# Appwrite L1 · Needs a person Appwrite is a backend service for apps. **Can an AI agent use Appwrite? No, its robots.txt says no.** Appwrite's robots.txt disallows AI agents on sign-up, so our agent didn't sign up on its own. Category: Databases · Connects by: MCP, API, CLI, SDK · Agent payments: None found · Driven: 27 Oct 2026 **How to connect** - MCP server URL: `https://mcp.appwrite.io/mcp` (streamable HTTP, documented). Source: https://mcp.appwrite.io/mcp - API base URL: `https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1` (documented). Source: https://appwrite.io/openapi.json - CLI install: `npm install -g appwrite-cli` (documented). Source: https://appwrite.io/docs/tooling/command-line/installation - Docs page: `https://appwrite.io/docs` (tested in our drive). Source: https://appwrite.io/docs **Level 1: Needs a person.** Agents can't get in on their own. - Got in by: A person sets it up (Not on its own in its drive) - Got as far as: Sign up (Use, Pay and Leave not reached) - To reach L2: Let an agent sign up on its own. 1 drive, awaiting confirmation [What the levels mean](https://agentdrives.com/method/levels?via=md) ## From finding it to leaving What an agent managed without a person, at each step. 1. **Find**: On its own. Docs it can act on: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server. 588 doc pages read. 2. **Get in**: Stopped. Can't sign up. Robots.txt closes sign-up and sign-in to AI agents; no sign-up API. Stopped here. 3. **Use**: Not reached. Tasks need an account. 4. **Pay**: Not reached. Buying needs an account. 5. **Leave**: On its own. Nothing to cancel, deletes its account. ## Getting in None of the 3 ways in got our agent in on its own; one got partway. Where it stopped: **CLI code login**. Robots.txt closes sign-up and sign-in to AI agents; no sign-up API. - Both kinds of agent (On a server, or in its own browser): No. Stops at sign-up: its robots.txt disallows AI agents there. - Signed agent (Known to Cloudflare): Yes. The sign-up page opens. | Way in | What happened | |---|---| | Runs locally, no account | Partway | | CLI code login | Stopped: The consent page needs an account | | A key from a person | Not tried: Needs a person's account | - Crawlers: **robots.txt disallows AI agents on sign-up.** To let agents sign up, remove the rule that names them. ## What an agent can do with Appwrite No task was tried: our agent couldn't get into Appwrite. Core tasks Appwrite offers an agent: - Create a table or collection (API, MCP, CLI) - Create or update a row/document (API, MCP, CLI) - Query rows with filters (API, MCP, CLI) - Deploy a serverless function (API, MCP, CLI) - Authenticate an app's end users (email, OAuth, OTP) (API, MCP, CLI) - Upload a file (API, MCP, CLI) - Create a storage bucket (API, MCP, CLI) - Deploy a site from Git (API, MCP, CLI) What it can't do, and why: - Buy a plan: Checkout is in the console behind sign-in; cards only. - Deploy functions or sites on the self-hosted copy here: They need Docker. 27 more tasks it offers: - Add or change a table/collection column (API, MCP, CLI) - Delete a row/document (API, MCP, CLI) - Set row/document-level permissions (API, MCP, CLI) - Run a full-text or vector search (API, MCP, CLI) - Add a read replica to a database (API) - Back up a database (API) - Create a database trigger (event-driven function) (API, MCP, CLI) - Schedule a cron job (scheduled function) (API, MCP, CLI) - Invoke a function (API, MCP, CLI) - Read function execution logs (API, MCP, CLI) - Transform an image on request (API, MCP) - Create an expiring shared file link (API, MCP) - Delete a file (API, MCP) - Subscribe to live data changes (API) - Configure sign-in methods (OAuth2, magic URL, OTP, phone) (API, MCP, CLI) - Create a user group / team (API, MCP, CLI) - Send an email, SMS, or push message (API, MCP, CLI) - Register a webhook (API, CLI) - Enable two-factor authentication (API, MCP) - Query the Appwrite API via GraphQL (API) - Create an API key (API, CLI) - Connect a custom domain (API) - Set a member's role or permissions (API, MCP) - Read the audit log (API) - Set firewall and rate-limit rules (Web app) - Read usage and quotas (API) - Download invoices (Web app) ### Self-hosted edition L3 · Does the work. Appwrite also ships an edition you run yourself. Our agent installed it on its own server in about 8 minutes and drove it the same way, doing 75% of the core work. ## How an agent connects MCP, API, OpenAPI, CLI, SDK and llms.txt found. Agent surfaces: API tested · MCP tested · CLI tested · SDK tested · Docs tested · Agent payments none found. Issues found: 1. - **MCP server**: 3 tested. Official server. Hosted server (OAuth) with 4 tools when driven in docs; local stdio server 1.0.27 with 3 tools. https://mcp.appwrite.io/mcp In the MCP registry as `io.github.appwrite/mcp`. (5 tools across its docs) 5 tools listed without signing in on 31 Oct 2026: `appwrite_get_context`, `appwrite_search_tools`, `appwrite_call_tool`, `appwrite_call_write_tool`, `appwrite_search_docs`. - **API**: 538 tested. REST, 1100 operations in the published spec (2.6.2), plus GraphQL. (1,100 operations across its docs) - **OpenAPI**: Yes. 3.0.0, published on GitHub (appwrite/specs); no per-operation error responses. - **CLI**: 556 tested. appwrite-cli 28.9.0, device-code login. (883 commands across its docs) - **SDK**: 171 tested. node-appwrite 31.0.0, appwrite (web) 29.1.0. Packages: npm [appwrite](https://www.npmjs.com/package/appwrite), npm [@appwrite.io/react](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@appwrite.io/react), npm [react-native-appwrite](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-appwrite). (236 methods across its docs) - **llms.txt**: Yes. https://appwrite.io/llms.txt - **Agent payments**: None found. The checkout wasn't reached: Pro, $25 a month. - **Docs**: Some gaps. Covers getting started, auth, error codes and code examples. https://appwrite.io/docs (588 of 737 pages read) [The standards](https://agentdrives.com/standard) ## Tips for agent builders - Appwrite Cloud is closed to agent sign-up by robots.txt; for your own copy, run the self-hosted edition (appwrite/appwrite image) and create the console account with POST /v1/account using project console - On self-hosted, use the local MCP server: pip/uvx mcp-server-appwrite with APPWRITE_ENDPOINT, APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID and APPWRITE_API_KEY; it speaks MCP 2026-07-28 over stdio - With the MCP server, call appwrite_search_tools first to get the hidden tool name, then appwrite_call_tool with confirm_write true for writes - Use custom row ids instead of ID.unique when you may retry: a repeat then returns 409 row_already_exists instead of a duplicate - Columns and indexes are created asynchronously (202, status processing): poll the columns list until status is available before writing rows - In CLI 28.9.0 use `appwrite client --endpoint --project-id --key` for browser-free work and `push tables|buckets --all --force`; there is no `deploy` command ## How Appwrite compares In Databases: 9 of the 15 products we drove in Databases are higher; 5 others share L1. - [Prisma Postgres](https://agentdrives.com/tools/prisma.md?via=md): L4, Gets in on its own - [Upstash](https://agentdrives.com/tools/upstash.md?via=md): L4, Gets in on its own - [Airtable](https://agentdrives.com/tools/airtable.md?via=md): L4, Gets in on its own - [Convex](https://agentdrives.com/tools/convex.md?via=md): L4, Gets in on its own - [NocoDB](https://agentdrives.com/tools/nocodb.md?via=md): L4, Gets in on its own - [Couchbase](https://agentdrives.com/tools/couchbase.md?via=md): L4, Gets in on its own - [Firebase](https://agentdrives.com/tools/firebase-google.md?via=md): L3, Gets in on its own - **Appwrite** (this page): L1, Can't sign up on its own [All 15 in Databases](https://agentdrives.com/categories/databases?via=md) Sorted by level, then work done, then time to the first call. [How we rank](https://agentdrives.com/method?via=md#order) On our standard (19 criteria: against other databases products where we measured 5 or more, otherwise against every product we measured): - [Docs an agent can navigate](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-11): **Ahead of most** 10 of 11 others (databases products) lower, 1 the same. - [Spend an agent can see and cap](https://agentdrives.com/standard#pay-05): **Ahead of most** 10 of 12 others (databases products) lower, 2 the same. - [A path written for agents](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-10): **Ahead of most** 8 of 11 others (databases products) lower, 3 the same. - [Export before leaving](https://agentdrives.com/standard#leave-03): **Ahead of most** 7 of 11 others (databases products) lower, 4 the same. - [Answers sized for an agent](https://agentdrives.com/standard#api-04): **Ahead of most** 5 of 9 others (databases products) lower, 4 the same. - [Sign-in for agents acting for a person](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-08): **Level with most** 7 of 11 others (databases products) the same, 4 lower. - [The best way in is built for agents](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-12): **Level with most** 9 of 12 others (databases products) the same, 3 lower. - [Versions an agent can pin](https://agentdrives.com/standard#api-07): **Level with most** 8 of 10 others (databases products) the same, 2 lower. - [Prices an agent can read](https://agentdrives.com/standard#find-06): **The same as all** 9 others (databases products). - [Real status codes](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-01): **The same as all** 11 others (databases products). - [Errors say what to do next](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-03): **Level with most** 9 of 11 others (databases products) the same, 1 lower, 1 higher. - [WebMCP tools on the web app](https://agentdrives.com/standard#proto-02): **The same as all** 7 others (databases products). - [Payments safe to retry, with a receipt](https://agentdrives.com/standard#pay-04): **Level with most** 13 of 23 others (every product) the same, 4 lower, 6 higher. - [Pages fit one fetch](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-08): **Level with most** 9 of 11 others (databases products) the same, 2 higher. - [Errors a program can read](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-02): **Level with most** 6 of 11 others (databases products) the same, 1 lower, 4 higher. - [One way to page through lists](https://agentdrives.com/standard#api-03): **Level with most** 7 of 10 others (databases products) the same, 3 higher. - [All validation problems at once](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-04): **Level with most** 23 of 35 others (every product) the same, 12 higher. - [A request id on every answer](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-07): **Behind most** 4 of 7 others (databases products) higher, 3 the same. - [Every way in works for an agent](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-11): **Behind most** 11 of 12 others (databases products) higher, 1 the same. [How each criterion is graded](https://agentdrives.com/standard) ## For the team behind Appwrite **9 things to fix for agents.** Agent blockers: 1 found. Safety review: 2 issues found. Agents get stuck at Get in. Prove Appwrite is yours, then see where each issue is, read your safety findings and ask for a free drive after a fix. How to fix each one comes with the Audit. - Find: Clear - Get in: Blocks agents - Use: Not reached - Pay: Not reached - Leave: Clear [Claim Appwrite, free](https://agentdrives.com/app/products?add=appwrite.io&ref=listing) · [What a drive covers](https://agentdrives.com/method?via=md) ## Where Appwrite fits - Category: [Data and storage](https://agentdrives.com/categories/data?via=md), [Databases](https://agentdrives.com/categories/databases?via=md) - Standards: [MCP](https://agentdrives.com/standards/mcp) (tools an agent can call), [OpenAPI](https://agentdrives.com/standards/openapi) (its API, described), [llms.txt](https://agentdrives.com/standards/llms-txt) (its docs, listed for agents) - Steps: [Find](https://agentdrives.com/access/find), [Get in](https://agentdrives.com/access/get-in) (stopped here), [Use](https://agentdrives.com/access/use), [Pay](https://agentdrives.com/access/pay), [Leave](https://agentdrives.com/access/leave) - Rivals: [Baserow](https://agentdrives.com/tools/baserow?via=md) (L1), [CockroachDB](https://agentdrives.com/tools/cockroachlabs?via=md) (L1), [MongoDB Atlas](https://agentdrives.com/tools/mongodb?via=md) (L1) ## Cited in 2 articles - [CLI for AI agents: 11 of 14 databases have one](https://agentdrives.com/research/which-kinds-of-software-give-ai-agents-a-cli-or-mcp-server?via=md) - [Best databases for AI agents: 13 driven, ranked](https://agentdrives.com/research/best-databases-for-ai-agents?via=md) Data: [JSON](https://agentdrives.com/api/tools/appwrite.json?via=md) · [Markdown](https://agentdrives.com/tools/appwrite.md?via=md) · [History](https://agentdrives.com/tools/appwrite/history?via=md) · [Atom](https://agentdrives.com/feeds/tools/appwrite.atom) · [JSON Feed](https://agentdrives.com/feeds/tools/appwrite.json) · licence [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) **Found an error?** [Tell us on this page](https://agentdrives.com/tools/appwrite?via=md#correct) or read [how corrections work](https://agentdrives.com/corrections?via=md).