Black Duck Software

Black Duck Software is an independent application security company (formerly the Synopsys Software Integrity Group, spun out in October 2024 and backed by Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners). Its portfolio spans Software Composition Analysis (Black Duck SCA), static analysis (Coverity), dynamic and interactive testing, fuzzing, and the Polaris SaaS platform, helping organizations find and fix open-source, license, and security risk across the SDLC. Black Duck exposes a versioned REST API (custom media types, bearer-token / API-token auth, HAL-style hypermedia), native CI/CD plug-ins, the Detect command-line scanner, webhooks, and an official MCP server (Black Duck Signal) for AI coding assistants.

Black Duck Software is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Security, Application Security, Software Composition Analysis, and Open Source Security.

Black Duck Software’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, CLI, authentication, and 21 more developer resources.

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36.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 6/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

0 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Company Security Application Security Software Composition Analysis Open Source Security Static Analysis DevSecOps Vulnerability Management SAST SCA

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 36.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 14.3 / 20

Access Clarity 7.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Contract Governance 2.2 / 12

Discoverability 5.7 / 10

Agent readiness — 6/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Black Duck Signal

Black Duck Signal connects with popular AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Google Gemini, GitHub Copilot) via the Model Context Protocol so developers can run Black Duck securit...

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Black Duck Software Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Black Duck Software Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Black Duck Software Vulnerability Disclosure

contact published

SECURITY

Black Duck Software Trust Center

SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 26262, CSA STAR (Self-Assessment / CAIQ), TISAX Level 2, TX-RAMP Level 2

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conformance

Conventions

Conventions

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

Compliance

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

Security

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

Deprecation

ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: black-duck-software
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/black-duck-software.png
name: Black Duck Software
description: Black Duck Software is an independent application security company (formerly the Synopsys Software Integrity
  Group, spun out in October 2024 and backed by Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners). Its portfolio spans Software Composition
  Analysis (Black Duck SCA), static analysis (Coverity), dynamic and interactive testing, fuzzing, and the Polaris SaaS platform,
  helping organizations find and fix open-source, license, and security risk across the SDLC. Black Duck exposes a versioned
  REST API (custom media types, bearer-token / API-token auth, HAL-style hypermedia), native CI/CD plug-ins, the Detect command-line
  scanner, webhooks, and an official MCP server (Black Duck Signal) for AI coding assistants.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/black-duck-software/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- sapphire-ventures
x-tier: profile
x-tier-reason: enriched
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Security
- Application Security
- Software Composition Analysis
- Open Source Security
- Static Analysis
- DevSecOps
- Vulnerability Management
- SAST
- SCA
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.blackduck.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.blackduck.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://documentation.blackduck.com/category/api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://documentation.blackduck.com/bundle/bd-hub/page/SDK/Using_the_Hub_SDK.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/blog.html
- type: Support
  url: https://community.blackduck.com/s/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/blackducksoftware
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/company/legal/privacy-policy.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/company/legal/terms-of-use.html
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.blackduck.com/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/company/legal/security-commitments.html
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/black-duck-software-trust-center.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/company/legal/vulnerability-disclosure-policy.html
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/black-duck-software-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/black-duck-software-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/black-duck-software-conformance.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/black-duck-software-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/black-duck-software-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/black-duck-software-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/black-duck-software-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/black-duck-software-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/black-duck-software-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/black-duck-software-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/black-duck-software-changelog.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/black-duck-software-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/black-duck-software-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/black-duck-software-well-known.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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