# eduGAIN

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/edugain/  
**Website:** https://edugain.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

eduGAIN provides a federated identity service that enables simple, secure single‑sign‑on access to thousands of educational services worldwide. It connects over 80 participant federations and more than 10,000 identity and service providers, allowing students, researchers, staff, and institutions to access online resources with reduced account management complexity.

## Kin Score — 5.9 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: flat (-2.3 from 8.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 53.6 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 5.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 7.8 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (1)

- **eduGAIN API** — eduGAIN provides federation services for research and education institutions.

## Security (1)

- **Edugain Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Identity Federation, SSO, Education, Research, Identity and Access Management

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