--- title: Use A Score To Build Your API Roadmap And Not To Chase A... description: API teams should use the Kin Score on APIs.io as a planning input, not a target to maximize. Sinch scores 71.5 overall, in the exemplar band covering only 1.5%... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/use-a-score-to-build-your-api-roadmap-and-not-to-chase-a-number-4zqtft2pg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Use A Score To Build Your API Roadmap And Not To Chase A Number | daily.dev og:description: API teams should use the Kin Score on APIs.io as a planning input, not a target to maximize. Sinch scores 71.5 overall, in the exemplar band covering only 1.5%... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/use-a-score-to-build-your-api-roadmap-and-not-to-chase-a-number-4zqtft2pg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4zqTft2pG.png og:image:alt: Use A Score To Build Your API Roadmap And Not To Chase A Number og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Use A Score To Build Your API Roadmap And Not To Chase A Number **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary API teams should use the Kin Score on APIs.io as a planning input, not a target to maximize. Sinch scores 71.5 overall, in the exemplar band covering only 1.5% of the catalog, but its facet breakdown shows wide gaps: 84 for Operational Transparency versus 22 for Contract Governance and 39 for Regulatory Posture. The advice is to sort gaps into fix-this-year, fix-later, and accepted-on-purpose piles, since some low scores, like Access Clarity on a partner-only API, are deliberate choices rather than defects. Each lookup step (reading a provider, its rating, gaps, and the rubric) is also exposed as a REST endpoint and an MCP tool, so an agent can have the review done for it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Kin Score on APIs.io and how should I use it for API planning? The Kin Score is a composite rating on APIs.io that breaks an API provider down into facets like Developer Ergonomics, Discoverability, Operational Transparency, Contract Quality, Access Clarity, Regulatory Posture, and Contract Governance. Rather than chasing a higher composite number, teams should read the facet breakdown, identify the lowest-scoring gaps, and decide which to fix this year, fix later, or accept on purpose. _daily.dev surfaces practical takes like this for teams shaping their own API governance roadmap._ ### How can I check an API provider's rating programmatically instead of browsing the website? APIs.io exposes the rating data as REST endpoints and matching MCP tools, including GET /providers/{slug}/rating (get_provider_rating), GET /insights/company/{slug}/gaps (company_gaps), and GET /ratings/rubric (get_rating_rubric). Paths are relative to https://apis.io/api/v1, and an MCP server is available at https://apis.io/mcp for agents to run the review automatically. _Developers automating API audits can find integration details like this through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Kin Score, Facet By Facet: Discoverability](https://daily.dev/posts/the-kin-score-facet-by-facet-discoverability-u3iqbmapb) · API Evangelist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Kin Score, Facet By Facet: Access Clarity](https://daily.dev/posts/the-kin-score-facet-by-facet-access-clarity-eae5qeyee) · API Evangelist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [You Can Now Hire Me to Score Your API's Agent Readiness](https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-now-hire-me-to-score-your-api-s-agent-readiness-b3vbsjely) · API Evangelist · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Kin Score, Facet By Facet: Operational Transparency](https://daily.dev/posts/the-kin-score-facet-by-facet-operational-transparency-8pkaa1nlz) · API Evangelist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I Stopped Building the Onboarding Fix. Now I Keep Score.](https://daily.dev/posts/i-stopped-building-the-onboarding-fix-now-i-keep-score--ka44ggbgi) · API Evangelist · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/use-a-score-to-build-your-api-roadmap-and-not-to-chase-a-number-4zqtft2pg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Use A Score To Build Your API Roadmap And Not To Chase A Number","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/use-a-score-to-build-your-api-roadmap-and-not-to-chase-a-number-4zqtft2pg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/use-a-score-to-build-your-api-roadmap-and-not-to-chase-a-number-4zqtft2pg"},"datePublished":"2026-11-02T11:10:30.935Z","dateModified":"2026-11-02T11:11:00.141Z","description":"API teams should use the Kin Score on APIs.io as a planning input, not a target to maximize. 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