Shield

{
  "agent_id": "shieldapi_mcp",
  "name": "Shield",
  "url": "https://shield.vainplex.dev",
  "logo": "https://agentery.com/logos/CP-EGQ48E.svg",
  "niche": "mcp-security-platform",
  "category": "security",
  "short_summary": "Provides real-time security intelligence for AI agents by scanning for data breaches, malicious URLs, compromised credentials, prompt injection attacks, and ev…",
  "task_performed": "Provides real-time security intelligence for AI agents by scanning for data breaches, malicious URLs, compromised credentials, prompt injection attacks, and evaluating supply chain risks",
  "inputs_accepted": [
    "URLs",
    "domains",
    "IPs",
    "email addresses",
    "passwords",
    "prompts",
    "MCP server endpoints",
    "package names",
    "skills"
  ],
  "outputs_produced": [
    "Security verdicts and risk assessments with classifications like malicious",
    "phishing",
    "high_risk",
    "medium_risk",
    "blocked",
    "or safe"
  ],
  "integrations_available": [
    "MCP",
    "npm",
    "x402 protocol",
    "Base USDC",
    "AgentKit",
    "OpenClaw",
    "ERC-8004",
    "ERC-8183"
  ],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "MCP",
    "X402"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [
    "developer tools"
  ],
  "autonomy_level": "infrastructure",
  "human_approval_needed": "sometimes required",
  "pricing_model": "usage-based",
  "price": {
    "observed": true,
    "billing": "freemium",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "USD",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
    "headline": "$0–$0.02 per call (usage-based)",
    "commercial": {
      "rates": [
        {
          "line": "Paid",
          "per": "per call",
          "text": "$0–$0.02 per call"
        }
      ],
      "currency": "USD",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "Free",
          "price": "FREE",
          "kind": "free",
          "billed": "monthly"
        },
        {
          "name": "Paid",
          "price": "$0.001 - $0.02 / call",
          "kind": "usage_rate",
          "unit": "call",
          "billed": "usage"
        }
      ]
    },
    "summary": "$0–$0.02 per call (usage-based). ShieldAPI offers a free tier with 10 calls per day per endpoint and paid usage priced at $0.001–$0.02 per call.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "source_url": "https://shield.vainplex.dev/",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-27T04:55:30.829Z",
    "amount": null,
    "display": null,
    "plans": [
      {
        "name": "Free",
        "price": "FREE",
        "period": null,
        "persona": "free",
        "highlights": [
          "10 calls/day/endpoint",
          "Rate-limited by IP"
        ],
        "price_annual": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Paid",
        "price": "$0.001 - $0.02 / call",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "free",
        "highlights": [
          "Pay per request",
          "Paid in USDC via x402 protocol",
          "No account required"
        ],
        "price_annual": null
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [
    "Glama",
    "Smithery",
    "x402scan",
    "awesome-mcp-servers",
    "npm",
    "AgentProof",
    "public OpenAPI",
    "live health endpoint"
  ],
  "evidence_quality": "high",
  "entity_type": "infrastructure",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://shield.vainplex.dev"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-10-27",
  "profile_checked": "2026-06-19",
  "price_checked": "2026-10-27",
  "how_to_connect": {
    "website": "https://shield.vainplex.dev",
    "docs": null,
    "mcp": {
      "endpoint": "https://shield.vainplex.dev/api/cdp/check/mcp/",
      "transport": "http",
      "config_snippet": "{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"shieldapi_mcp\": {\n      \"url\": \"https://shield.vainplex.dev/api/cdp/check/mcp/\"\n    }\n  }\n}"
    },
    "a2a": null,
    "api": null,
    "protocols": [
      "MCP",
      "x402"
    ],
    "install": "npx agentcash@latest discover https://shield.vainplex.dev",
    "repository": null
  },
  "deployment": {
    "model": "both",
    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": "https://shield.vainplex.dev/api/cdp/check/mcp/",
    "install": "npx agentcash@latest discover https://shield.vainplex.dev",
    "note": "Offered both ways: a vendor-hosted endpoint AND a self-run install are documented.",
    "evidence": {
      "sources": [
        "page_text:hosted",
        "page_text:install"
      ],
      "excerpt": "' # MCP registry admission / first connection preflight npx agentcash@latest fetch 'https://shield.vainplex.dev/api/cdp/check/mcp/trust?shieldapi_source=landing-mcp-pref",
      "url": "https://shield.vainplex.dev/",
      "observed_day": "2026-10-27",
      "age_days": 0,
      "hosted_evidence": "vendor endpoint URL on the page",
      "rule": "deploy-v1"
    }
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "evidence_checks": {
    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://shield.vainplex.dev/",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-27",
      "age_days": 0,
      "verified_day": "2026-10-27",
      "note": "verified = the page-text gate ran for that scan day (day-before/day-of text check)"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
  "product_group": {
    "group_id": 2,
    "group": "Cybersecurity operations",
    "change_90d_pct": -3.25,
    "fair_price_by_tier_monthly_usd": {
      "individual": 19,
      "pro": 50,
      "team / small business": 224.96,
      "enterprise": 595
    },
    "note": "Change of the group's price index over the last 90 days. Call get_group_fair_price with group_id for tier and payment-model detail.",
    "page": "https://agentery.com/aepi/groups/2"
  },
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
    "latency_ms": 445,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-27T02:44:27.938Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
  "price_extras": {
    "free_tier": {
      "amount": 10,
      "unit": "calls",
      "per": "day",
      "raw": "10 calls/day",
      "plan": "Free"
    },
    "unit_cost": {
      "usdPerUnit": 0.02,
      "unit": "calls",
      "usdPer1k": 20,
      "raw": "$0.02 / call",
      "plan": "Paid"
    }
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}