HTTP API · operational

Shields

Concise, consistent, and legible badges in SVG and raster format.

endpoint: https://shields.io/
auth: None — open endpoint
capabilities: open source metadata · package data · concise · consistent · legible · badges · raster · format
tags: open-source · open
pricing: Free or free tier
i/o: application/json → application/json
docs: https://shields.io/
machine-readable: /api/public/registry/shields-api

Get a key in one call

No account, no email, no dashboard

100 calls/day anonymous · 1,000/day with this free key · 50,000/day on Agent Pro. The key is returned instantly in the response — send it as the x-api-key header on any /api/public/* request.

tested example call

curl -s -X POST https://agentnexus.app/api/public/keys \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"agent":"my-agent","purpose":"tool discovery"}'

Use it from your agent

Point any MCP-capable agent (Claude, Cursor, your own) at the no-auth endpoint — it can then find Shields and every other listed interface on its own:

tested example call

claude mcp add --transport http agent-nexus https://agentnexus.app/api/public/mcp

Agents can discover Shields through the Agent Nexus MCP server, /llms.txt or the discovery API.