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Vanilla Forums

Vanilla Forums is the cloud community-forum platform now sold as Higher Logic Vanilla, powering B2B/B2C customer communities and association member communities. Every Vanilla community serves a REST API (API v2) at /api/v2 with a per-site OpenAPI 3 description, personal-access-token and JWT bearer authentication, short-lived cacheable role tokens, webhooks with HMAC-signed deliveries, CSV export, and an official MCP server (launched May 2026) that connects AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor to live community data. Originally a Techstars-backed open source project, Vanilla was acquired by Higher Logic in 2021.

agent ready

Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps — the contract exists but is thin, or the portal is good while governance and commercial terms are absent.

Kin Score
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API Evangelist profiles Vanilla Forums the way a machine reads it — 122 machine-readable artifacts across 1 API, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.

Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Vanilla Forums scores 51.0/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 37/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.

Kin Score

This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance. Every facet and dimension name is a link: it opens that measurement's page on APIs.io, where the rating runs across the whole catalog — the exact checks that feed it, how every profiled provider distributes on it, and who is at the top of it.

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 51.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20
Access Clarity 7.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 9.6 / 13
Contract Governance 0.5 / 12
Discoverability 7.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility documented 2.4 / 6
MCP Server documented 4.8 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth bearer 3.5 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8.0 / 8
Request/Response Examples partial 3.5 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling documented 3.5 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills derived 1.3 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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How we profile Vanilla Forums

Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Vanilla Forums. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.

APIs 58

Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Vanilla Forums Addons API

The Addons API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for addons.

Vanilla Forums AI Processing Preferences API

The AI Processing Preferences API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for ai processing preferences.

Vanilla Forums AI Settings API

The AI Settings API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for ai settings.

Vanilla Forums Analytics API

The Analytics API from Vanilla Forums — 10 operation(s) for analytics.

Vanilla Forums Appeals API

The Appeals API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for appeals.

Vanilla Forums Assets API

The Assets API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for assets.

Vanilla Forums Audit Logs API

The Audit Logs API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for audit logs.

Vanilla Forums Authenticators API

The Authenticators API from Vanilla Forums — 5 operation(s) for authenticators.

Vanilla Forums Automation Rules API

The Automation Rules API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for automation rules.

Vanilla Forums Calls API

The Calls API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for calls.

Vanilla Forums Categories API

The Categories API from Vanilla Forums — 6 operation(s) for categories.

Vanilla Forums Collections API

The Collections API from Vanilla Forums — 5 operation(s) for collections.

Vanilla Forums Comments API

The Comments API from Vanilla Forums — 6 operation(s) for comments.

Vanilla Forums Config API

The Config API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for config.

Vanilla Forums Conversations API

The Conversations API from Vanilla Forums — 6 operation(s) for conversations.

Vanilla Forums Dashboard API

The Dashboard API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for dashboard.

Vanilla Forums DataSource API

The DataSource API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for datasource.

Vanilla Forums Discussion Statuses API

The Discussion Statuses API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for discussion statuses.

Vanilla Forums Discussions API

The Discussions API from Vanilla Forums — 28 operation(s) for discussions.

Vanilla Forums Drafts API

The Drafts API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for drafts.

Vanilla Forums email-templates API

The email-templates API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for email-templates.

Vanilla Forums Emails API

The Emails API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for emails.

Vanilla Forums emailTemplates API

The emailTemplates API from Vanilla Forums — 4 operation(s) for emailtemplates.

Vanilla Forums Exports API

The Exports API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for exports.

Vanilla Forums Features API

The Features API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for features.

Vanilla Forums Icons API

The Icons API from Vanilla Forums — 6 operation(s) for icons.

Vanilla Forums Job Queue API

The Job Queue API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for job queue.

Vanilla Forums Locales API

The Locales API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for locales.

Vanilla Forums Media API

The Media API from Vanilla Forums — 11 operation(s) for media.

Vanilla Forums Moderation Messages API

The Moderation Messages API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for moderation messages.

Vanilla Forums Notification Preferences API

The Notification Preferences API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for notification preferences.

Vanilla Forums Notifications API

The Notifications API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for notifications.

Vanilla Forums Polls API

The Polls API from Vanilla Forums — 4 operation(s) for polls.

Vanilla Forums Posts API

The Posts API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for posts.

Vanilla Forums Product Messages API

The Product Messages API from Vanilla Forums — 4 operation(s) for product messages.

Vanilla Forums Profile Fields API

The Profile Fields API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for profile fields.

Vanilla Forums Ranks API

The Ranks API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for ranks.

Vanilla Forums Reactions API

The Reactions API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for reactions.

Vanilla Forums Reports & Escalations API

The Reports & Escalations API from Vanilla Forums — 14 operation(s) for reports & escalations.

Vanilla Forums Resources API

The Resources API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for resources.

Vanilla Forums Rich API

The Rich API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for rich.

Vanilla Forums Role Requests API

The Role Requests API from Vanilla Forums — 4 operation(s) for role requests.

Vanilla Forums Roles API

The Roles API from Vanilla Forums — 4 operation(s) for roles.

Vanilla Forums Rules API

The Rules API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for rules.

Vanilla Forums Search API

The Search API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for search.

Vanilla Forums Sessions API

The Sessions API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for sessions.

Vanilla Forums Site Totals API

The Site Totals API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for site totals.

Vanilla Forums Statistics API

The Statistics API from Vanilla Forums — 1 operation(s) for statistics.

Vanilla Forums Statuses (Deprecated) API

The Statuses (Deprecated) API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for statuses (deprecated).

Vanilla Forums Tags API

The Tags API from Vanilla Forums — 4 operation(s) for tags.

Vanilla Forums Theme Assets API

The Theme Assets API from Vanilla Forums — 12 operation(s) for theme assets.

Vanilla Forums Themes API

The Themes API from Vanilla Forums — 5 operation(s) for themes.

Vanilla Forums Tokens API

The Tokens API from Vanilla Forums — 4 operation(s) for tokens.

Vanilla Forums Translations API

The Translations API from Vanilla Forums — 4 operation(s) for translations.

Vanilla Forums User Mentions API

The User Mentions API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for user mentions.

Vanilla Forums User Notes API

The User Notes API from Vanilla Forums — 7 operation(s) for user notes.

Vanilla Forums Users API

The Users API from Vanilla Forums — 16 operation(s) for users.

Vanilla Forums Widgets API

The Widgets API from Vanilla Forums — 2 operation(s) for widgets.

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Open Collections 59

Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons AI Processing Preferences API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons AI Settings API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Analytics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Appeals API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Assets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Audit Logs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Authenticators API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Automation Rules API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Calls API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Categories API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Collections API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Comments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Config API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Conversations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Dashboard API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons DataSource API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Discussion Statuses API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Discussions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Drafts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons email-templates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Emails API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons emailTemplates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Exports API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Features API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Icons API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Job Queue API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Locales API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Media API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Moderation Messages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Notification Preferences API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Notifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Polls API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Posts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Product Messages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Profile Fields API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Ranks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Reactions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Reports & Escalations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Resources API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Rich API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Role Requests API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Roles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Rules API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Sessions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Site Totals API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Statistics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Statuses (Deprecated) API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Tags API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Theme Assets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Themes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Tokens API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Translations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons User Mentions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons User Notes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vanilla Addons Widgets API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Vanilla Forums MCP Server

Higher Logic Vanilla operates an official MCP server ("Vanilla MCP"), announced May 26, 2026. It gives customers a native Model Context Protocol connection between their Vanilla...

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits 1

Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vanilla Forums Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Event Specifications 1

Not every API is request/response. AsyncAPI describes the event-driven and streaming side — the webhooks and channels — so the asynchronous half of the interface is documented the same way the synchronous half is.

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Vanilla Forums Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Vanilla Forums Authentication

http bearer (personal access token)/http bearer (JWT)/apiKey in query (access_token)/apiKey in query (role-token) · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Vanilla Forums Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Every other property we hold for Vanilla Forums — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 Login
Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown
WellKnown
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conventions
Conventions
 Webhooks
Webhooks
 DataModel
DataModel

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap
CapabilityMap
 Overlay
Overlay

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Where this information came from

This is an independent, third-party profile of Vanilla Forums, published by API Evangelist. We do not operate, host, resell, or support these APIs, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the company unless stated above. Everything here is built from publicly available information — the company's own site, developer portal, documentation, public repositories, and the specifications it publishes for public use. Nothing is obtained by breaching a system, defeating an access control, or using credentials.

The Kin Score and Agent Readiness rating are independently calculated assessments of a company's public API artifacts, scored against a published rubric. They are not certifications, endorsements, security assessments, or audits.

Corrections, re-scores, and removal are free — no partnership or purchase required, and you do not need to justify the request. A removed company is recorded as unrated, never scored zero for having asked. Acknowledgement within one business day; removal within two.

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