NASA Open APIs Agentic Access
NASA Open APIs exposes 62 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 1 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.
By consequence: 61 read and 1 write.
Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.
By consequence
Source
Agentic Access
generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/apod-openapi.yml, openapi/asteroids-neows-openapi.yml, openapi/donki-openapi.yml,
openapi/earth-openapi.yml, openapi/eonet-openapi.yml, openapi/epic-openapi.yml, openapi/exoplanet-openapi.yml,
openapi/genelab-openapi.yml, openapi/image-video-library-openapi.yml, openapi/insight-openapi.yml,
openapi/mars-rover-photos-openapi.yml, openapi/satellite-situation-center-openapi.yml, openapi/ssd-cneos-openapi.yml,
openapi/techport-openapi.yml, openapi/techtransfer-openapi.yml, openapi/tle-openapi.yml, openapi/trek-wmts-openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
operations: 62
by_action_class:
connected: 61
acting: 1
by_consequence:
read: 61
write: 1
human_in_the_loop_required: 0
operations:
- path: /planetary/apod
method: get
operationId: getApod
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /neo/rest/v1/feed
method: get
operationId: getNeoFeed
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /neo/rest/v1/neo/{asteroid_id}
method: get
operationId: getNeoLookup
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /neo/rest/v1/neo/browse
method: get
operationId: browseNeo
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/CME
method: get
operationId: getCME
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/CMEAnalysis
method: get
operationId: getCMEAnalysis
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/GST
method: get
operationId: getGST
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/IPS
method: get
operationId: getIPS
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/FLR
method: get
operationId: getFLR
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/SEP
method: get
operationId: getSEP
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/MPC
method: get
operationId: getMPC
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/RBE
method: get
operationId: getRBE
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/HSS
method: get
operationId: getHSS
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/WSAEnlilSimulations
method: get
operationId: getWSAEnlilSimulations
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /DONKI/notifications
method: get
operationId: getNotifications
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /planetary/earth/imagery
method: get
operationId: getEarthImagery
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /planetary/earth/assets
method: get
operationId: getEarthAssets
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /events
method: get
operationId: getEvents
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /categories
method: get
operationId: getCategories
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /categories/{category}
method: get
operationId: getEventsByCategory
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sources
method: get
operationId: getSources
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /layers
method: get
operationId: getLayers
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /magnitudes
method: get
operationId: getMagnitudes
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/natural
method: get
operationId: getNaturalRecent
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/natural/date/{date}
method: get
operationId: getNaturalByDate
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/natural/available
method: get
operationId: getNaturalAvailable
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/natural/all
method: get
operationId: getNaturalAll
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/enhanced
method: get
operationId: getEnhancedRecent
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/enhanced/date/{date}
method: get
operationId: getEnhancedByDate
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/enhanced/available
method: get
operationId: getEnhancedAvailable
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sync
method: get
operationId: tapSync
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /async
method: post
operationId: tapAsync
x-agentic-access:
action-class: acting
consequence: write
subject: required
audience: null
token:
max-ttl: 900
escalation:
human-in-the-loop: conditional
triggers:
- abnormal
- high-value
audit: required
- path: /search
method: get
operationId: searchGeneLab
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /search
method: get
operationId: searchLibrary
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /asset/{nasa_id}
method: get
operationId: getAsset
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /metadata/{nasa_id}
method: get
operationId: getMetadata
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /captions/{nasa_id}
method: get
operationId: getCaptions
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /album/{album_name}
method: get
operationId: getAlbum
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /
method: get
operationId: getInsightWeather
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /rovers
method: get
operationId: listRovers
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /rovers/{rover}/photos
method: get
operationId: getRoverPhotos
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /rovers/{rover}/latest_photos
method: get
operationId: getRoverLatestPhotos
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /manifests/{rover}
method: get
operationId: getRoverManifest
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /observatories
method: get
operationId: listObservatories
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /groundStations
method: get
operationId: listGroundStations
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /locations
method: get
operationId: getLocations
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /cad.api
method: get
operationId: getCAD
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sbdb.api
method: get
operationId: sbdbLookup
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sbdb_query.api
method: get
operationId: sbdbQuery
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /sentry.api
method: get
operationId: sentry
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /fireball.api
method: get
operationId: fireball
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /nhats.api
method: get
operationId: nhats
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /scout.api
method: get
operationId: scout
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/projects
method: get
operationId: listProjects
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /api/projects/{id}
method: get
operationId: getProject
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /patent
method: get
operationId: searchPatents
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /patent/issued
method: get
operationId: searchIssuedPatents
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /software
method: get
operationId: searchSoftware
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /spinoff
method: get
operationId: searchSpinoff
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /tle
method: get
operationId: listTle
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /tle/{satelliteId}
method: get
operationId: getTle
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
- path: /tiles/{body}/EQ/{layer}/1.0.0/default/default028mm/{z}/{y}/{x}.{ext}
method: get
operationId: getTrekTile
x-agentic-access:
action-class: connected
consequence: read
subject: optional
token:
max-ttl: 3600
audit: none
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