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DFINITY

The DFINITY Foundation is a Swiss-based not-for-profit research organization that created and stewards the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), a public, decentralized "frontier cloud" that hosts software and data entirely inside a mathematical network protocol. Applications run as canisters (WebAssembly smart contracts with persistent state, native HTTP, and a reverse gas model paid in Cycles) that are tamperproof, unstoppable, and free from vendor lock-in. ICP uses Chain Key cryptography and Chain Fusion to transact natively on Bitcoin and Ethereum without bridges, and is governed on-network by the Network Nervous System (NNS). DFINITY publishes first-party developer tooling — JavaScript/TypeScript agent libraries under the @dfinity npm scope, Rust agent and Canister Developer Kit crates, the icp/dfx CLIs, and an AI agent skills library — plus a public HTTP interface for reading from and calling canisters.

DFINITY publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Blockchain, Internet Computer, ICP, and Web3.

DFINITY’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, CLI, and 11 more developer resources.

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24.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 5/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
1 APIs
CompanyBlockchainInternet ComputerICPWeb3CanistersSmart ContractsDecentralized CloudCryptographyDeveloper Tools

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 24.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 12.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 5/100 · 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 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

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

Internet Computer HTTP Interface

The public HTTP interface (agent/gateway API) for reading state from and submitting calls to Internet Computer canisters, consumed by the @dfinity agent libraries, the Rust ic-a...

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Dfinity Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Dfinity Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

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 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 CLI
CLI

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 Security
Security

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Roadmap
Roadmap
 Support
Support

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: dfinity
name: DFINITY
description: The DFINITY Foundation is a Swiss-based not-for-profit research organization that created and stewards the Internet
  Computer Protocol (ICP), a public, decentralized "frontier cloud" that hosts software and data entirely inside a mathematical
  network protocol. Applications run as canisters (WebAssembly smart contracts with persistent state, native HTTP, and a reverse
  gas model paid in Cycles) that are tamperproof, unstoppable, and free from vendor lock-in. ICP uses Chain Key cryptography
  and Chain Fusion to transact natively on Bitcoin and Ethereum without bridges, and is governed on-network by the Network
  Nervous System (NNS). DFINITY publishes first-party developer tooling — JavaScript/TypeScript agent libraries under the
  @dfinity npm scope, Rust agent and Canister Developer Kit crates, the icp/dfx CLIs, and an AI agent skills library — plus
  a public HTTP interface for reading from and calling canisters.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dfinity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- multicoin-capital
- polychain
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://github.com/dfinity.png
tags:
- Company
- Blockchain
- Internet Computer
- ICP
- Web3
- Canisters
- Smart Contracts
- Decentralized Cloud
- Cryptography
- Developer Tools
apis:
- name: Internet Computer HTTP Interface
  description: The public HTTP interface (agent/gateway API) for reading state from and submitting calls to Internet Computer
    canisters, consumed by the @dfinity agent libraries, the Rust ic-agent, and the icp/dfx CLIs.
  humanURL: https://docs.internetcomputer.org/
  baseURL: https://icp-api.io
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.internetcomputer.org/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://dfinity.org
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://internetcomputer.org/build/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.internetcomputer.org/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.internetcomputer.org/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://internetcomputer.org/quick-start/
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://internetcomputer.org/roadmap/
- type: Blog
  url: https://internetcomputer.org/news/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dfinity
- type: Support
  url: https://forum.dfinity.org
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/dfinity-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/dfinity-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/dfinity-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/dfinity-cli.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dfinity-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/dfinity-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://dfinity.org/security/responsible-disclosure
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence