# Dagster

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/dagster/  
**Website:** https://dagster.cloud/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Dagster is a data orchestration platform centered on software-defined assets with strong observability and testing support. It exposes a GraphQL API for programmatic interaction with Dagster instances and a REST API for reporting external asset materializations, checks, and observations from outside pipelines.

## Kin Score — 61.4 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 61.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 72.2 |
| Contract Quality | 65.0 |
| Governance | 60.6 |
| Contract Governance | 60.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 69.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 60.5 |
| Access Clarity | 60.5 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **Dagster GraphQL API** — The Dagster GraphQL API allows clients to interact with Dagster programmatically. It can be used to query information about Dagster runs, retrieve metadata about repositories, j...
- **Dagster Checks API** — Report asset check evaluations.
- **Dagster Materializations API** — Report asset materialization events.
- **Dagster Observations API** — Report asset observation events.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Dagster Agentic Access** — 3 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

- **Dagster Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Dagster Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Dagster Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Data Engineering, Data Orchestration, Data Pipeline, ETL, Workflows, Assets, GraphQL

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/dagster/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.