AI-native infrastructure for the trading card industry
CardSight AI provides developer-first infrastructure for trading cards through advanced computer vision, AI, and comprehensive data APIs. We're not building another card app—we're building the technology that powers the next generation of card apps, marketplaces, and tools.
- 🔍 Visual Card Identification - 99.5% accuracy across 2,000+ distinct sets with sub-second response times
- 📊 Comprehensive Catalog API - 3M+ baseball cards from 1934 to present with complete metadata
- 💰 Real-Time Pricing Data - Market pricing updated daily with historical trends and analytics
- 🤖 AI-Native Integration - Native MCP endpoints for Claude and ChatGPT plugin support
- 🖼️ Multi-Card Detection - Identify multiple cards in a single image, including graded slabs
- ⚡ Production-Ready - 99.9% uptime SLA, global CDN distribution, enterprise-grade infrastructure
We provide native SDKs and tools across all major platforms:
| Platform | Source | Package Manager | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | Repository | npm install cardsightai |
✅ Stable |
| Python | Repository | pip install cardsight |
✅ Stable |
| Swift | Repository | Swift Package Manager | ✅ Stable |
| Java | Repository | Maven Central | ✅ Stable |
| .NET | Repository | NuGet | ✅ Stable |
| REST API | OpenAPI Spec | Any HTTP Client | ✅ Stable |
All SDKs and example projects are released under the MIT License.
# Install your preferred SDK
npm install @cardsight/api
# or
pip install cardsight// Identify a card from an image
const CardSight = require('@cardsight/api');
const client = new CardSight('your-api-key');
const result = await client.identify({
image: 'path/to/card.jpg'
});
console.log(result.cards[0]);
// {
// "year": 1984,
// "brand": "Donruss",
// "number": "248",
// "player": "Don Mattingly",
// "confidence": 0.994,
// "price": { "raw": 45.00, "graded": { "PSA 10": 850.00 } }
// }- Visual Identification - POST
/v1/identify- Identify cards from images - Catalog Search - GET
/v1/catalog/search- Search 3M+ card database - Price Lookup - GET
/v1/pricing/{cardId}- Real-time market pricing - Collection Management - Full CRUD operations for user collections
- MCP Tools - Native integration with Claude AI assistants
Built from the ground up for AI integration. Our MCP (Model Context Protocol) endpoints enable Claude and ChatGPT to naturally understand and work with trading cards.
- Complete OpenAPI specification
- Auto-generated SDKs for type safety
- Comprehensive documentation with examples
- Sandbox environment for testing
- Webhook support for async operations
- Sub-second response times (250-450ms for identification)
- 99.9% uptime SLA
- Global CDN for image optimization
- Rate limiting and quota management
- Enterprise support available
Our computer vision handles the messy reality of card collecting: poor lighting, angles, reflections, graded slabs, multiple cards, and various conditions.
- Interactive Demo - Test identification in your browser
- Get Free API Key - 750 free calls/month, no credit card required
- View Documentation - Complete integration guides
Available Now:
- ⚾ Baseball - 3M+ cards (1934-present) across all major brands
Coming Soon:
- 🏀 Basketball - Full NBA coverage including rookies and parallels
- 🏈 Football - NFL cards from all major manufacturers
- 🎮 Pokemon - TCG cards with rarity detection
All new sports and TCGs are automatically available to existing API users at no additional cost.
CardSight AI powers a wide range of applications:
- Marketplaces - Instant card identification reduces listing abandonment by 70%
- Collection Management - Apps for organizing, tracking, and valuing collections
- Price Tracking - Real-time market data for investment and analytics platforms
- Grading Services - Automated pre-screening and population reporting
- Card Shops - Point-of-sale integration and inventory management
- AI Assistants - Natural language card queries through Claude or ChatGPT
Building trading card infrastructure from scratch requires:
- 12-18 months for visual identification ($500k+)
- 6-12 months for catalog database ($250k+)
- 4-6 months for pricing integration ($150k+)
- 3-4 months for AI integration ($125k+)
Total: $1M+ and 2+ years
CardSight AI provides all of this starting at $0/month with our free tier.
We're a small but passionate team of collectors and developers who believe the future of collectibles is more open, more accessible, and powered by AI. Every feature starts with a real problem we've faced in our own collecting journeys.
- General Inquiries: hello@cardsight.ai
- Sales & Enterprise: sales@cardsight.ai
- Support: cardsight.ai/support
- Documentation: cardsight.ai/documentation
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