# Designing APIs for agents

DevFeed: [Designing APIs for agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/designing-apis-for-agents-9195.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://webflowmarketingmain.com/blog/designing-apis-for-agents>)

Author: Yan Xie

Published: 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Webflow Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/webflow-blog.md>)

Topics: [webflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webflow.md>), [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>), [webflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webflow.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

Webflow describes lessons from building its MCP server, explaining why developer-oriented APIs often perform poorly for agents. The article advocates intent-based tools, simpler schemas, actionable errors, and agent-readable interfaces to improve planning, efficiency, and reliability.

## Source excerpt

APIs designed for developers don't work for agents. Here's what we learned building Webflow's MCP server and what actually makes agent APIs reliable.