Code Ocean

Code Ocean is a computational research platform that helps scientists, engineers, and research organizations produce, manage, and reproduce computational science at scale. Its cloud environment centers on three resources — Capsules and Pipelines (self-contained, versioned compute environments that bundle code, data, environment, and results), Computations (tracked runs of those capsules and pipelines), and Data Assets (versioned datasets and captured results). Code Ocean exposes a REST API, an official Python SDK, and an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so teams can automate reproducible research, integrate the platform into data pipelines, and drive capsules and data assets from agents. The company was surfaced as a Battery Ventures portfolio company and is widely used across life sciences, biotech, and academic research computing.

Code Ocean publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Capsules API, Computations API, and Data Assets API. Tagged areas include Company, Reproducible Research, Computational Science, Data Science, and Research Computing.

Code Ocean’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, and 14 more developer resources.

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42.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 65/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

3 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyReproducible ResearchComputational ScienceData ScienceResearch ComputingLife SciencesPipelinesMLOpsCloud PlatformDeveloper Tools

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 42.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 10.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 65/100 · agent native

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 3

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

MCP Servers 1

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

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

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

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Conformance

Lifecycle

DataModel

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Source (apis.yml)

aid: code-ocean
name: Code Ocean
description: Code Ocean is a computational research platform that helps scientists, engineers, and research organizations
  produce, manage, and reproduce computational science at scale. Its cloud environment centers on three resources — Capsules
  and Pipelines (self-contained, versioned compute environments that bundle code, data, environment, and results), Computations
  (tracked runs of those capsules and pipelines), and Data Assets (versioned datasets and captured results). Code Ocean exposes
  a REST API, an official Python SDK, and an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so teams can automate reproducible
  research, integrate the platform into data pipelines, and drive capsules and data assets from agents. The company was surfaced
  as a Battery Ventures portfolio company and is widely used across life sciences, biotech, and academic research computing.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/code-ocean/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codeocean/branding/main/logo/CO_logo_135x72.png
tags:
- Company
- Reproducible Research
- Computational Science
- Data Science
- Research Computing
- Life Sciences
- Pipelines
- MLOps
- Cloud Platform
- Developer Tools
apis:
- aid: code-ocean:code-ocean-capsules-api
  name: Code Ocean Capsules API
  description: Reproducible compute capsules and pipelines
  humanURL: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
  baseURL: https://codeocean.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Capsules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/code-ocean-capsules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
- aid: code-ocean:code-ocean-computations-api
  name: Code Ocean Computations API
  description: Runs of capsules and pipelines
  humanURL: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
  baseURL: https://codeocean.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Computations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/code-ocean-computations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
- aid: code-ocean:code-ocean-data-assets-api
  name: Code Ocean Data Assets API
  description: Versioned datasets and result data
  humanURL: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
  baseURL: https://codeocean.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Data Assets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/code-ocean-data-assets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/code-ocean-api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.codeocean.com/user-guide/key-concepts
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/code-ocean-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/codeocean
- type: Packages
  url: packages/code-ocean-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/code-ocean-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/code-ocean-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/code-ocean-scopes.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/code-ocean-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/code-ocean-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/code-ocean-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/code-ocean-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/code-ocean-data-model.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/code-ocean-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/code-ocean-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Code Ocean

Kin Score

APIs 3

Code Ocean Capsules API

Code Ocean Computations API

Code Ocean Data Assets API

MCP Servers 1

code-ocean-mcp.yml

Security Posture 2

Code Ocean Authentication

Code Ocean Domain Security

Scopes 1

Code Ocean Scopes

Agentic Access 1

Code Ocean Agentic Access

Resources