Dust Identity

DUST Identity (Newton, Massachusetts; founded 2018 as an MIT spinout) binds physical objects to trusted digital records using the Diamond Unclonable Security Tag — an applied coating of engineered nano-diamonds in a polymer matrix that forms an unclonable optical fingerprint. The DUST Platform (DICE) tracks each marked item as a "Thread": a digital record carrying typed fields, files, physical identifiers (DUST, QR, barcode, Data Matrix, NFC), an immutable event history, and Fabric lineage across slices, shipments and organization boundaries. It is used for aerospace and defense raw-material traceability, secure electronics, certified-pre-owned authentication, return-fraud detection, security labeling and high-value asset identity. The company publishes a public OpenAPI 3.1 contract for the DUST API (apid) covering 177 operations, a Starlight documentation site, llms.txt, and two provider-authored agent skills.

Dust Identity publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: DUST API. Tagged areas include Authentication, Identity, Supply Chain, Traceability, and Provenance.

The Dust Identity catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Dust Identity’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, signup flow, and 27 more developer resources.

47.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 56/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
2 APIs
AuthenticationIdentitySupply ChainTraceabilityProvenanceAnti-CounterfeitingAsset TrackingAerospace and DefenseManufacturingSecurity

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scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
Composite quality — 47.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Governance 2.5 / 12
Discoverability 8.7 / 10
Agent readiness — 56/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 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 2

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

DUST API

The core DUST Platform API (apid). REST over HTTPS with a bearer-JWT Service Account model, organization/team context headers, cursor pagination and a single stable error envelo...

DUST AuthD

The DUST account service — organizations, users, sessions, Service Accounts and OpenID Connect. Issues the short-lived JWTs the DUST API consumes, via an API-key exchange (GET /...

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

DUST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dust Identity Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 2

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

Dust Identity Authentication

http/oauth2/openIdConnect/apiKey · 4 schemes

SECURITY

Dust Identity Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Dust Identity Scopes

6 scopes · authorizationCode/refreshToken/clientCredentials

6 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Dust Identity Agentic Access

177 operations · 106 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

177 operations · 106 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 6

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: dust-identity
name: Dust Identity
description: 'DUST Identity (Newton, Massachusetts; founded 2018 as an MIT spinout) binds physical objects to trusted digital
  records using the Diamond Unclonable Security Tag — an applied coating of engineered nano-diamonds in a polymer matrix that
  forms an unclonable optical fingerprint. The DUST Platform (DICE) tracks each marked item as a "Thread": a digital record
  carrying typed fields, files, physical identifiers (DUST, QR, barcode, Data Matrix, NFC), an immutable event history, and
  Fabric lineage across slices, shipments and organization boundaries. It is used for aerospace and defense raw-material traceability,
  secure electronics, certified-pre-owned authentication, return-fraud detection, security labeling and high-value asset identity.
  The company publishes a public OpenAPI 3.1 contract for the DUST API (apid) covering 177 operations, a Starlight documentation
  site, llms.txt, and two provider-authored agent skills.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dust-identity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/696a1cb647f26194e423aba4/6980a035011540d3493bf124_Webclip%20Dust%20Identity.png
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-08-12'
modified: '2026-08-12'
tags:
- Authentication
- Identity
- Supply Chain
- Traceability
- Provenance
- Anti-Counterfeiting
- Asset Tracking
- Aerospace and Defense
- Manufacturing
- Security
apis:
- name: DUST API
  description: The core DUST Platform API (apid). REST over HTTPS with a bearer-JWT Service Account model, organization/team
    context headers, cursor pagination and a single stable error envelope. Covers Threads, Identifiers (tags), Files (tus
    resumable uploads), Bundles/Folders, Templates, Certificates and Certificate Forms, Teams, Sharing, cross-organization
    Connections, Transfers/Shipments, Slices, Fabric provenance, Thread Links and Relations, Events, Notifications, Metrics
    and Org Admin.
  humanURL: https://docs.dustid.io/reference/api/
  baseURL: https://apid.dustid.io
  tags:
  - Identity
  - Traceability
  - Provenance
  - Supply Chain
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dust-identity-apid-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/_original/dust-identity-apid-openapi-original.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dustid.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apid.dustid.io/api/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.dustid.io/api/quickstart/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.dustid.io/api/authentication/
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/dust-identity-examples.yml
  - type: Events
    url: asyncapi/dust-identity-events.yml
- name: DUST AuthD
  description: The DUST account service — organizations, users, sessions, Service Accounts and OpenID Connect. Issues the
    short-lived JWTs the DUST API consumes, via an API-key exchange (GET /api/auth/token with x-api-key) or the OAuth2 client_credentials
    grant. Publishes an OpenID Connect discovery document at /.well-known/openid-configuration with authorization, token,
    introspection, revocation, userinfo, JWKS and end-session endpoints, and PKCE S256 support.
  humanURL: https://docs.dustid.io/api/authentication/
  baseURL: https://authd.dustid.io
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - OpenID Connect
  - OAuth
  properties:
  - type: OpenIDConnect
    url: well-known/dust-identity-openid-configuration.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dustid.io/api/authentication/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dust-identity-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dust-identity-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dust-identity-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dustidentity.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.dustid.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.dustid.io/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.dustid.io/reference/api/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.dustid.io/api/quickstart/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.dustidentity.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.dustidentity.com/contact
- type: SignUp
  url: https://dice.dustid.io/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.dustidentity.com/legal-pages/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.dustidentity.com/legal-pages/privacy-policy
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/dust-identity-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/dust-identity-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/dust-identity-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/dust-identity-well-known.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/dust-identity-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/dust-identity-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/dust-identity-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.dustid.io/api/compatibility/
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/dust-identity-scopes.yml
- type: OpenIDConnect
  url: well-known/dust-identity-openid-configuration.json
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/dust-identity-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/dust-identity-data-model.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/dust-identity-components.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/dust-identity-apid-overlay.yaml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dust-identity-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dust-identity-rate-limits.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/dust-identity-dice-api-integration.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/dust-identity-dust-go-connect-integration.md
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dustid
- type: Examples
  url: examples/dust-identity-examples.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-12'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 25
  pass: local-v1