Install Jentic One Beta
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the BestAffiliatePrograms.cc API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fbestaffiliateprograms.cc%2Fbestaffiliateprograms" | shStep 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fbestaffiliateprograms.cc%2Fbestaffiliateprograms" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
What an agent can do with BestAffiliatePrograms.cc API.
List affiliate programs with filters and pagination
Get one affiliate program by its slug, with its network, commission, and cookie window
Read category and network facets with program counts
Read headline coverage stats and the verification note
Patterns agents use BestAffiliatePrograms.cc API for, with concrete tasks.
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★ AI Agent Affiliate Research
An AI agent compares affiliate programs for a niche without a developer scraping each network's terms. Through Jentic the agent lists programs filtered to a category, reads each program's commission and cookie window, and ranks them, while the API key stays on the developer's own machine.
List affiliate programs in a category, read each program's commission and cookie window, and return the top three by modelled value per referral
Program Comparison
Publishers choosing a program need the terms side by side. The BestAffiliatePrograms API returns one program by its slug with its network, published commission, cookie window, and payout method, so an agent can lay out a clear comparison for a decision.
Fetch two programs by slug and compare their commission, cookie window, and payout method
Category and Network Discovery
Before diving in, a publisher wants to see how the field is shaped. The API exposes category and network facets with counts and a coverage stats endpoint, so an agent can report which categories and networks have the most programs.
Read the category and network facets and return the categories with the highest program counts
5 endpoints — the bestaffiliateprograms api serves a read-only, cite-friendly directory of affiliate programs, each compared by network, published commission, cookie window, payout method, and a modelled value per referral.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
/programs
List affiliate programs
/programs/{slug}
Get one affiliate program by slug
/categories
Category facet with counts
/networks
Network facet with counts
/stats
Headline coverage and verification note
/programs
List affiliate programs
/programs/{slug}
Get one affiliate program by slug
/categories
Category facet with counts
/networks
Network facet with counts
/stats
Headline coverage and verification note
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the BestAffiliatePrograms API by hand means provisioning its API key, choosing between bearer and header auth, and paging through filtered program results yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import it from the API Directory, store the key once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
The API is read-only, so a rule limits the agent to the lookups you choose, such as listing programs and reading one by slug. You pick which operations it may call, and nothing beyond those is reachable.
Credential isolation
Your BestAffiliatePrograms key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'find affiliate programs' or 'compare commissions', and Jentic returns the matching operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Specific to using BestAffiliatePrograms.cc API through Jentic.
Is there a BestAffiliatePrograms MCP server?
You don't need an MCP server to give your agent the BestAffiliatePrograms API. Jentic connects it directly from the API Directory: import it, store your credential once, and your agent calls it. Operations are discovered on demand, so nothing extra loads into the agent's context.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the BestAffiliatePrograms API?
Yes. Because every operation only reads data, a rule can allow just the program and category lookups the agent needs, keeping it off the networks or stats endpoints unless you add them, and every call is logged.
What authentication does the BestAffiliatePrograms API use?
The BestAffiliatePrograms API authenticates with an API key, which you send either as a bearer token or in the `x-api-key` header, as declared in its OpenAPI spec. Through Jentic that key is stored encrypted by your own Jentic One instance and injected at call time, so it never reaches the agent's prompt or logs.
Can I compare affiliate program commissions with this API?
Yes. Fetch each program by its slug and read its published commission, cookie window, and payout method, which the directory traces back to the program's own affiliate page or a public network listing.
How do I find affiliate programs through Jentic?
Install Jentic One with `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh`, then import the BestAffiliatePrograms API from the Jentic API Directory and store your key. Your agent searches for 'find affiliate programs' and Jentic returns the list operation with its input schema. To run it on your own infrastructure, install Jentic One from its GitHub repo.
What are the rate limits for the BestAffiliatePrograms API?
The BestAffiliatePrograms OpenAPI spec notes a free tier with a daily allowance and higher paid limits but does not fix the figures, so check your plan for the current ceiling.
For Agents
Look up and compare affiliate programs: list programs with filters, fetch one by slug with its commission, cookie window, and payout, and read category and network facets with counts.
Use for: Find affiliate programs in a category, Get the commission and cookie window for one program, List the networks programs run on, Check how many programs are covered
Not supported: Does not handle affiliate signups, payouts, or link tracking. Use for looking up and comparing affiliate program data only.
The BestAffiliatePrograms API serves a read-only, cite-friendly directory of affiliate programs, each compared by network, published commission, cookie window, payout method, and a modelled value per referral. It lists programs with filters and pagination, returns one program by its slug, and exposes category and network facets with counts. A stats endpoint reports headline coverage and how figures are verified.
This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.
Base layer of spec validity and structural soundness.
Aggregated quality score from linter diagnostics, weighted by severity.
Percentage of `$ref` references that resolve successfully.
Checks whether the API description parses successfully and conforms to its declared specification (e.g., OpenAPI).
Structural correctness score based on schema issues using logarithmic dampening.
Clarity, completeness, and ingestion readiness for developers and tooling.
How richly the API is illustrated with examples.
Percentage of examples that conform to their schemas.
Percentage of operations with complete response definitions (success, client error, server error).
Health of API ingestion, bundling, and resolution within Jentic pipelines.
Semantic breadth, depth, and agent comprehension for AI systems.
Coverage of descriptions across API elements.
Coverage of RFC 9457 Problem Details for error responses.
Coverage, uniqueness, and casing consistency of operationIds for AI inference.
Coverage of summaries across operations/tags/info.
Functional utility, complexity comfort, and AI orchestration readiness.
Agent comfort level based on API operational and structural complexity.
Trust, risk posture, and security compliance.
Average quality of security schemes based on authentication method strength (weakest link for OAuth2).
Findability, semantic richness, and reasoning readiness.
Clarity and depth of descriptions across API elements.
Score it yourself
Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>