API discovery: The public source is api.gouv.fr's Ma Cantine catalog entry plus its OpenAPI definition for `Ma Cantine API`, including canteen lists, canteen status by SIRET, diagnostics, and satellite-canteen endpoints.
This is compact, not the lead, because the source is a useful integration map for operators but does not show a fresh code movement in the agent-runtime beat.
Creative example
Ask an agent to read the OpenAPI file and draft a "before September" checklist for a school-meal software vendor: which canteens exist, which diagnostics need filing, which satellite kitchens are linked, and which fields require authenticated access.
Copy-paste agent instruction
Read https://github.com/betagouv/api.gouv.fr/blob/master/public/swaggers/api-ma-cantine.yaml and https://github.com/betagouv/api.gouv.fr/blob/master/_data/api/api-ma-cantine.md. Build a minimal request plan for a cafeteria-software operator that lists canteens, checks a SIRET status, and prepares a diagnostic payload. Do not invent credentials; mark cookie-auth endpoints as requires-account and use the demo platform link only for testing.What to check first
The caveat is access: the catalog says the API is for canteen managers and software publishers, with developer details behind the Ma Cantine platform and a demo environment for tests. What to watch is whether the public docs add clearer sandbox examples or credential-free sample responses.