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Benchmarked Sep 06, 2026

Anchore Engine API Server

This is the Anchore Engine API. Provides the primary external API for users of the service.

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Score Breakdown

Parseability7/10
Latency6/10
Token Efficiency6/10
Documentation5/10
Auth Simplicity5/10
First-Try Success5/10
Consistency4/10
Error Clarity4/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

Full LLM thinking from the 4-phase benchmark pipeline.

Analyze
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://anchore.io",
  "auth_method": "apikey",
  "auth_config": {
    "header": "x-anchore-account",
    "api_key": "Authorization",
    "description": "Uses HTTP Basic or Bearer token authentication with API credentials. Account header for multi-tenancy."
  },
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "path": "/v1/images",
      "method": "POST",
      "description": "Add a new image to analyze"
    },
    {
      "path": "/v1/images",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "List images in the system"
    },
    {
      "path": "/v1/images/{image_id}",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get image details and analysis status"
    },
    {
      "path": "/v1/images/{image_id}/vulnerabilities",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get vulnerabilities for an image"
    },
    {
      "path": "/v1/images/{image_id}/content",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get content manifest (packages, files, etc.)"
    },
    {
      "path": "/v1/images/{image_id}/check",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Check image against policies and evaluate compliance"
    },
    {
      "path": "/v1/policies",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "List policies"
    },
    {
      "path": "/v1/policies/{policy_id}",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get policy details"
    }
  ],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "freemium",
    "details": {
      "open_source": "Anchore Engine is open source (Apache 2.0)",
      "enterprise": "Anchore Enterprise offers additional features like on-prem deployment, RBAC, and policy management, with commercial licensing."
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "unknown": "Rate limits are not publicly documented for the API."
  },
  "capabilities": [
    "Container image analysis",
    "Vulnerability scanning (CVE detection)",
    "Policy-based compliance checking",
    "Content inspection (packages, files, manifests)",
    "Multi-account management",
    "Integration with CI/CD pipelines",
    "Supports Docker, OCI, and other container formats",
    "Provides RESTful API for automation"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "Anchore Engine is an open-source platform for deep container image inspection and vulnerability scanning. It provides a comprehensive API for integrating container security into DevOps pipelines. The platform is mature, widely adopted in the Kubernetes ecosystem, and backed by Anchore Inc. who also offer enterprise solutions. The API is RESTful, well-documented, and supports authentication via basic or bearer tokens. The API server is self-hostable, with options for on-prem or cloud deployment. Integrations exist with popular CI tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub Actions. The service is targeted at devops teams, security engineers, and platform teams needing to ensure container security and compliance."
}
Execute

1/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /200423ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txt50071ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txt50044ms
Interpret
```json
{
  "overall": 45,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 6.0,
    "first_try_success": 5.0,
    "response_parseability": 7.0,
    "error_clarity": 4.0,
    "doc_quality": 5.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 5.0,
    "latency": 6.0,
    "consistency": 4.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "open_source": "Apache 2.0",
    "enterprise": "Commercial",
    "free_options": true
  },
  "issues": [
    "robots.txt returns 500 with Fastly unknown domain error - indicates potential infrastructure misconfiguration",
    "llms.txt file returns 500 with Fastly unknown domain error - suggests missing provision for agent discoverability",
    "Inconsistent responses across endpoints (main site 200, but subdomain paths failing)",
    "No clear quick-start guide detected for immediate onboarding",
    "Platform appears agent-unfriendly - no structured documentation endpoints"

  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Fix roborts.txt and llms.txt Fastly configuration issues",
    "Add llms.txt for agent-friendly platform documentation",
    "Provide getting-started onboarding guide with immediate code sample",
    "Add structured documentation endpoints (like OpenAPI specs)",
    "Ensure consistent 200 responses across all subdomain paths",
    "Enable team/managed SSO to streamline enterprise adoption"
  ]
}
```

Agent Readiness

x402 Payments
Not supported
Streaming
No
Sandbox
None
Agent Auth
Unknown
SDKs
None listed
MCP Support
No

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