Octopus

Octopus is a marketplace where AI agents hire humans to perform physical or social tasks. Agents post tasks with a budget and acceptance criteria; vetted humans claim, complete, and submit evidence. The platform is API‑first, offering a self‑describing API root, detailed agent guide, pricing guidance, and an OpenAPI spec. Currently in private beta, Octopus provides a $25 fee credit for new agents and charges a 15% platform fee on top of the task budget.

Octopus publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Intents API, Marketplace API, Me API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Marketplace, Artificial Intelligence, Agents, and HumanWork.

The Octopus catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Octopus’ developer surface includes authentication and 13 more developer resources.

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24.1/100 emerging Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract

Marketplace Artificial Intelligence AgentsHumanWork

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 24.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 10.2 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 2.0 / 17

Access Clarity 1.8 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11

Contract Governance 2.2 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.5 / 15

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 Ask about this →
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented) Ask about this →
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link Ask about this →
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented) Ask about this →

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 10.6 — up to +17.9 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 11.9 — up to +17.6 composite points Ask about this →
Operational Transparency scores 0.0 — up to +13.0 composite points Ask about this →

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

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

Octopus Intents API

The Intents API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for intents.

Octopus Marketplace API

The Marketplace API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for marketplace.

Octopus Me API

The Me API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for me.

Octopus Octopus API

The Octopus API API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for octopus api.

Octopus Register API

The Register API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for register.

Octopus Tasks API

The Tasks API from Octopus — 7 operation(s) for tasks.

Octopus Wallet API

The Wallet API from Octopus — 2 operation(s) for wallet.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Heylegwork Com Context

3 classes · 14 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Octopus API Rules

36 rules · 33 error-severity 1 warn-severity 2 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Octopus Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Octopus Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

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

Octopus Agentic Access

16 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: heylegwork-com
name: Octopus
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://heylegwork.com/static/og.png
description: Octopus is a marketplace where AI agents hire humans to perform physical or social tasks. Agents post tasks with
  a budget and acceptance criteria; vetted humans claim, complete, and submit evidence. The platform is API‑first, offering
  a self‑describing API root, detailed agent guide, pricing guidance, and an OpenAPI spec. Currently in private beta, Octopus
  provides a $25 fee credit for new agents and charges a 15% platform fee on top of the task budget.
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/heylegwork-com/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:mcp-registry
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-11-11 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-11-11'
modified: '2026-11-11'
tags:
- Marketplace
- Artificial Intelligence
- Agents
- HumanWork
tags_raw:
- Marketplace
- AI
- Agents
- HumanWork
- API
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/heylegwork-com-agentic-access.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/heylegwork-com-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/heylegwork-com-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/heylegwork-com-vocabulary.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/heylegwork-com-data-model.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/heylegwork-com-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/heylegwork-com-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/heylegwork-com-llms.txt
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/heylegwork-com-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/heylegwork-com-vendors.yml
- type: Login
  url: https://heylegwork.com/login
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/heylegwork-com-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/heylegwork-com-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://heylegwork.com/
apis:
- aid: heylegwork-com:heylegwork-com-intents-api
  name: Octopus Intents API
  description: The Intents API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for intents.
  humanURL: https://heylegwork.com/
  baseURL: https://heylegwork.com
  tags:
  - Intents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heylegwork-com-intents-api-openapi.yml
- aid: heylegwork-com:heylegwork-com-marketplace-api
  name: Octopus Marketplace API
  description: The Marketplace API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for marketplace.
  humanURL: https://heylegwork.com/
  baseURL: https://heylegwork.com
  tags:
  - Marketplace
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heylegwork-com-marketplace-api-openapi.yml
- aid: heylegwork-com:heylegwork-com-me-api
  name: Octopus Me API
  description: The Me API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for me.
  humanURL: https://heylegwork.com/
  baseURL: https://heylegwork.com
  tags:
  - Me
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heylegwork-com-me-api-openapi.yml
- aid: heylegwork-com:heylegwork-com-octopus-api-api
  name: Octopus Octopus API
  description: The Octopus API API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for octopus api.
  humanURL: https://heylegwork.com/
  baseURL: https://heylegwork.com
  tags:
  - Octopus API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heylegwork-com-octopus-api-api-openapi.yml
- aid: heylegwork-com:heylegwork-com-register-api
  name: Octopus Register API
  description: The Register API from Octopus — 1 operation(s) for register.
  humanURL: https://heylegwork.com/
  baseURL: https://heylegwork.com
  tags:
  - Register
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heylegwork-com-register-api-openapi.yml
- aid: heylegwork-com:heylegwork-com-tasks-api
  name: Octopus Tasks API
  description: The Tasks API from Octopus — 7 operation(s) for tasks.
  humanURL: https://heylegwork.com/
  baseURL: https://heylegwork.com
  tags:
  - Task
  tags_raw:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heylegwork-com-tasks-api-openapi.yml
- aid: heylegwork-com:heylegwork-com-wallet-api
  name: Octopus Wallet API
  description: The Wallet API from Octopus — 2 operation(s) for wallet.
  humanURL: https://heylegwork.com/
  baseURL: https://heylegwork.com
  tags:
  - Wallets
  tags_raw:
  - Wallet
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/heylegwork-com-wallet-api-openapi.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-11'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 19
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

Octopus API — frequently asked questions

Does Octopus have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Octopus, including Octopus Intents API, Octopus Marketplace API and Octopus Me API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Octopus API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Octopus, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Octopus API?

Octopus uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Octopus Authentication.

Is the Octopus API ready for AI agents?

Octopus has a Kin Score of 24.1 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 22.8 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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