# Smartsheet: L1 · Needs a person As of 20 Oct 2026, an AI agent can't use Smartsheet on its own: reCAPTCHA picture puzzle on sign-up form. Source: https://agentdrives.com/tools/smartsheet?via=md · driven 20 Oct 2026 by AgentDrives's agent · 2 of 2 drives agree · Rules of 20 Oct 2026 (rules version rules-2026-10-20-24: https://agentdrives.com/method/changelog?via=md#rules-2026-10-20-24) · method release 2026-Q4.9 · category Project management · license CC BY 4.0 **Not audited** Gets in on its own fails here: L1 · Needs a person. Our agent stopped at signup, where the work-email form shows a Google reCAPTCHA picture puzzle after Continue, so no account, token or call was ever made. The docs are agent-ready: llms.txt, every page in Markdown, an OpenAPI spec, and an official MCP server, but both the API and MCP server need a Business plan or higher on top of a person completing signup. Once set up by a person, a key comes from the web UI only; no keyless route exists. Checkout, cancel and delete all sit inside the signed-in web app, so paying and leaving also need a person at each step. _Written and checked by our agents from this drive's record. How we write: https://agentdrives.com/method?via=md#notes_ L1 · Needs a person: There is an API, CLI or MCP server, but an agent can't get in on its own: a person has to sign up, verify or make the key. - Learn: Docs it can act on (llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server) - Access: Can't sign up - Use: Work not reached - Pay: Payment not reached - Leave: Leaving not reached - Next: let an agent sign up on its own ## The drive, checkpoint by checkpoint 1. **Docs**: on its own (20 Oct 2026) 2. **Sign up**: needs a person (20 Oct 2026) 3. **Verify**: not reached 4. **Key**: not reached 5. **First call**: not reached 6. **First action**: not reached 7. **Pay**: not reached 8. **Cancel**: not reached 9. **Delete**: not reached Where it stopped: **Sign up** (20 Oct 2026). A picture-puzzle CAPTCHA appears on the sign-up form. ## How an agent gets in None of the 7 ways in worked without a person. It stopped at sign up, in the drive of 20 Oct 2026. The other ways in, as our agent tried them: - Email and password: Stopped by a CAPTCHA - Continue with Google: Not tried: a step our agent doesn't take - Sign-in for apps (OAuth, MCP): Not tried: the same as another way - Continue with Microsoft: Not tried: a step our agent doesn't take - Continue with Apple: Not tried: a step our agent doesn't take - Company single sign-on: Not tried: needs a person's account - Added by an admin: Not tried: needs a person's account ## Two kinds of agent - An assistant in a browser (like ChatGPT agent or Claude on a computer): Signing up needs a person: a reCAPTCHA blocks the sign-up. - An agent talking to it directly (API, MCP, agent payments): Signing up needs a person: a reCAPTCHA blocks the sign-up. ## Who gets in - Agents on a server: Stopped by a CAPTCHA on the sign-up form. - Signed agents: Not checked: its robots.txt asks crawlers to stay off the sign-up page. - Agents in a person's browser: Needs a person. Sign-up page checked 20 Oct 2026. Signed agents: the ones Cloudflare verifies. ## What an agent can do Our agent didn't get in, so none of the 10 core capabilities was tried, in the drive of 20 Oct 2026. | Capability | Result | API | MCP | CLI | UI | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Create a sheet or project | Not tried | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not tried | | Create a row (task) | Not tried | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not tried | | Update a row's cells or status | Not tried | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not tried | | Set dependencies between rows | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Create a Gantt, board, or calendar view | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Build a dashboard of work data | Not tried | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not tried | | Build a report consolidating multiple sheets | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Build an automation workflow | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Ask the built-in AI assistant about your work | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Enrich sheet data automatically with AI columns | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | Other capabilities: 0 of 23 done. | Capability | Result | API | MCP | CLI | UI | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Create a form to collect row data | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Add conditional logic to a form | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Attach a file to a row, sheet, or comment | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Comment on a row via conversations | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Track team workload and availability | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Group projects into a portfolio | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Proof a file with annotations and approvals | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Publish or share a sheet, report, or dashboard | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Start a sheet or project from a template | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Set a reminder or alert on a row | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Export a sheet or report to a file | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Search or filter rows in a sheet | Not tried | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not tried | | Set a custom column/field on a sheet | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Generate a dashboard from a natural-language description | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Request an approval on a document or row | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Enter cell/column formulas and cross-sheet links | Not tried | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Generate a custom PDF document from sheet data | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Explore what-if scenarios with Scenario Planning | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Configure SAML-based SSO | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Provision and sync users via directory integration | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Set custom colors and logo branding | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Read the activity/audit log | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | | Connect a third-party app (Jira, Salesforce, Power BI, etc.) | Not tried | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not tried | What it can't, and why: - Create an account: A visible reCAPTCHA v2 picture puzzle on the trial sign-up form - Get an API token: Tokens are made only in the web UI of an account, and the API needs a Business or Enterprise plan - Any sheet, row, report, dashboard or automation work: Behind the account ## Smartsheet, drive by drive The same level in both drives. | Drive | Level | Stopped at | Agent | |---|---|---|---| | 20 Oct 2026 | L1 | Sign up | Version 4 | | 20 Oct 2026 | L1 | Sign up | Version 4 | Every drive and move as data: https://agentdrives.com/api/tools/smartsheet/changes.json ## How an agent connects - **MCP server**: yes. Official server. remote server, OAuth (pre-registered clients) or API token; Business plan and up · id srf_01m5c0z63376wbpm5nahv1tkrw - **API**: yes. REST 2.0, 187 operations; Business and Enterprise plans only · id srf_01m5c0z633vjjb1h0ys8dkbp41 - **OpenAPI**: yes. 3.0.3 at developers.smartsheet.com/_spec/api/smartsheet/openapi.yaml; no POST for automation rules or dashboards - **CLI**: none found - **SDK**: yes · id srf_01m5c0z633pzfksdz8m1df320g - **Agent payments**: none found - **llms.txt**: yes ## Does Smartsheet have an MCP server, and can an agent connect to it? Yes. Smartsheet has an official MCP server. The server is hosted and signs an agent in with OAuth. A new agent can't get in on its own: in the drive of 20 Oct 2026, our agent stopped at sign up (it needs a person). ## How does an AI agent get a Smartsheet API key? Not reached: in the drive of 20 Oct 2026, sign-up stopped our agent first (it needs a person). Not reached. Docs: API tokens are generated in the Smartsheet UI only; the API and MCP server need a Business or Enterprise plan. ## Paying the agent way Payment not reached. The checkout: The checkout wasn't reached: Pro, $12 a month. No card needed to start. What would let agents pay on their own: - Accept x402 or MPP on your API: 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. - List your plans on Stripe Projects: Agents buy a plan with `stripe projects add`, paid with a token under a spend cap the owner sets (projects.dev). Ways to pay checked 20 Oct 2026. Is this your product? Claim it free to reply next to the result and see how many things this drive found to fix. An Audit Drive ($499) gives you your fix list with how to make each fix, the whole drive here for 12 months, and new drives after your fixes: https://agentdrives.com/pricing?via=md#audit. Fixed something? Tell us in your account and our agent drives it again for free, up to twice a year. ## Behind the level - Agent-ready setup: llms.txt found, OpenAPI found, MCP server found, CLI not found - Not measured in this drive: Holds up, Docs match ## The docs 600 of 1,216 pages read. Complete. - A getting-started page - An auth page - Errors listed with their codes - Code examples on some pages - Newest page updated 14 Sep 2026 - A page for 9 of 10 core tasks ## Smartsheet in Project management Not ranked in Project management: our agent couldn't get in on its own. 4 products are ranked. 4 of the 15 products we drove in Project management are higher; 10 others share L1. As of 22 Oct 2026. Products by level: L0 0, L1 11, L2 0, L3 0, L4 4, L5 0. Also stopped at sign up: - [Asana](https://agentdrives.com/tools/asana.md?via=md): L1 · Needs a person, driven 17 Oct 2026 - [Basecamp](https://agentdrives.com/tools/basecamp.md?via=md): L1 · Needs a person, driven 22 Oct 2026 - [ClickUp](https://agentdrives.com/tools/clickup.md?via=md): L1 · Needs a person, driven 16 Oct 2026 - [GitHub](https://agentdrives.com/tools/github.md?via=md): L1 · Needs a person, driven 20 Oct 2026 - [GitLab](https://agentdrives.com/tools/gitlab.md?via=md): L1 · Needs a person, driven 19 Oct 2026 - [Jira](https://agentdrives.com/tools/atlassian.md?via=md): L1 · Needs a person, driven 14 Oct 2026 All of Project management, by level: https://agentdrives.com/categories/project-management?via=md ## Tips for agent builders - The docs are agent-friendly: every page has a .md version and both llms.txt files list them. - The OpenAPI file is at developers.smartsheet.com/_spec/api/smartsheet/openapi.yaml, not openapi.json. - Use the regional hosts (api.smartsheet.eu, mcp.smartsheet.eu) for EU accounts: tokens are per region. - Have a person create the account and the API token; the API and MCP server need a Business plan or higher. ## As data - JSON: https://agentdrives.com/api/tools/smartsheet.json?via=md - Markdown: https://agentdrives.com/tools/smartsheet.md?via=md - Changes: https://agentdrives.com/api/tools/smartsheet/changes.json - Stable id: prd_01m57vgthc5k8xzzceyztdzd11 (https://agentdrives.com/id/prd_01m57vgthc5k8xzzceyztdzd11) - MCP: get_tool {"slug":"smartsheet"}