Cato Networks

Cato Networks is the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) pioneer, delivering networking and security as a single global cloud platform that converges SD-WAN, a global private backbone, and a full cloud security stack — FWaaS, Secure Web Gateway, CASB, DLP, ZTNA/SDP, IPS, anti-malware, Remote Browser Isolation, and XDR. Cato exposes a public GraphQL API (api/v1/graphql2) for programmatic management, analytics, and event streaming of the Cato Management Application (CMA), authenticated with an API key sent in the x-api-key header. The official developer surface includes a Python CLI (catocli), a Go SDK (cato-go-sdk), a Terraform provider (catonetworks/cato), a local Model Context Protocol server (cato-mcp-server), and a web-based API explorer.

Cato Networks publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cybersecurity, SASE, SSE, and Networking.

Cato Networks’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, authentication, CLI, and 20 more developer resources.

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36.5/100 thin Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features
CompanyCybersecuritySASESSENetworkingSecuritySD-WANZero TrustGraphQLAPI

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 36.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 14.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.4 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · 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 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

Cato GraphQL API

Public GraphQL API for the Cato Management Application (CMA): site and account provisioning, policy configuration, network/security analytics, entity lookup, and event streaming...

MCP Servers

cato-networks-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

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

Conventions
Conventions
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 CLI
CLI

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 Compliance
Compliance
 TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 Security
Security
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 Deprecation
Deprecation

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: cato-networks
name: Cato Networks
description: Cato Networks is the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) pioneer, delivering networking and security as a single
  global cloud platform that converges SD-WAN, a global private backbone, and a full cloud security stack — FWaaS, Secure
  Web Gateway, CASB, DLP, ZTNA/SDP, IPS, anti-malware, Remote Browser Isolation, and XDR. Cato exposes a public GraphQL API
  (api/v1/graphql2) for programmatic management, analytics, and event streaming of the Cato Management Application (CMA),
  authenticated with an API key sent in the x-api-key header. The official developer surface includes a Python CLI (catocli),
  a Go SDK (cato-go-sdk), a Terraform provider (catonetworks/cato), a local Model Context Protocol server (cato-mcp-server),
  and a web-based API explorer.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cato-networks/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: lightspeed-venture-partners-portfolio
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/182921385
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Cybersecurity
- SASE
- SSE
- Networking
- Security
- SD-WAN
- Zero Trust
- GraphQL
- API
apis:
- name: Cato GraphQL API
  description: 'Public GraphQL API for the Cato Management Application (CMA): site and account provisioning, policy configuration,
    network/security analytics, entity lookup, and event streaming. Single GraphQL endpoint, authenticated with an API key
    in the x-api-key header.'
  humanURL: https://api.catonetworks.com/documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.catonetworks.com/api/v1/graphql2
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - SASE
  - Security
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.catonetworks.com/documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/cato-networks-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.catonetworks.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://api.catonetworks.com/documentation/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.catonetworks.com/documentation/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.catonetworks.com/documentation/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://api.catonetworks.com/documentation/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/catonetworks
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.catonetworks.com/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.catonetworks.com/support/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.catonetworks.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.catonetworks.com/legal/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.catonetworks.com/privacy-policy/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cato-networks-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/cato-networks-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/cato-networks-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/cato-networks-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/cato-networks-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/cato-networks-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/cato-networks-well-known.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/cato-networks-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/cato-networks-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/cato-networks-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/cato-networks-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://security.catonetworks.com/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/cato-networks-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/cato-networks-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.catonetworks.com/responsible-disclosure/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cato-networks-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence