": {
   "api": 6,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 7,
   "overall": 7,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Netdata is automatable today through its first-party MCP server. This record covers Netdata agents and Netdata Cloud. Datadog, Grafana, and Zabbix are separate products. The agent repository LICENSE is the GNU General Public License version 3. The pricing page says the agent is GPLv3+ and that the Community cloud plan is free forever for 5 nodes and non-commercial use. Business is listed from $4.50 per node per month. The agent REST API documentation describes access to metrics, alerts, and configuration and shows Bearer authentication for cloud calls. The MCP document in the Netdata repository gives a cloud endpoint at https://app.netdata.cloud/api/v1/mcp over streamable HTTP. Cloud MCP requires a paid plan and an API token with scope:mcp, sent as Authorization: Bearer. Local agent or parent MCP is documented from v2.6.0 at port 19999. WebSocket is documented from v2.6.0. HTTP streamable and SSE are documented from v2.7.2. A local MCP key is mandatory when bearer protection is enabled. An SDK, a general automation CLI, and connector catalogs were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. MCP scores 7 and is the best path. The REST API scores 6 because cloud and local authentication differ and this pass did not open every query route.\n"
 }
}