Highrise

Highrise is a mobile-first virtual world by Pocket Worlds Inc where users create avatars, hang out in social rooms, design and trade fashion items, and build custom worlds. Alongside the consumer app, Highrise operates a developer platform for creators: a WebSocket Bot API for running programmable bots inside rooms (official Python and .NET SDKs), a read-only REST Web API exposing public users, rooms, posts, items and grabs data, and Highrise Studio with an Engine API and Cloud API for scripting worlds and games in Lua. Bots authenticate with an API token minted from the Highrise account settings and are bound to a room ID.

Highrise publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Bot API, grabs API, items API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Company, Virtual World, Metaverse, Social, and Gaming.

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

Highrise’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, CLI, authentication, changelog, and 21 more developer resources.

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39.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

1 APIs

CompanyVirtual WorldMetaverse Social Gaming Avatars Bots Developer Platform Chat

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 39.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 5.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.8 / 20

Access Clarity 11.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

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APIs 7

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

Highrise Bot API

WebSocket API for building and running programmable bots inside Highrise rooms. Bots receive a stream of room events (chat, emotes, reactions, joins/leaves, movement, tips, voic...

Highrise Studio (Engine + Cloud API)

Highrise Studio is the world-building toolset. Its Engine API and Cloud API let creators script custom worlds, games and experiences in Lua with deep customization of the Highri...

Highrise grabs API

The grabs API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for grabs.

Highrise items API

The items API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for items.

Highrise posts API

The posts API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for posts.

Highrise rooms API

The rooms API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for rooms.

Highrise users API

The users API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for users.

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Open Collections 6

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Highrise Web grabs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highrise Web grabs items API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highrise Web grabs posts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highrise Web grabs rooms API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highrise Web grabs users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Event Specifications 1

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

Highrise Bot API — Event Surface

Event surface of the Highrise Bot API, generated faithfully from the official highrise-bot-sdk event model (github.com/pocketzworld/python-bot-sdk, src/highrise/models.py). Bots...

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Highrise Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Highrise Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Conformance

Lifecycle

Webhooks

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Partnerships

Partnerships

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: highrise
name: Highrise
description: 'Highrise is a mobile-first virtual world by Pocket Worlds Inc where users create avatars, hang out in social
  rooms, design and trade fashion items, and build custom worlds. Alongside the consumer app, Highrise operates a developer
  platform for creators: a WebSocket Bot API for running programmable bots inside rooms (official Python and .NET SDKs), a
  read-only REST Web API exposing public users, rooms, posts, items and grabs data, and Highrise Studio with an Engine API
  and Cloud API for scripting worlds and games in Lua. Bots authenticate with an API token minted from the Highrise account
  settings and are bound to a room ID.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/highrise/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- canaan-partners
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-provider-surface
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://highrise.game/assets/images/highrise-meta.png
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Virtual World
- Metaverse
- Social
- Gaming
- Avatars
- Bots
- Developer Platform
- Chat
apis:
- name: Highrise Bot API
  description: WebSocket API for building and running programmable bots inside Highrise rooms. Bots receive a stream of room
    events (chat, emotes, reactions, joins/leaves, movement, tips, voice, DMs, moderation) and issue request messages (chat,
    teleport, moderate, tip, manage voice, buy items, manage backpack/outfit, send messages). Official Python and .NET SDKs
    wrap the protocol.
  humanURL: https://create.highrise.game/learn/guides/bots/creating-a-bot
  baseURL: wss://highrise.game/web/botapi
  tags:
  - Bots
  - WebSocket
  - Event
  - Real-Time
  tags_raw:
  - Bots
  - WebSocket
  - Events
  - Real-time
  properties:
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/highrise-bot-api-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/highrise-bot-api-asyncapi.yml
- name: Highrise Studio (Engine + Cloud API)
  description: Highrise Studio is the world-building toolset. Its Engine API and Cloud API let creators script custom worlds,
    games and experiences in Lua with deep customization of the Highrise runtime.
  humanURL: https://create.highrise.game
  baseURL: https://create.highrise.game
  tags:
  - Lua
  - Game Engine
  - World Building
- aid: highrise:highrise-grabs-api
  name: Highrise grabs API
  description: The grabs API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for grabs.
  humanURL: https://create.highrise.game/learn/guides/bots/creating-a-bot
  baseURL: wss://highrise.game/web/botapi
  tags:
  - grabs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highrise-grabs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/highrise-data-model.yml
- aid: highrise:highrise-items-api
  name: Highrise items API
  description: The items API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for items.
  humanURL: https://create.highrise.game/learn/guides/bots/creating-a-bot
  baseURL: wss://highrise.game/web/botapi
  tags:
  - Item
  tags_raw:
  - items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highrise-items-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/highrise-data-model.yml
- aid: highrise:highrise-posts-api
  name: Highrise posts API
  description: The posts API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for posts.
  humanURL: https://create.highrise.game/learn/guides/bots/creating-a-bot
  baseURL: wss://highrise.game/web/botapi
  tags:
  - Posts
  tags_raw:
  - posts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highrise-posts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/highrise-data-model.yml
- aid: highrise:highrise-rooms-api
  name: Highrise rooms API
  description: The rooms API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for rooms.
  humanURL: https://create.highrise.game/learn/guides/bots/creating-a-bot
  baseURL: wss://highrise.game/web/botapi
  tags:
  - Rooms
  tags_raw:
  - rooms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highrise-rooms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/highrise-data-model.yml
- aid: highrise:highrise-users-api
  name: Highrise users API
  description: The users API from Highrise — 2 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://create.highrise.game/learn/guides/bots/creating-a-bot
  baseURL: wss://highrise.game/web/botapi
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highrise-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/highrise-data-model.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://highrise.game
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://create.highrise.game
- type: Documentation
  url: https://create.highrise.game/learn
- type: APIReference
  url: https://create.highrise.game/learn
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://create.highrise.game/learn/guides/bots/creating-a-bot
- type: Support
  url: https://support.highrise.game
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/pocketzworld
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://highrise.game/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://highrise.game/privacy-policy
- type: Login
  url: https://highrise.game/account/settings
- type: Partnerships
  url: https://create.highrise.game/partnerships
- type: Packages
  url: packages/highrise-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/highrise-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/highrise-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/highrise-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/highrise-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/highrise-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/highrise-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/highrise-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/highrise-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/highrise-changelog.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/highrise-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/highrise-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/highrise-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/highrise-domain-security.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/highrise-web-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/highrise-bot-api-asyncapi.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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