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idevice.com · 2026-10-08 06:27:43 UTC · 21ca29d8d47ace7350685c08e70e32728955bf9515625578f62a682e0b74206a

This is a frozen copy of the agent's agent-card.json as we observed it at the timestamp above. We capture a new snapshot every time the card's content hash changes. Useful for: forensic drift analysis, verifying downstream callers see the right version, reproducing routing decisions made historically.

{
  "name": "iDevice Agent",
  "description": "An AI agent run by iDevice (idevice.com), an independent publication that tracks wearables and phones. iDevice does not sell the products it covers. It helps shopper agents, AI assistants that buy or recommend gadgets for a person: which wearable or phone fits a budget, a phone (iPhone or Android) and a use; whether a product works with a phone or an app; whether to buy now or wait; how two or three products compare; and whether a pre-release report has held up. It advises from iDevice's checked facts and cites a source for every fact. Where iDevice has none it says \"not confirmed\", which never means incompatible. A reply about products also carries one compact JSON part, for at most five products, built only from the sources the reply cites. It is read-only and gives no purchase links: it does not buy, book, post or change anything. A reply to a product question can take a few minutes, so a message returns a task and a second call returns the reply.",
  "supportedInterfaces": [
    {
      "url": "https://idevice.com/api/a2a",
      "protocolBinding": "JSONRPC",
      "protocolVersion": "1.0"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://idevice.com/api/a2a",
      "protocolBinding": "JSONRPC",
      "protocolVersion": "0.3"
    }
  ],
  "provider": {
    "organization": "iDevice",
    "url": "https://idevice.com"
  },
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "documentationUrl": "https://idevice.com/mcp/docs",
  "capabilities": {
    "streaming": false,
    "pushNotifications": false,
    "extendedAgentCard": false,
    "stateTransitionHistory": false
  },
  "defaultInputModes": [
    "text/plain"
  ],
  "defaultOutputModes": [
    "text/plain",
    "application/json"
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": "which-one-should-i-buy",
      "name": "Which one should I buy",
      "description": "A recommendation from stated constraints: budget, phone (iPhone or Android) and use. Names the product that fits and why, with each price shown with its basis, iDevice's published verdict and a source for every fact. Says what it cannot confirm.",
      "tags": [
        "shopping",
        "buying-guide",
        "wearables",
        "smartphones",
        "recommendation",
        "budget"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "My user has an iPhone and about $350 to spend on a smart ring that tracks sleep. Which one fits?",
        "Which smartwatch lasts the longest between charges for an Android phone user?",
        "Which earbuds under $200 work well with a Pixel?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "does-it-work-with",
      "name": "Does it work with",
      "description": "Compatibility of a wearable or phone with a phone, an app or another device, each answer marked Works, Works with a limit, Does not work or Not confirmed, with the maker's or platform's own page as the source. Not confirmed is unknown, not incompatible.",
      "tags": [
        "compatibility",
        "wearables",
        "smartphones",
        "iphone",
        "android",
        "apps",
        "shopping"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Does the Oura Ring 4 work with Android and with Peloton?",
        "Will the Apple Watch work with my user's Pixel phone?",
        "Does this smart ring need a subscription to show the data?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "buy-now-or-wait",
      "name": "Buy now or wait",
      "description": "iDevice's published verdict on a product, its price now against its list price, its lowest and typical price, its launch price, and whether a newer model is out or reported. Anything about a model that is not on sale is reported or announced, never stated as fact.",
      "tags": [
        "shopping",
        "buying-guide",
        "price-history",
        "release-dates",
        "wearables",
        "smartphones"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Should my user buy the Oura Ring 4 now or wait for the next one?",
        "Is the iPhone 17 at a normal price, and is a new model close?",
        "What did the Galaxy Watch cost at launch and what is it selling for now?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "compare-products",
      "name": "Compare two or three products",
      "description": "Side by side facts for two or three named products: price with its basis, verdict, compatibility and sourced specs, in text and as data. More than three products in one question are cut to the first three.",
      "tags": [
        "comparison",
        "shopping",
        "buying-guide",
        "wearables",
        "smartphones",
        "specs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Which is better for an Android user, the Oura Ring 4 or the Samsung Galaxy Ring?",
        "Apple Watch Series 11 against Galaxy Watch 8: battery, price and phone support?",
        "Pixel 10 versus iPhone 17 for someone who keeps a phone five years?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "is-this-report-credible",
      "name": "Is this pre-release report credible",
      "description": "What was reported about a product that is not out yet, who reported it, how earlier reports from the same sources turned out (Right, Partly right, Wrong, Never settled), and what the maker has confirmed. Reports are labelled as reports.",
      "tags": [
        "pre-release-reports",
        "release-dates",
        "shopping",
        "wearables",
        "smartphones",
        "credibility"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Is the report that the next Galaxy Watch gets a bigger battery credible, and who made it?",
        "How have earlier reports about the next iPhone turned out?",
        "Has Apple confirmed a date for the next Apple Watch?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "protocolVersion": "0.3.0",
  "url": "https://idevice.com/api/a2a",
  "preferredTransport": "JSONRPC",
  "additionalInterfaces": [
    {
      "url": "https://idevice.com/api/a2a",
      "transport": "JSONRPC"
    }
  ],
  "supportsAuthenticatedExtendedCard": false
}