Ceramic

Ceramic is a decentralized data network built on a protocol for mutable event streams anchored to blockchain. It provides REST APIs for creating and updating mutable data streams, managing decentralized identifiers (DIDs), registering data interests, and reading stream state and events across the composable data network.

Ceramic publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Config API, Debug API, Events API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Decentralized, Web3, Data Streams, DID, and IPFS.

The Ceramic catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Ceramic’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, status page, and 10 more developer resources.

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37.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

10 APIs

DecentralizedWeb3Data StreamsDIDIPFSBlockchainEvent StreamingComposeDB

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Composite quality — 37.6/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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

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APIs 10

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 12

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

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Examples 7

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Discord

Forums

RateLimits

Status

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

Plans

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Twitter

Twitter

Source (apis.yml)

name: Ceramic
description: Ceramic is a decentralized data network built on a protocol for mutable event streams anchored to blockchain.
  It provides REST APIs for creating and updating mutable data streams, managing decentralized identifiers (DIDs), registering
  data interests, and reading stream state and events across the composable data network.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://ceramic.network/favicon.ico
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ceramic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Decentralized
- Web3
- Data Streams
- DID
- IPFS
- Blockchain
- Event Streaming
- ComposeDB
apis:
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-config-api
  name: Ceramic Config API
  description: The Config API from Ceramic — 1 operation(s) for config.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Config
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-config-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-debug-api
  name: Ceramic Debug API
  description: The Debug API from Ceramic — 1 operation(s) for debug.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Debug
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-debug-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-events-api
  name: Ceramic Events API
  description: The Events API from Ceramic — 2 operation(s) for events.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-experimental-api
  name: Ceramic Experimental API
  description: The Experimental API from Ceramic — 2 operation(s) for experimental.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Experimental
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-experimental-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-feed-api
  name: Ceramic Feed API
  description: The Feed API from Ceramic — 2 operation(s) for feed.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Feed
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-feed-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-interests-api
  name: Ceramic Interests API
  description: The Interests API from Ceramic — 2 operation(s) for interests.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Interests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-interests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-liveness-api
  name: Ceramic Liveness API
  description: The Liveness API from Ceramic — 1 operation(s) for liveness.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Liveness
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-liveness-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-peers-api
  name: Ceramic Peers API
  description: The Peers API from Ceramic — 1 operation(s) for peers.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Peers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-peers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-streams-api
  name: Ceramic Streams API
  description: The Streams API from Ceramic — 1 operation(s) for streams.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Streams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-streams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- aid: ceramic:ceramic-version-api
  name: Ceramic Version API
  description: The Version API from Ceramic — 1 operation(s) for version.
  humanURL: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:5101/ceramic
  tags:
  - Version
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ceramic-version-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.ceramic.network/build/http/api/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ceramic-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ceramic-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://ceramic.network/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.ceramic.network/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/ceramicnetwork
- type: Discord
  url: https://chat.ceramic.network/
- type: Forums
  url: https://forum.ceramic.network/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.ceramic.network/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/ceramicnetwork
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://ceramic.network/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://ceramic.network/privacy-policy
- type: Plans
  url: https://ceramic.network/plans
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://ceramic.network/rate-limits
- type: Status
  url: https://ceramic.network/status
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'