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Benchmarked Aug 28, 2026

Trakt

Movie and TV Data

data platform_profile
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Score Breakdown

Parseability9/10
Latency8/10
Token Efficiency8/10
Consistency6/10
Documentation6/10
Auth Simplicity6/10
First-Try Success6/10
Error Clarity5/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

Full LLM thinking from the 4-phase benchmark pipeline.

Analyze
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://api.trakt.tv",
  "auth_method": "oauth2",
  "auth_config": {
    "grant_type": "authorization_code",
    "authorization_url": "https://trakt.tv/oauth/authorize",
    "token_url": "https://trakt.tv/oauth/token",
    "scopes": ["read", "write", "delete", "public", "private"],
    "requires_client_id": true,
    "requires_client_secret": true,
    "additional_headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "trakt-api-version": "2",
      "trakt-api-key": "<client_id>"
    }
  },
  "endpoints": [],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "freemium",
    "details": {
      "free_tier": "Public API access with rate limits, no VIP features",
      "premium_tier": "VIP membership for extended rate limits, historical data, and advanced features",
      "notes": "Developer tier requires free account; VIP is optional for heavier usage"
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "general": "1,000 requests per 5 minutes per application (default)",
    "vip_users": "5,000 requests per 5 minutes per application",
    "auth": "Standard rate limits apply; 401 responses on excessive use",
    "limits_updated": "Refer to official Trakt docs for current limits"
  },
  "capabilities": [
    "Movie and TV metadata (titles, synopsis, ratings, cast, crew)",
    "Episode and season information",
    "User authentication (OAuth2)",
    "Personal lists and watchlists",
    "Scrobble and tracking (watching, watched, collection)",
    "Search across movies and shows",
    "Recommendations engine",
    "Comments and reviews",
    "Calendar and schedules",
    "Trakt user profiles and stats",
    "Sync with third-party apps (e.g., Plex, Kodi)"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "Trakt is a mature platform providing comprehensive movie and TV data, primarily for tracking and scrobbling. It serves as a hub for personal media consumption and integrates widely with media players and services. The API is well-documented on Apiary, though the site provides an interactive console. Authentication is OAuth2-based. The service is freemium, with free access to standard API and VIP tier for enhanced rate limits and features. It's widely used in the media community."
}
Execute

1/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /412207ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txt20034ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txt40339ms
Interpret
```json
{
  "overall": 62,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 8.0,
    "first_try_success": 6.0,
    "response_parseability": 9.0,
    "error_clarity": 5.0,
    "doc_quality": 6.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 6.0,
    "latency": 8.0,
    "consistency": 6.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "free_tier": "Public API with rate limits",
    "premium_tier": "VIP ~$5-10/mo for extended limits and historical data",
    "notes": "Freemium model; API access requires registration"
  },
  "issues": [
    "llms.txt returns 403, indicating no agent-friendly optimization for LLM discovery",
    "robots.txt has content signals restrictions; unclear what 'no' means for collection",
    "Main website returns 412 Precondition Failed status, suggesting access control challenges for automated scraping",
    "Rate limits on free tier may be restrictive for frequent or bulk queries",
    "Requires OAuth2 for user-specific features, adding auth complexity for agents"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Provide a public llms.txt or an OpenAPI spec to improve discoverability for agents",
    "Clarify robots.txt content signals and allow standard API metadata collection by default",
    "Document rate limit specifics and provide a clear threshold for upgrading to VIP",
    "Add a simple API key option for read-only metadata queries to reduce OAuth friction",
    "Publish a status page and API changelog to improve consistency perception"
  ]
}
```

Agent Readiness

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

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