Black Duck

Black Duck Software (formerly the Synopsys Software Integrity Group) is an application security company whose platform spans software composition analysis (SCA), static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), interactive application security testing (IAST), and open-source license and vulnerability management. Its API-first products — Black Duck SCA (Hub), Polaris, Coverity, and Seeker — expose REST APIs, webhooks, native CI/CD plug-ins, and the Detect command-line scanner so teams can automate open-source discovery, policy enforcement, and risk remediation across build pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps. Each Black Duck server publishes its own OpenAPI 3 document and Postman collection at /api-doc, and first-party Python and Go client libraries plus the Detect CLI wrap the API surface. This profile was seeded as a general-catalyst portfolio lead and enriched by the API Evangelist pipeline.

Black Duck publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Enterprise, Application Security, Software Composition Analysis, and SAST.

Black Duck’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 18 more developer resources.

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42.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyEnterpriseApplication SecuritySoftware Composition AnalysisSASTDASTOpen Source SecurityDevSecOpsVulnerability Management

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 42.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 14.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Black Duck SCA REST API

REST API for Black Duck SCA (Hub) — projects, versions, components, vulnerabilities, policies, scans, and reports. Each Black Duck server publishes its own OpenAPI 3 document at...

MCP Servers 1

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

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

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

DomainSecurity

Authentication

TrustCenter

Compliance

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: black-duck
name: Black Duck
description: Black Duck Software (formerly the Synopsys Software Integrity Group) is an application security company whose
  platform spans software composition analysis (SCA), static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security
  testing (DAST), interactive application security testing (IAST), and open-source license and vulnerability management. Its
  API-first products — Black Duck SCA (Hub), Polaris, Coverity, and Seeker — expose REST APIs, webhooks, native CI/CD plug-ins,
  and the Detect command-line scanner so teams can automate open-source discovery, policy enforcement, and risk remediation
  across build pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps. Each Black Duck server publishes its
  own OpenAPI 3 document and Postman collection at /api-doc, and first-party Python and Go client libraries plus the Detect
  CLI wrap the API surface. This profile was seeded as a general-catalyst portfolio lead and enriched by the API Evangelist
  pipeline.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/black-duck/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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  public: false
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  confidence: medium
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image: https://www.blackduck.com/content/dam/black-duck/style-guide/header/BlackDuckLogo.svg
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Enterprise
- Application Security
- Software Composition Analysis
- SAST
- DAST
- Open Source Security
- DevSecOps
- Vulnerability Management
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Black Duck SCA REST API
  description: REST API for Black Duck SCA (Hub) — projects, versions, components, vulnerabilities, policies, scans, and reports.
    Each Black Duck server publishes its own OpenAPI 3 document at /api-doc/openapi3-public.json and a Postman collection
    at /api-doc/postman-collection-public.json; authentication is via an API token exchanged for a bearer token.
  humanURL: https://documentation.blackduck.com/category/api
  baseURL: https://polaris.blackduck.com
  tags:
  - Application Security
  - Software Composition Analysis
  - Vulnerability Management
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.blackduck.com/category/api
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/black-duck-authentication.yml
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- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/black-duck-domain-security.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://documentation.blackduck.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://documentation.blackduck.com/category/api
- type: APIReference
  url: https://community.blackduck.com/s/article/Blackduck-API-documentation-swagger
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://community.blackduck.com/s/article/Black-Duck-HUB-How-to-view-the-API-documentation
- type: Support
  url: https://community.blackduck.com/s/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/blog.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/blackducksoftware
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/software-composition-analysis-tools/black-duck-sca/get-pricing.html
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/software-composition-analysis-tools/black-duck-sca/get-pricing.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/company/legal/website-terms-of-use.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/company/legal/privacy.html
- type: Packages
  url: packages/black-duck-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/black-duck-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/black-duck-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/black-duck-mcp.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/black-duck-authentication.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/black-duck-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://community.blackduck.com/s/black-duck-status
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/black-duck-changelog.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/black-duck-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/company/legal/security-commitments.html
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/black-duck-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.blackduck.com/company/legal/security-commitments.html
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/black-duck-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Black Duck

Kin Score

APIs 1

Black Duck SCA REST API

MCP Servers 1

black-duck-mcp.yml

Security Posture 4

Black Duck Authentication

Black Duck Domain Security

Black Duck Vulnerability Disclosure

Black Duck Trust Center

Resources