{ "slug": "pipedream", "name": "Pipedream", "url": "https://pipedream.com", "domain": "pipedream.com", "category": "automation", "category_name": "Automation", "tested_at": "2026-10-06", "run": "20261006T030459Z", "draft": false, "reviewed": true, "owner_verified": null, "origin": "editorial", "history": [ { "run": "20261006T030459Z", "date": "2026-10-06", "level": 4, "engine": { "runner": "omp", "model": "claude-opus-5-5", "driver": 2, "signed": true, "inbox": [ "agentdrives.com" ], "robots": "start" } } ], "level": 4, "level_name": "Runs on its own", "level_selfhost": null, "entry": "self-start", "door": { "passed": 1, "tries": 1, "self_start": true }, "badges": [ "agent-can-leave" ], "stages": [ { "key": "in", "label": "Access", "state": "yes", "text": "Gets in on its own: sign-up in a browser" }, { "key": "work", "label": "Use", "state": "yes", "text": "Work done: 100% of the core" }, { "key": "pay", "label": "Pay", "state": "part", "text": "Reaches the checkout: stopped at the card form", "value": "ready", "route": "card_checkout" }, { "key": "leave", "label": "Leave", "state": "yes", "text": "Leaves on its own: nothing to cancel, deletes its account", "left": "deleted" } ], "outcomes": [ { "key": "find", "label": "Find", "state": "yes", "text": "Docs agents can read: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server", "have": [ "llms_txt", "openapi", "mcp" ] }, { "key": "access", "label": "Access", "state": "yes", "text": "Gets in on its own: sign-up in a browser", "stage": "in" }, { "key": "use", "label": "Use", "state": "yes", "text": "Work done: 100% of the core", "stage": "work" }, { "key": "pay", "label": "Pay", "state": "part", "text": "Reaches the checkout: stopped at the card form", "value": "ready", "route": "card_checkout", "stage": "pay" }, { "key": "leave", "label": "Leave", "state": "yes", "text": "Leaves on its own: nothing to cancel, deletes its account", "left": "deleted", "stage": "leave" } ], "access": [ { "key": "browser_signup", "label": "Sign-up in a browser", "routes": [], "minutes": 10.3, "core": "4/4" } ], "minutes": 10.3, "next": { "to": 5, "text": "Next: pay without a person" }, "stop": null, "core": "4/4", "scores": { "coverage": 83, "reliability": 100, "resilience": null, "setup": 100, "surface_coverage": null, "docs_accuracy": null, "docs_completeness": null }, "parts": { "holds_up": null, "docs_match": null, "setup": 100, "security": null, "standards": [ { "standard": "MCP", "state": "behind", "behind": 4, "value": "2024-11-05" }, { "standard": "MCP discovery", "state": "behind", "behind": null, "value": "legacy" }, { "standard": "OpenAPI", "state": "behind", "behind": 2, "value": "3.0.4" }, { "standard": "A2A", "state": "behind", "behind": 1, "value": "0.3" } ] }, "reliability_method": "first-try", "resilience": null, "stress": [], "surface_audit": null, "coverage_core": 100, "after_wall": null, "coverage_source": "computed", "driver": { "version": 2, "model": "claude-opus-5-5", "profile": "full", "assisted": false, "handoff": null, "prompt_sha": "59d395064c20", "kb_version": "2", "identity": null }, "methodology": 15, "rules_date": "2026-10-15", "engine": { "runner": "omp", "model": "claude-opus-5-5", "driver": 2, "signed": true, "inbox": [ "agentdrives.com" ], "robots": "start" }, "same_level_drives": 1, "drives": 1, "works_assisted": null, "freshness": "fresh", "nothing_to_pay": false, "core_gated": false, "profiles": {}, "agent_check": null, "agent_pass": null, "who_gets_in": { "server": { "state": "in" }, "signed": { "state": "page", "kind": "signup", "at": "2026-10-12" }, "browser": { "state": "in", "measured": false }, "our_key": "pending", "robots": null, "tip": false }, "ladder": { "docs": { "status": "headless", "note": "docs/llms.txt, .md pages, Accept: text/markdown, OpenAPI 3.0.4 at /docs/pipedream_openapi_swagger.json" }, "signup": { "status": "browser", "note": "Web form /auth/signup (email+password), no bot check; Sign Up is a div, clicked by position. pd signup also opens a browser." }, "verify": { "status": "headless", "note": "account usable before verifying" }, "credentials": { "status": "browser", "note": "OAuth client created in web onboarding (docs: Settings > API); user API key from settings page; no documented headless credential path", "via": "" }, "first_call": { "status": "headless", "note": "POST /v1/oauth/token client_credentials, GET /v1/connect/{project}/apps" }, "first_action": { "status": "headless", "note": "POST /tokens + POST /accounts (cfmap_json) connected a key-based app for an external user" }, "pay": { "status": "browser", "grade": "P2", "rails": [ "Stripe Checkout (card)" ], "rail_ids": [ "stripe-checkout" ], "first_party": false, "rail_scope": "none", "trial_path": "free tier", "note": "No 402/x402/MPP/UCP/billing API. Settings > Billing > Upgrade -> Stripe Checkout at payments.pipedream.com (card only, Startup $99/mo billed annually). Not paid." }, "cancel": { "status": "n/a", "grade": "n/a", "note": "Nothing to cancel: our agent used the free plan.", "docs_note": "No plan started; 'Manage Billing' in web UI, not tested", "nothing": "free_plan" }, "delete": { "status": "browser", "note": "Settings > Account > Delete this account; UI got HTTP 500 but account was deleted (API key 401, login 'user not found'). No API/CLI account delete; Connect resources and project deletable by API.", "left": "deleted", "account": true } }, "routes": [], "checkout": null, "docs": null, "claims": null, "pay_options": { "checked": "2026-10-06", "source": "drive", "options": [ { "id": "stripe-checkout", "name": "Stripe Checkout", "kind": "checkout", "first_party": false, "lead": false, "networks": [], "testnet": false } ], "agentic": [], "paid": null, "exercised": null, "detected_grade": null, "trial": { "no_card": null, "card_required": null, "free_plan": true }, "owner_fixes": [ { "title": "Accept x402 or MPP on your API", "how": "Answer an unpaid call with 402 and a payment challenge, so an agent pays per call or buys credits without an account or a card." }, { "title": "List your plans on Stripe Projects", "how": "Agents buy a plan with `stripe projects add`, paid with a token under a spend cap the owner sets (projects.dev)." } ] }, "surfaces": { "api": true, "openapi": true, "cli": true, "sdk": true, "mcp": "official", "llms_txt": true, "webhooks": true, "sandbox": true }, "surface_notes": { "api": "REST Connect API, 51 paths in OpenAPI; JSON errors {error}, not problem+json", "openapi": "3.0.4; RunActionOpts marks configured_props optional but server requires it", "mcp": "official remote MCP, the older 5 Nov 2024 spec, tools per app (9 for pipedream); docs MCP is 28 Jul 2026", "cli": "pd 0.7.0; login opens browser, works headless with API key in config", "sandbox": "development environment is free" }, "can_do": [ "Connect a key-based app account for an end user entirely by API", "Run prebuilt tools for an end user via REST or MCP", "Call an integrated API through the auth proxy without holding the user's key", "Deploy HTTP and schedule triggers and read their events", "Get signed webhooks for trigger events and CONNECTION_SUCCESS", "Register custom OAuth clients and app overrides by API", "Delete connected accounts, end users, triggers and projects by API" ], "cannot_do": [ { "what": "Sign up or get a first credential headless", "why": "web form and web-created OAuth client only; pd login/signup open a browser" }, { "what": "Use File Stash, production tool runs, private tools or email invites on Free", "why": "plan-gated" }, { "what": "Buy a plan without a card", "why": "Stripe Checkout only, no agent payment rail or billing API" }, { "what": "Delete the account headless", "why": "web UI only, and it shows a 500 while succeeding" }, { "what": "List deployed triggers", "why": "GET /deployed-triggers returned total_count 0 for existing triggers" } ], "blockers": [], "tips_for_owner": [ "Let agents get a first credential headless", "Add an account-delete API, fix its 500", "Make deployed-triggers list return triggers", "Move the product MCP server to the 28 Jul 2026 spec", "Use real buttons on sign-up and Connect", "Fix OpenAPI drift, move to 3.1+", "Offer a billing API or agent payment rail", "Publish AI catalog and cards at root" ], "tips_for_agents": [ "Create the OAuth client once in the web app, then use POST /v1/oauth/token and x-pd-environment: development", "Key-based apps connect headless: POST /tokens then POST /accounts with cfmap_json as a JSON string", "Read trigger events by id; the deployed-triggers list came back empty", "Never point the project webhook at an HTTP trigger in the same project: it loops", "Product MCP needs Bearer + x-pd-project-id, x-pd-environment, x-pd-external-user-id, x-pd-app-slug and speaks 2024-11-05", "pd CLI runs headless with api_key and org_id in a config profile" ], "selfhost": { "install": { "status": "skipped", "minutes": 0, "note": "no docker in the drive sandbox (Conduit has self-host/build-from-source docs)" } }, "summary": "Pipedream Connect's core (connected accounts, tool runs via REST and MCP, proxy, triggers, webhooks) worked headless and verified on the free plan once credentials existed. Sign-up and the first OAuth client need the web app, buying a plan needs a card in Stripe Checkout, and account deletion is web-only and showed a 500 while succeeding.", "wall": "Sign-up and first key need a browser; a plan needs a card in Stripe Checkout", "plan_scope": "free plan", "robots_stop": null, "robots": null, "plain": { "summary": "Pipedream Connect lets an app link a user's other accounts and run automated tasks on their behalf. An AI agent could do almost all of the real work itself once it had a login and a key, including connecting accounts, running tools, and getting notified of events. It signed up and got its first API key itself in a browser, and buying a paid plan needs a credit card.", "can_do": [ "Connect a user's third-party account and run tools on it automatically", "Make API calls through the service without ever holding the user's password or key", "Set up automatic notifications (triggers) when something happens in a connected app", "Create and delete accounts and connections entirely through code", "Use a chat-assistant style interface (MCP) to run the same tools" ], "cannot_do": [ { "what": "Sign up or get a first login key without a browser", "why": "only a web sign-up form and web-made key exist" }, { "what": "Use some advanced features like file storage, production mode, private tools, or email invites", "why": "these need a paid plan the free-plan agent could not buy" }, { "what": "Pay for a plan without a credit card", "why": "the only checkout option is a card form" }, { "what": "Delete the account through code", "why": "deletion only works from the website, and it even showed an error page while it worked" } ] }, "plan_gated": [ { "capability": "File Stash", "plan": "paid", "evidence": "actions/run with stash_id: file api 401 'Please upgrade your workspace to use this feature'" }, { "capability": "Production environment", "plan": "Startup", "evidence": "actions/run in production -> 403 'Connect component API not enabled for this organization'" }, { "capability": "custom private tools", "plan": "paid", "evidence": "pd publish ok, run -> 403 'Private component API not enabled for this organization'" }, { "capability": "Team members (email invite)", "plan": "paid", "evidence": "'Email invites are only available on paid plans. Share your workspace's invite link instead.'" } ], "reply": null, "capabilities": [ { "id": "cap-01", "group": "Managed auth", "capability": "Connect a third-party account for an end user", "weight": "core", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "POST /v1/connect/{project_id}/tokens (then OAuth/key flow)", "mcp": null, "cli": "pd connect", "ui": "Connect project > Connect tab" }, "check": "GET /v1/connect/{project_id}/accounts shows the new account with the external_user_id and app", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/quickstart; https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/users" }, { "id": "cap-02", "group": "Tool execution", "capability": "Execute a prebuilt action/tool on a connected account", "weight": "core", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "POST /v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run", "mcp": "e.g. slack-send-message", "cli": null, "ui": "SDK Playground" }, "check": "Response returns the action's exported output (e.g. created Slack message id); re-fetch via the target app's API confirms the effect", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/components/actions; https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/mcp" }, { "id": "cap-03", "group": "Triggers", "capability": "Deploy a trigger to receive events from a third-party app", "weight": "core", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "POST /v1/connect/{project_id}/triggers/deploy", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Connect project > Triggers" }, "check": "GET on the deployed trigger lists it as active; triggering the source event in the third-party app delivers a webhook event", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/components/triggers" }, { "id": "cap-04", "group": "API access", "capability": "Send authenticated requests to any integrated API via the proxy", "weight": "core", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/proxy", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": null }, "check": "Proxy response mirrors the upstream API's response (e.g. Slack chat.postMessage ok:true) without the caller ever holding the user's token", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/api-proxy" }, { "id": "cap-05", "group": "Managed auth", "capability": "Generate a hosted Connect Link to onboard a user without frontend code", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "connect_link_url field on token creation", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Pipedream-hosted connect page" }, "check": "Visiting the link completes the OAuth/key flow and the account then appears in GET /v1/connect/{project_id}/accounts", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/connect-link" }, { "id": "cap-06", "group": "App discovery", "capability": "Search and list available apps/integrations programmatically", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "GET /v1/connect/{project_id}/apps", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "App catalog" }, "check": "Response list includes the queried app (e.g. 'google sheets') with its slug and auth type", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/app-discovery" }, { "id": "cap-07", "group": "Tool execution", "capability": "Retrieve a tool's input/output schema before running it", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "GET /v1/connect/{project_id}/components/{key}", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "SDK Playground" }, "check": "Response returns the component's declared props/configurable fields matching what the run endpoint accepts", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/components/actions" }, { "id": "cap-08", "group": "Managed auth", "capability": "View and delete end users' connected accounts", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "GET/DELETE /v1/connect/{project_id}/accounts", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Connect project > Users tab" }, "check": "After DELETE, GET on the account id returns not found and the user's list no longer includes it", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/users" }, { "id": "cap-09", "group": "Events", "capability": "Receive webhooks for account-connection and trigger events", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "webhook_uri param on Connect token / trigger config", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Project settings > default webhook" }, "check": "Configured endpoint receives a POST with CONNECTION_SUCCESS/CONNECTION_ERROR or a trigger event payload matching the action taken", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/webhooks" }, { "id": "cap-10", "group": "Managed auth", "capability": "Bring your own OAuth app credentials for an integration", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "OAuth client config on the app/project", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Project > Connect > OAuth clients" }, "check": "New connections for that app go through the custom client's authorize URL instead of Pipedream's default client id", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/oauth-clients" }, { "id": "cap-11", "group": "Tool execution", "capability": "Publish custom private tools to a workspace", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "paid", "surfaces": { "api": "GET /v1/connect/{project_id}/components/list includes custom tools", "mcp": null, "cli": "pd publish --connect", "ui": null }, "check": "The published component key appears in the workspace's component list and can be run like a public action", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/components/custom-tools" }, { "id": "cap-12", "group": "Tool execution", "capability": "Sync files from an action run to File Stash via a presigned URL", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": "stashId param on action run; GET stash file URL", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": null }, "check": "Returned presigned URL downloads the file produced in /tmp during the run and is valid for 30 minutes", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/components/files" }, { "id": "cap-13", "group": "Managed auth", "capability": "Pre-configure app-specific fields with App Overrides", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": null, "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Project > Connect > App configuration" }, "check": "A new connection for that app skips the overridden field, pre-filled with the configured value", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/app-overrides" }, { "id": "cap-14", "group": "Project config", "capability": "Run separate development and production environments", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "paid", "surfaces": { "api": "projectEnvironment client param", "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Project environment switch" }, "check": "Requests scoped to 'production' only succeed once the workspace is on a plan with production enabled (Free is development-only per the pricing comparison table)", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/environments; https://pipedream.com/pricing" }, { "id": "cap-15", "group": "Tool execution", "capability": "Explore and test tools interactively in the SDK Playground", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": null, "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "https://pipedream.com/connect/demo" }, "check": "Playground run produces the same output shape as the corresponding actions/run API call", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/connect" }, { "id": "cap-16", "group": "Project config", "capability": "Manage project variables and secrets", "weight": "secondary", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": null, "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Project > Settings > Variables" }, "check": "A saved variable is available to components run under that project and is hidden from the UI after save", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/projects/secrets" }, { "id": "cap-17", "group": "Workspace admin", "capability": "Configure single sign-on (SSO) for a workspace", "weight": "peripheral", "plan": "paid", "surfaces": { "api": null, "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Workspace settings > SSO" }, "check": "Workspace login redirects to the configured IdP (Google Workspace/Okta/SAML) instead of email/password", "source": "https://pipedream.com/docs/workspaces/sso; https://pipedream.com/pricing" }, { "id": "cap-18", "group": "Workspace admin", "capability": "Gate AI-assistant tool access with Conduit workspace access policies", "weight": "peripheral", "plan": "trial", "surfaces": { "api": null, "mcp": "Conduit MCP endpoint", "cli": null, "ui": "Conduit console > Policies" }, "check": "A connector/tool not granted to a user's group is refused when that user's agent calls it through the Conduit endpoint", "source": "https://pipedream.com/conduit" }, { "id": "cap-19", "group": "Workspace admin", "capability": "View audit log and usage analytics for agent tool calls", "weight": "peripheral", "plan": "trial", "surfaces": { "api": null, "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Conduit console > Audit trail / Usage" }, "check": "Every sign-in, policy change, and tool call shows up as a filterable row with its payload", "source": "https://pipedream.com/conduit" }, { "id": "cap-20", "group": "Workspace admin", "capability": "Add unlimited team members to a workspace", "weight": "peripheral", "plan": "free", "surfaces": { "api": null, "mcp": null, "cli": null, "ui": "Workspace settings > Members" }, "check": "Invited member appears in the workspace member list and can access shared projects", "source": "https://pipedream.com/pricing" } ], "attempts": [ { "t": "04:08", "cap": "discovery", "route": "api", "documented": true, "verified": true, "capability": "robots/aipref", "task": "robots.txt and Content-Usage", "result": "done", "evidence": "https://pipedream.com/robots.txt 200 text/plain: user-agent * group with disallows for /admin/*, /@*, /community/...; no Content-Usage or Content-signal lines; no Content-Usage header on docs pages", "notes": "no AI preferences stated" }, { "t": "04:08", "cap": "discovery", "route": "api", "documented": true, "verified": true, "capability": "llms.txt", "task": "llms.txt", "result": "done", "evidence": "https://pipedream.com/llms.txt 200 (app marketplace, 3,223 apps) and https://pipedream.com/docs/llms.txt 200 (docs index with .md links)" }, { "t": "04:08", "cap": "discovery", "route": "api", "documented": true, "verified": true, "capability": "markdown", "task": "Accept: text/markdown and .md URL", "result": "done", "evidence": "GET /docs/connect/mcp with Accept: text/markdown -> 200 content-type text/markdown, vary: rsc, accept-encoding, Accept, User-Agent; /docs/connect/mcp.md -> 200 text/markdown" }, { "t": "04:08", "cap": "discovery", "route": "api", "documented": true, "verified": true, "capability": "cards", "task": "AI catalog / agent card / MCP server card on domain root", "result": "failed", "evidence": "https://pipedream.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json, agent-card.json, agent.json, mcp/server-card.json, oauth-*, ucp, /auth.md, /SKILL.md all 200 text/html SPA soft-404", "notes": "docs subpath has cards: /docs/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json (application/json, docs MCP), /docs/.well-known/agent-card.json (A2A protocolVersion 0.3), /docs/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json; advertised in Link header" }, { "t": "04:08", "cap": "discovery", "route": "api", "documented": true, "verified": true, "capability": "docs MCP", "task": "server/discover on https://pipedream.com/docs/mcp", "result": "done", "evidence": "200 application/json result.supportedVersions [\"2026-07-28\"]; initialize also answers protocolVersion 2025-11-25; serverInfo Pipedream 1.0.0 (Mintlify docs search MCP)" }, { "t": "04:08", "cap": "discovery", "route": "api", "documented": true, "verified": false, "capability": "product MCP", "task": "server/discover on https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3 unauthenticated", "result": "blocked", "evidence": "401 {code:-32001,'Unauthorized. A valid API JWT with project credentials is required.'}; no WWW-Authenticate; mcp.pipedream.net/v2 401 WWW-Authenticate Bearer error=invalid_token (no resource_metadata); PRM https://mcp.pipedream.net/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource 200 JSON, AS https://mcp.pipedream.com metadata has registration_endpoint (DCR), no client_id_metadata_document_supported, code_challenge_methods S256 and plain", "notes": "retry with credentials later" }, { "t": "04:08", "cap": "discovery", "route": "api", "documented": true, "verified": true, "capability": "pay discovery", "task": "x402./mpp./agents. subdomains, /.well-known/ucp, api 402", "result": "done", "evidence": "x402/mpp/agents.pipedream.com: DNS not resolved; /.well-known/ucp SPA soft-404; api.pipedream.com/v1/users/me unauth -> 404 {error:record not found}, no 402" }, { "t": "09:04", "cap": "docs", "capability": "docs", "task": "find docs, API reference, auth docs", "route": "api", "documented": true, "result": "done", "verified": true, "evidence": "docs/llms.txt index, every page as .md; Connect API reference with per-operation pages; authentication.md (client credentials via POST /v1/oauth/token)" }, { "t": "09:04", "cap": "signup", "capability": "signup", "task": "create account with email+password", "route": "browser", "documented": true, "result": "done", "verified": true, "evidence": "https://pipedream.com/auth/signup web form; POST https://api.pipedream.com/auth/password 200 new_user:true user u_r9hjxgO org [redacted]; redirected to connect.pipedream.com/@agentdrives/overview. No CAPTCHA seen. Docs offer only web form or `pd signup` (opens browser).", "notes": "Sign Up control is a
inside no