{"id":"airbyte-airbyte-api-server","name":"airbyte-api-server","af_score":40.5,"security_score":49.2,"reliability_score":35.0,"what_it_does":"airbyte-api-server is an Airbyte component that exposes an API surface for interacting with Airbyte (commonly used to control/run syncs and manage operations). It typically serves as the API layer behind Airbyte’s server/worker stack rather than being a standalone data connector service.","best_when":"You are already running Airbyte (self-hosted) and need an API gateway/control plane for orchestrating syncs.","avoid_when":"You need a simple managed, documented public API without understanding Airbyte deployment configuration and authentication setup.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:36:27.923732+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":true,"auth_methods":["Airbyte deployment auth (commonly via header-based tokens/session as configured)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Requires correct Airbyte deployment configuration; API availability and auth behavior depend on deployment mode","Control-plane operations may not be idempotent (e.g., job trigger endpoints can create new runs on repeated calls)","Without an OpenAPI spec in the provided data, agents may need to infer request/response schemas from source or runtime"],"error_quality":0.0}