# Zaira Labs

> Zaira Labs evaluates developer tools for AI agents. We publish the Zaira Guide (structured tool-selection intelligence) and the Zaira Standard (an agent-readiness evaluation framework).

Last updated: 2026-07-20
Current standard version: v0.9

## Products

- Zaira Guide: structured decision data for developer tools (use_when, avoid_when, alternatives, Zaira Score). Browsable catalog served under /guide/.
- Zaira Standard: evaluation specification, v0.9, 71 criteria across 12 modules.
- Zaira Score: quantitative evaluation of a tool against the Zaira Standard.
- Zaira Certified: formal certification, two tiers (Agent Ready, Agent Native).
- building-for-agents: free Agent Skill (Apache-2.0) that applies the standard's guidance inside a tool team's repo. Source: https://github.com/ZairaLabs/Skills

## Marketing site (apex)

- Home: https://zairalabs.ai/
- About the Guide: https://zairalabs.ai/about-the-guide/
- Standard (overview): https://zairalabs.ai/standard/
- Standard v0.9 (full spec): https://zairalabs.ai/standard/v0.9/
- Best Practices Guide: https://zairalabs.ai/standard/best-practices/
- Zaira Certified: https://zairalabs.ai/certified/
- Developers (API + MCP setup): https://zairalabs.ai/developers/
- Log (news, updates, and research): https://zairalabs.ai/log/
- Log RSS feed: https://zairalabs.ai/rss.xml

## The Zaira Guide (/guide/ subfolder)

The Zaira Guide is the agent-facing product: a catalog of evaluated developer tools served under https://zairalabs.ai/guide/. It has its own richer, auto-generated llms.txt that lists every tool.

- Catalog: https://zairalabs.ai/guide/
- Guide llms.txt (full tool listing): https://zairalabs.ai/guide/llms.txt
- REST API: https://zairalabs.ai/guide/api/v1/
- MCP server: https://zairalabs.ai/guide/mcp
- OpenAPI spec (authoritative for endpoints): https://zairalabs.ai/guide/api/v1/openapi.json
- ARD capability manifest (Agentic Resource Discovery): https://zairalabs.ai/.well-known/ai-catalog.json
- ARD Registry (tools publishing ARD catalogs): https://zairalabs.ai/guide/ard-registry/

### REST API endpoints (under /guide/api/v1)

- GET /tools — search and filter tools
- GET /tools/{slug} — full entry for one tool
- GET /tools/{slug}/alternatives — comparable tools to route to
- GET /compare?tools=a,b — side-by-side comparison
- GET /categories — list categories
- GET /search?q= — full-text search
- GET /health — API status
- GET /versions — standard versions

Response formats: JSON (default), Markdown-KV (tool detail), CSV (tool lists).

### MCP tools (https://zairalabs.ai/guide/mcp)

- zaira_search_tools — find tools matching constraints
- zaira_get_tool — full detail for a known tool slug
- zaira_compare_tools — side-by-side comparison of 2-3 tools
- zaira_list_categories — list available categories
- zaira_get_docs — retrieve tool documentation

## Contact

team@zairalabs.ai