--- title: "Strapi: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist" description: "Strapi, a content management system: 1 of 5 checklist rows read are met by default, with 6 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do." canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/strapi site: "Agent Ready Checklist" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # Strapi: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist > Strapi, a content management system: 1 of 5 checklist rows read are met by default, with 6 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/strapi Site: Agent Ready Checklist Last reviewed: 2026-11-05 Agent endpoints: https://agentreadychecklist.com/llms.txt (index), https://agentreadychecklist.com/openapi.json (API), https://agentreadychecklist.com/mcp (MCP server), https://agentreadychecklist.com/ask (search) Access: https://agentreadychecklist.com/auth.md (no key). Pricing: https://agentreadychecklist.com/pricing.md (free). # Strapi Strapi is an open-source headless Node.js CMS that delivers content over REST and GraphQL APIs, so pages, crawl files and sitemaps belong to whichever front end a team builds. The MCP server became generally available in v5.49.0 and exposes content types as tools, which meets AR-ACT-03. Cloud plans start at USD 35 a project a month. ## At a glance Type [CMS](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/cms/) Homepage [strapi.io](https://strapi.io), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Checklist rows 5 of 31 read: **1** supported, 0 partial, 4 no statement In the crawl 1 of 5,897 home pages counted on 2026-11-04. Counted from the crawl's headers and generator tags, an undercount for hosted builders. Last read 2026-11-05 ## What it does for this layer - Strapi's newest GitHub release is v5.61.0 of 2026-11-04, twelve minor versions after the MCP server reached general availability in v5.49.0. primary source, 2026-11-04: [api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/releases/latest](https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/releases/latest), read 2026-11-05 - Strapi announced that its MCP server is generally available in v5.49.0, exposing content types as agent-callable tools scoped by an Admin token. primary source: [strapi.io/blog](https://strapi.io/blog), read 2026-11-05 - Strapi describes its MCP server as "Stable, secure, free, self-hosted". vendor claim: [strapi.io/blog](https://strapi.io/blog), read 2026-11-05 - Strapi's repository dates back to 2015-09-30 and showed 73,435 stars on 2026-11-05. observed: [api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi](https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi), read 2026-11-05 - Strapi Cloud is priced per project per month, with yearly billing that saves "up to 17%". primary source: [strapi.io/pricing-cloud](https://strapi.io/pricing-cloud), read 2026-11-05 - The Strapi blog headline on 2026-11-05 read "Strapi MCP is now Generally Available - let your agents manage your Strapi content". observed: [strapi.io/blog](https://strapi.io/blog), read 2026-11-05 ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Strapi Community Edition | Self-hosted open-source headless CMS. | Free, open source; MIT licence; strapi.io/pricing-self-hosted | 2026-11-05 | | Strapi Cloud | Managed Strapi hosting priced per project per month. | From USD 35 per project per month: Starter 35, Pro 90, Business 450; strapi.io/pricing-cloud | 2026-11-05 | ## Standards | Row | What it asks | Status | What the vendor's pages say | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AR-FIND-03 | Sitemap listed in robots.txt | no statement | Sitemaps are the front end's job on a headless setup. | none | | AR-READ-01 | Answer in the initial HTML | no statement | Strapi is headless; the front-end framework decides initial HTML. | none | | AR-READ-07 | Ship llms.txt | no statement | No llms.txt feature was found. | none | | AR-ACT-02 | OpenAPI contract | no statement | OpenAPI output was not covered by the pages read. | none | | AR-ACT-03 | MCP over Streamable HTTP | supports | The MCP server is GA in v5.49.0 and exposes content types as tools. | strapi.io/blog | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare scan of strapi.io | 20 of 100, band L1 Basic Web Presence | 2026-11-05 | isitagentready.com | | Home pages counted in the crawl | 1 of 5,897; Counted from the shared crawl of 2026-11-04 by generator meta tag in the home page HTML; the generator rule only sees tags whose name attribute comes first, so it undercounts | 2026-11-04 | agentreadychecklist.com/data/ | ## What it does not do - Strapi does not render the public website; a separate front end builds the HTML, robots.txt and sitemap. - Strapi's MCP server lets agents manage content in the CMS, not browse the published site. ## Reading notes Strapi Cloud amounts are the prices printed on the Strapi Cloud pricing page on 2026-11-05. ## Related pages on this site Same type [CMSs](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/cms/), [all vendors](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/) ## Sources - [strapi.io](https://strapi.io)read 2026-11-05 - [api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/releases/latest](https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/releases/latest)read 2026-11-05 - [strapi.io/blog](https://strapi.io/blog)read 2026-11-05 - [api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi](https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi)read 2026-11-05 - [strapi.io/pricing-cloud](https://strapi.io/pricing-cloud)read 2026-11-05 - [strapi.io/pricing-self-hosted](https://strapi.io/pricing-self-hosted)read 2026-11-05 - [isitagentready.com](https://isitagentready.com/)read 2026-11-05 - [agentreadychecklist.com/data/](https://agentreadychecklist.com/data/)read 2026-11-04 Edition Data 2026-11-04 Reviewed 2026-11-05 Spec AgentReady v2.0, 273d2d7 Crawl 13,071 rows, 2026-11-04 Ora 132 checks, contract 1.38.0, 2026-11-05 Verify with Ora The scanner this site recommends for the whole checklist. 132 checks, a score out of 100, no account. `npx ax@0.10 audit --min-score ` [Why Ora, and its limits](https://agentreadychecklist.com/verify-with-ora/) Method - [How rows, commands and rates are made](https://agentreadychecklist.com/method/) - [How an Ora check is matched to a row](https://agentreadychecklist.com/checklist/ora-checks/) - [Pass rates by rank band](https://agentreadychecklist.com/data/by-rank/) Sources and read dates sit at the foot of the page. Last reviewed 2026-11-05. AgentReady v2.0, read 2026-11-04.