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Self-serve REST and MCP for facility search, trust metrics, predictive risk, and decision memos. No sales call, no portal scraping, no surprises.
Quickstart
Three steps. Each one survives a copy-paste.
Create a free Explorer key
Explorer keys are free, rate-limited for prototyping, and let you exercise every public endpoint. Upgrade only when you ship.
Make your first call
Replace YOUR_API_KEY after step 1 completes.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://api.cribscore.co/v1/facilities?zip_code=78701&limit=5"Upgrade when you ship
Growth and Professional move you off the Explorer rate limit.
Playground
Your key is stored locally in your browser. Nothing leaves this page.
Playground
Search childcare facilities by ZIP. Try 78701 (Austin), 90210, 10001.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://api.cribscore.co/v1/facilities?zip_code=78701&limit=5"Response
API reference
The full OpenAPI spec is the source of truth — this is the human-readable index.
Find facilities by ZIP, geography, or filter. The primary entry point for most integrations.
/v1/facilitiesapi_keySearch public childcare facilities by geography and filters.
/v1/reportsapi_keyList monthly coverage, trust, and decision-grade reports with publish dates and slugs.
/v1/reports/{slug}api_keyReport detail with summary metrics, sections, and source-linked figures.
/v1/mcp/tool-catalogpublicMachine-readable MCP tool catalog with schemas, examples, and REST hints.
/v1/docsapi_keyList all CribScore docs pages with slug, title, category, summary, and canonical URL — used by agent clients to discover documentation surfaces programmatically.
/v1/docs/{path}api_keyFetch a single CribScore docs page by path (e.g. `api/facilities`) returning title, summary, sections, code samples, and related links.
Canonical facility detail with embedded source proof, score breakdown, and abstention semantics.
/v1/facilities/{id}api_keyCanonical public facility detail with embedded facility_proof for source, freshness, trust, and abstention semantics.
/v1/facilities/{id}/proofapi_keyCompact proof object for source URLs, freshness, trust tier, scoreability, and abstention reasons.
/v1/facilities/compareapi_keyCompare 2-5 facilities side by side.
Jurisdiction-level decision-grade metrics and state-by-state readiness signals.
/v1/trust/jurisdictionsapi_keyJurisdiction trust metrics and decision-grade overlays.
/v1/statesapi_keyState directory with trust and decision-grade metrics.
Trust-aware shortlist + memo generation. Trust-aware abstention by default.
/v1/decision/memoapi_keyTrust-aware shortlist and memo generation.
Single-truth coverage manifest shared by state, trust, and proof surfaces.
/v1/coverage/snapshotapi_keySingle truth coverage manifest shared by state, trust, and proof surfaces.
/v1/pricesapi_keyCounty childcare benchmark pricing.
Live API + route-health summary used by the status pages on this portal.
/api/healthpublicPublic API health summary with route-health status.
Code samples
Common requests
List childcare facilities by geography. Most integrations start here.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://api.cribscore.co/v1/facilities?zip_code=78701&limit=5"MCP
CribScore ships as both a published npm MCP server and a hosted remote MCP endpoint.
MCP install
Drop CribScore into Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, or your own agent host.
https://api.cribscore.co/mcpAdd CribScore to claude_desktop_config.json (mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/).
{
"mcpServers": {
"cribscore": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@cribscore/mcp"],
"env": {
"MCP_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"MCP_API_BASE_URL": "https://api.cribscore.co"
}
}
}
}Status
Live status
Core API liveness checks passed; route probes are available at /api/health/routes.
Overall
healthy
Latency
No route latency data
Last checked
2026-05-20T06:07:25.456884+00:00
Route-health data is unavailable right now.
Resources
Full schema for generating clients and Postman collections.
Ready-to-import collection mirroring every documented endpoint.
Published MCP server package. Pin a version in production.
Checked-in registry source for verifiable, reproducible discovery.
Open-source repo (MIT). File issues, send PRs, audit the code.
Public support — Announcements, Q&A, Ideas, Show and Tell.
Single agent-facing inventory of the public surface.
Public-facing readiness, completeness, and decision-grade truth.
Authenticated household surface (magic-link auth).