LGTM API specification

{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://lgtm.com",
  "auth_method": "none",
  "auth_config": {},
  "endpoints": [],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "free",
    "details": {
      "note": "LGTM.com was a free code analysis service, subsequently deprecated in favor of GitHub code scanning"
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {},
  "capabilities": [
    "static code analysis / semantic code analysis (QL-based)",
    "automated code review for security and quality issues",
    "continuous integration via GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket hooks",
    "REST API for querying project and analysis data",
    "support for multiple programming languages (Java, C/C++, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, etc.)",
    "custom query writing (CodeQL queries)",
    "project dashboards and alerts",
    "SPDX/OWASP/SANS/CWE rule mapping"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "LGTM.com was a code analysis platform (originally from Semmle, acquired by GitHub in 2019) that provided automated, semantic code analysis and code review for security and code quality. It offered a REST API at /api/v1 to access resources such as projects, analyses, alerts, and query results, allowing integration into developer workflows. Authentication was typically via an API token obtained from user settings. However, the provided URL (https://lgtm.com) now redirects to a GitHub blog post announcing the gradual deprecation of LGTM.com in favor of GitHub code scanning (August 2022). As of around late 2023/early 2024, LGTM.com was fully shut down and its API is no longer available. Therefore, no live endpoints or rate limits can be provided. The platform is essentially obsolete; its functionality has been migrated to GitHub Advanced Security / code scanning (using CodeQL), which has its own REST API. For historical reference, the LGTM API supported resources like projects, commits, analyses, and alerts, but the domain now serves only a deprecation announcement and the API is defunct."
}

3/3 tests passed

{
  "overall": 38,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 4.0,
    "first_try_success": 2.0,
    "response_parseability": 5.0,
    "error_clarity": 4.0,
    "doc_quality": 5.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 5.0,
    "latency": 6.0,
    "consistency": 3.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "model": "retired/free",
    "note": "LGTM.com is deprecated; capability migrated to GitHub code scanning (paid for private repos, free for public)"
  },
  "issues": [
    "Platform (LGTM.com) is deprecated — not a viable recommendation for new users",
    "All probe endpoints (homepage, /robots.txt, /llms.txt) returned identical GitHub HTML, indicating redirect/migration to GitHub rather than native platform responses",
    "No llms.txt — poor discoverability for AI agents",
    "No public REST API endpoint confirmed for the original product post-deprecation",
    "Onboarding requires migration to GitHub CodeQL/code scanning, an entirely different product surface"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Recommend GitHub CodeQL / code scanning instead of LGTM.com directly",
    "If documenting legacy LGTM usage, clearly flag deprecation status and migration path",
    "Add llms.txt to GitHub docs surface for agent discoverability",
    "Provide structured API reference for GraphQL code scanning endpoints to boost parseability",
    "Clarify auth path (GitHub OAuth) and self-serve vs enterprise tiers"
  ]
}