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See what an agent can do with Marqeta before you ever sign up. Pick a story: recorded sessions replay real probe-harness transcripts; commands tagged live-capable can re-run against the real endpoint from our edge, right now (▶ run live — the exact same request, live and recorded lines always labeled); sandboxed self-drive sessions are designed and gated (docs/TRY-IT.md).

$curl -si https://sandbox-api.marqeta.com/v3/cards | head -3 # self-serve sandbox, keyless → 401recorded session — replayed, not live
recorded 2026-09-15 · exit 0 · captured verbatim by our probe harness, secrets redacted · pure-HTTP probe — ▶ run live re-runs it from our edge

Verified integrations

No integration evidence found in our corpus for this product yet — that means none was found, never that it doesn’t integrate.

By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

34.5/100

Auth decisioning — stories about auth decisioning in this arenaAuth decisioningevidence →

Stories about auth decisioning in this arena

30.9/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

18.0/100

Card lifecycle — stories about card lifecycle in this arenaCard lifecycleevidence →

Stories about card lifecycle in this arena

20.6/100

Issuing agent access — stories about issuing agent access in this arenaIssuing agent accessevidence →

Stories about issuing agent access in this arena

62.4/100

Issuing compliance — stories about issuing compliance in this arenaIssuing complianceevidence →

Stories about issuing compliance in this arena

9.0/100

Issuing disputes — stories about issuing disputes in this arenaIssuing disputesevidence →

Stories about issuing disputes in this arena

24.0/100

Ledger settlement — stories about ledger settlement in this arenaLedger settlementevidence →

Stories about ledger settlement in this arena

23.1/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

14.4/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

0.0/100

Program management — stories about program management in this arenaProgram managementevidence →

Stories about program management in this arena

18.9/100

Spend controls — stories about spend controls in this arenaSpend controlsevidence →

Stories about spend controls in this arena

80.0/100

Wallets tokenization — stories about wallets tokenization in this arenaWallets tokenizationevidence →

Stories about wallets tokenization in this arena

0.0/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 53/53 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3n/a0/10

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3n/auntestednone yet

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10T

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10T

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10C

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10T

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial4/10T

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial4/10T

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1full8/10C

Give an agent its own card — issue a scoped virtual card to an AI agent with merchant locks, amount caps, and expiry so autonomous purchases stay inside policy, a use the vendor documents by name C

Agent cards

ai-native userIssuing agent access — stories about issuing agent access in this arenaIssuing agent access3full8/10T

Set spend limits per card and per cardholder — amount caps over daily, monthly, or all-time windows, and transaction-count velocity rules — enforced by the platform, not my code C

Limits

ops userSpend controls — stories about spend controls in this arenaSpend controls3full8/10C

Create a virtual card through the API in one call — PAN, CVV, and expiry available programmatically the moment it's issued — and go from sandbox to a live card without a sales cycle C

Virtual cards

developerCard lifecycle — stories about card lifecycle in this arenaCard lifecycle3partial6/10C

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3partial6/10C

See money move in real time — account and card balances, a transaction ledger that ties every authorization to its clearing, and settlement reporting that reconciles to the penny C

Balances

finance leadLedger settlement — stories about ledger settlement in this arenaLedger settlement3partial5/10C

Approve or decline each authorization in real time — a webhook or auth-stream endpoint my code answers inside the network's time budget, with a documented timeout fallback I control C

Auth stream

developerAuth decisioning — stories about auth decisioning in this arenaAuth decisioning3partial4/10C

Launch a card program without becoming a bank — BIN sponsorship, network membership, and program management are the platform's problem, and the time from signup to first live card is documented C

Program launch

founderProgram management — stories about program management in this arenaProgram management3partial4/10C

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3none0/10

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3n/auntestednone yet

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3n/auntestednone yet

Issue single-use and tightly scoped cards — one purchase, one merchant, an exact amount — so a leaked number is worthless the moment it's used C

Scoped cards

developerSpend controls — stories about spend controls in this arenaSpend controls2full8/10C

Restrict where a card works — merchant category (MCC) allowlists and blocklists, and single-merchant locks — applied at authorization time C

Merchant controls

ops userSpend controls — stories about spend controls in this arenaSpend controls2full8/10C

Simulate the whole transaction lifecycle in the sandbox — authorizations, clearings, reversals, refunds, and declines — so my auth logic is tested before a real card ever swipes C

Simulation

developerAuth decisioning — stories about auth decisioning in this arenaAuth decisioning2partial7/10C

An agent can operate my card program — read balances and transactions, create and update cards, and adjust spend controls through the API or an MCP surface with scoped credentials C

Agent operations

ai-native userIssuing agent access — stories about issuing agent access in this arenaIssuing agent access2partial6/10T

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partial6/10T

Post-auth events are as programmatic as auth — clearings, refunds, reversals, and chargebacks arrive as webhooks with stable transaction identifiers, so my own ledger never drifts C

Settlement events

developerLedger settlement — stories about ledger settlement in this arenaLedger settlement2partial6/10C

Choose how transactions are funded — prefunded balances or just-in-time funding where my system approves and funds each authorization — with the cash-flow tradeoffs documented C

Funding models

finance leadProgram management — stories about program management in this arenaProgram management2partial5/10C

Every authorization event carries decision-grade context — merchant name and MCC, enhanced merchant data, wallet and entry-mode details, partial-approval and incremental-auth signals C

Auth context

developerAuth decisioning — stories about auth decisioning in this arenaAuth decisioning2partial5/10C

File and track disputes on card transactions programmatically — network reason codes, evidence submission, provisional credit handling, and status webhooks through resolution C

Dispute filing

ops userIssuing disputes — stories about issuing disputes in this arenaIssuing disputes2partial5/10C

Show cardholders their own PAN and CVV without inheriting PCI scope — hosted components or ephemeral-key reveal flows the vendor documents as keeping me out of SAQ D C

Pci scope

developerIssuing compliance — stories about issuing compliance in this arenaIssuing compliance2partial3/10C

The full card lifecycle is API-driven — activate, pause, unpause, report lost or stolen, reissue with a replacement linked to the original, and permanently close C

Lifecycle states

developerCard lifecycle — stories about card lifecycle in this arenaCard lifecycle2partial3/10C

The platform fights fraud on my issued cards — network fraud scores or its own models surfaced at auth time, suspicious-activity alerts, and tooling to block and reissue compromised cards C

Fraud monitoring

ops userIssuing disputes — stories about issuing disputes in this arenaIssuing disputes2partial3/10C

Cardholder credentials are manageable through the API — PIN set and reset flows, 3DS enrollment for online use where the region requires it — without support tickets C

Credentials

developerWallets tokenization — stories about wallets tokenization in this arenaWallets tokenization2none0/10

Order personalized physical cards through the API — custom card art, bulk orders, shipping methods and tracking — without managing a card manufacturer relationship myself C

Physical cards

ops userCard lifecycle — stories about card lifecycle in this arenaCard lifecycle2none0/10

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2none0/10

The platform supports the card types my product needs — debit, prepaid, commercial credit, and consumer credit programs — not just one prepaid rail C

Card types

founderProgram management — stories about program management in this arenaProgram management2none0/10

Cardholder verification is built into issuance — KYC for consumers and KYB for businesses run through the platform with documented data requirements, review states, and re-verification flows C

Kyc

ops userIssuing compliance — stories about issuing compliance in this arenaIssuing compliance2noneuntestednone yet

Cards land in Apple Pay and Google Pay — push provisioning from my app with the entitlements process documented, plus in-wallet card art and manual provisioning as a fallback C

Wallet provisioning

developerWallets tokenization — stories about wallets tokenization in this arenaWallets tokenization2noneuntestednone yet

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

I get machine-readable reconciliation artifacts — daily settlement files or report APIs covering interchange, fees, and network adjustments — that my finance stack can consume automatically C

Recon reports

finance leadLedger settlement — stories about ledger settlement in this arenaLedger settlement2noneuntestednone yet

Network tokens are first-class — I can see and manage the tokens created for a card, know which wallet or merchant holds them, and revoke them independently of the PAN C

Tokenization

developerWallets tokenization — stories about wallets tokenization in this arenaWallets tokenization2noneuntestednone yet

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2n/auntestednone yet

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2n/auntestednone yet

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1noneuntestednone yet

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 39 stories with headroom

What would move Marqeta’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesExport all of my data in open formats and leave

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Marqeta is a card-issuing API platform; there's no evidence of any bulk data export/portability feature in open formats, and probes for llms.txt, docs.md, and openapi specs all returned 404.

  2. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productGet AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product

    nonemoves Built-in AIimpact 30

    Missing: any dashboard, report, or in-product AI feature that analyzes user data and proactively surfaces insights/recommendations.

  3. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productUse an official CLI

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Missing: any evidence of an official CLI, CLI documentation, or CLI installation instructions.

  4. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productBuild against official SDKs

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    The evidence pack documents Marqeta's Core API, sandbox, webhooks, and an MCP server, but contains no mention of official client SDKs (e.g., Python, Java, Node libraries) that AI-native developers could build against.

  5. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDownload a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)

    nonemoves API qualityimpact 30

    Direct probes for OpenAPI/Swagger specs and llms.txt/docs.md all returned 404, and no evidence pack item links to a downloadable machine-readable API spec despite extensive Core API docs; interactive widgets and MCP server access don't substitute for a downloadable spec file.

  6. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productRely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy

    nonemoves API qualityimpact 30

    Missing: any mention of API versioning, version headers/URLs, or a documented deprecation/sunset policy.

  7. Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedPerform bulk operations across many items at once

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 20

    Missing: bulk create/update APIs, batch job endpoints, any documentation of multi-item operations.

  8. Issuing compliance — stories about issuing compliance in this arenaCardholder verification is built into issuance — KYC for consumers and KYB for businesses run through the platform with documented data requirements, review states, and re-verification flows

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 20

    Missing: kYC/KYB documentation, identity verification data requirements, review/approval states, and re-verification workflow evidence.

Showing the top 8 of 39 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map4 surfaces · 29 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

docs28 stories

Probe proofs — replayable recordings from the probe harnessProbe proofs

Replayable recordings from our probe harness — see the Prove-It protocol to submit one.

$curl -si https://sandbox-api.marqeta.com/v3/cards | head -3 # self-serve sandbox, keyless → 401reproduced
$ curl -si https://sandbox-api.marqeta.com/v3/cards | head -3  # self-serve sandbox, [redacted]less → 401
HTTP/2 401

date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:12:12 GMT

content-type: application/json
$curl -sL https://www.marqeta.com/docs/llms.txt | head -3reproduced
$ curl -sL https://www.marqeta.com/docs/llms.txt | head -3
# Marqeta Docs

- [Core API Quick Start](https://www.marqeta.com/docs/developer-guides/core-api-quick-start.md): Use this Quick Start to start learning how the Marqeta platform works by simulating transactions in your sandbox.

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

3 of 13 testable claims verified · 0 contradictedintegrity 23/100

14 distinct capability claims found in Marqeta’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

3

Verified

10

Unverified

0

Contradicted

16

Undersold

Verified (3)
Unverified (11)
Undersold (16)

Business model

usage-based

No public pricing page: contact-sales, priced per program on processing and interchange economics; self-serve sandbox is free. Public company (NASDAQ: MQ) selling to embedded-finance and fintech card programs at volume.

pricing ↗

Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Scoretracked since Sep 15 '26 — no movement recorded yet
Agent-readytracked since Sep 15 '26 — no movement recorded yet

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Recorded agent sessions — and a live MCP handshake where the vendor ships one.

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