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The whole catalog is available as a free, CORS-enabled JSON API and as embeddable control cards. No key, no signup, no rate-limit gymnastics. Attribution (CC BY 4.0) is the only ask. Build dashboards, embed controls in your docs, or pull the crosswalk into your own tooling.

Embed a control card

One line of HTML renders a live, always-current control card on any page. It updates when the catalog does, and links back to the full control. Transparent background, no external dependencies.

Paste into any HTML page. The card is a sandboxed iframe — it can't touch your page, and your page can't touch it.

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JSON API

Base URL https://meridian.htora.dev. Every response is JSON with access-control-allow-origin: *, cached 5 minutes. Versioned via the version field.

GET /api/all

The full catalog in one call: functions, families, controls (with mappings, applicability, lifecycle, tags), frameworks, and counts. This is what the site itself loads.

curl https://meridian.htora.dev/api/all

GET /api/meta

Lightweight: functions, families, frameworks, tags, and counts. No control bodies.

GET /api/controls

Filtered control list. Combine any of these query parameters:

ParamExampleMeaning
tierM-1Maturity tier
contextusebuild · acquire · use
functionSCGV·DS·SC·DT·RS·AS
familySC.1Family id
tagagenticControl tag
qinjectionFull-text search
curl "https://meridian.htora.dev/api/controls?tier=M-1&context=use"

GET /api/controls/:id

One control, fully expanded. Example: /api/controls/SC-11.

GET /api/crosswalk/:framework

Reverse index: a framework's references mapped back to the controls that satisfy them. Frameworks:

curl https://meridian.htora.dev/api/crosswalk/eu_ai_act

OSCAL

The catalog is also published as an OSCAL catalog and a federal profile, for GRC tooling that speaks NIST OSCAL natively.

Terms

Free under CC BY 4.0. Use it, build on it, embed it — just credit MERIDIAN and link back. No warranty; verify mappings against the cited sources for your own compliance decisions.