Jentic Launches Tool That Scores APIs for AI Readiness

Jentic, the AI infrastructure company bridging AI agents into the enterprise API landscape, today launched its API Scoring tool: a free CLI and web UI that evaluate whether a company's APIs are ready for use by AI agents. Both tools score APIs across six readiness dimensions and are available immediately at no cost.

The CLI is designed to integrate directly into developer workflows. Teams can run an initial scan to see where their APIs stand, then configure the tool to generate a fresh score automatically each time code is updated, giving engineering leaders a clear, trackable record of their API landscape's AI-readiness over time.

The scoring framework was developed with input from senior figures in the API standards community, including a member of the OpenAPI Initiative's Business Governance Board and an OpenAPI Initiative Ambassador, both of whom have joined Jentic.

Why AI Readiness Requires a New Standard

Most APIs were designed with human developers in mind. A developer can interpret ambiguous documentation, ask a colleague, or make an informed guess when an API description is incomplete. AI agents have much less context to work with. They require precise, machine-readable descriptions, predictable behaviour, and clear security guardrails. The vast majority of deployed APIs were not designed with those requirements in mind.

Until now, there has been no standardised way for engineering teams to measure that gap or track progress in closing it. The Jentic API Scoring tool is built to fill that role.

The six scoring dimensions assess whether an API's descriptions are technically correct, clear enough for an agent to interpret, whether its behaviour is consistent and predictable, whether appropriate security controls are in place, and whether an AI system can discover and execute against it without human intervention.

"What does 'good' look like for agent experience and developer experience? The industry has conflated validity with usability for too long. Sure, your linter may not shout at you anymore, but a syntactically correct API description guarantees one thing: conformance to the spec's grammar. It says nothing about whether an agent can discover, understand, and execute against that API reliably. That gap is measurable. This tool gives teams that metric, and a path to improving it."

— Frank Kilcommins, Head of Enterprise Architecture, Jentic and Member, OpenAPI Initiative Business Governance Board

"We all know that AI is taking off in a big way. Whether it's coding agents or business agents, every organization out there is using AI in some way. We need to make sure our API landscape evolves to match the needs of these new consumers. Scoring is the perfect starting point, and while scoring gets you started with clear goals, Jentic is working on additional tooling to accelerate your path towards an AI-ready API landscape."

— Erik Wilde, Head of Enterprise Strategy, Jentic and OpenAPI Initiative Ambassador

"In the AI era, the API is king, and APIs must be built for agents, not just for developers. This tool gives every engineering team a free compass to help them navigate through that transition."

— Sean Blanchfield, CEO, Jentic

Open Source and Free to Use

The scoring framework underpinning the tool is published under the Apache 2.0 licence. The methodology is fully open to inspection, contribution, and extension by any developer, researcher, or organisation.

Teams needing custom configurations, on-premise deployment, or organisation-wide controls can contact Jentic directly.

Get the Tool

The API Scoring CLI is free to install and runs in under a minute. Full documentation and the open-source framework are available at jentic.com/scorecard.

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzeR4wBcS4s
Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igso9HXhWVE

About Jentic

Founded in 2024 and based in Dublin, Ireland, Jentic is an enterprise AI infrastructure platform that provides the integration, workflow, and governance layer between AI agents and the internal systems of large organisations. Built on open standards, Jentic works with any AI agent, any cloud provider, and any existing infrastructure.