Capsule8

Capsule8 was a New York-based cybersecurity company (founded 2016) that built high-performance runtime visibility, detection, and response for Linux production servers and containers across on-premises and cloud workloads. Its open-source sensor exposed a gRPC (v0) telemetry API for subscribing to security events. Sophos acquired Capsule8 in July 2021 and absorbed the technology into its Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem (Intercept X server protection, XDR, and Managed Threat Response). The capsule8.com domain now redirects to Sophos, the flagship open-source sensor/API repository has been removed, and no independent Capsule8 developer API, portal, or documentation remains live. This profile was surfaced as a Bessemer Venture Partners portfolio company and is retained as an acquired-company record.

Capsule8 is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cybersecurity, Linux Security, Runtime Security, and Container Security.

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7.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyCybersecurityLinux SecurityRuntime SecurityContainer SecurityCloud Workload ProtectionAcquired

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Composite quality — 7.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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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Source (apis.yml)

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name: Capsule8
description: Capsule8 was a New York-based cybersecurity company (founded 2016) that built high-performance runtime visibility,
  detection, and response for Linux production servers and containers across on-premises and cloud workloads. Its open-source
  sensor exposed a gRPC (v0) telemetry API for subscribing to security events. Sophos acquired Capsule8 in July 2021 and absorbed
  the technology into its Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem (Intercept X server protection, XDR, and Managed Threat Response).
  The capsule8.com domain now redirects to Sophos, the flagship open-source sensor/API repository has been removed, and no
  independent Capsule8 developer API, portal, or documentation remains live. This profile was surfaced as a Bessemer Venture
  Partners portfolio company and is retained as an acquired-company record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/capsule8/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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created: '2026-07-17'
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- Container Security
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maintainers:
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  email: kin@apievangelist.com
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