Instance

Instance (Instance Labs) is a Y Combinator-backed (Summer 2026) company building a verification layer for robot learning. Their platform ingests raw robot rollouts and episode footage from any robot or camera angle and automatically judges whether a task was completed successfully, returning a verdict with supporting evidence and a detailed subtask breakdown. The company positions itself as the ground-truth / success-detection layer that lets robotics teams trust their training data and train policies faster, and reports its verifier reaching higher accuracy than frontier vision-language models at a fraction of the latency across 10,000+ human-labeled episodes on 7 robot platforms. Founded by MIT computer scientists with backgrounds at SpaceX, AWS, and NASA JPL. Today the product is exposed as a hosted demo (submit videos or capture a live rollout for verification); there is no publicly documented developer API, SDK, or OpenAPI at this time.

Instance publishes 28 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Archive API, Audit API, Batch API, and 25 more. Tagged areas include Company, Robotics, Machine Learning, Verification, and Evaluation.

The Instance catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Instance’s developer surface includes support and 16 more developer resources.

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18.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract 2 Agent Skills

Company Robotics Machine Learning Verification Evaluation Data Quality Artificial Intelligence Y Combinator

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 18.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 7.1 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 1.0 / 15

Access Clarity 0.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.5 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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 5 / 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

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
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)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Access Clarity scores 0.0 — up to +20.0 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 6.5 — up to +18.7 composite points
Contract Quality scores 38.1 — up to +15.5 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

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.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 28

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

Instance Archive API

The Archive API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for archive.

Instance Audit API

The Audit API from Instance — 3 operation(s) for audit.

Instance Batch API

The Batch API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for batch.

Instance Captions API

The Captions API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for captions.

Instance Clip API

The Clip API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for clip.

Instance Download API

The Download API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for download.

Instance Example API

The Example API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for example.

Instance Examples API

The Examples API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for examples.

Instance Fast API

The Fast API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for fast.

Instance Feed API

The Feed API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for feed.

Instance H1 API

The H1 API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for h1.

Instance Health API

The Health API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for health.

Instance Ingest API

The Ingest API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for ingest.

Instance Job API

The Job API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for job.

Instance Live Example API

The Live Example API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live example.

Instance Live Example Video API

The Live Example Video API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live example video.

Instance Live State API

The Live State API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live state.

Instance Opus API

The Opus API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for opus.

Instance Qr API

The Qr API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for qr.

Instance Record API

The Record API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for record.

Instance Robot Rollout Verifier API

The Robot Rollout Verifier API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for robot rollout verifier.

Instance Segment API

The Segment API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for segment.

Instance Subtasks API

The Subtasks API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for subtasks.

Instance Subtasks Trace API

The Subtasks Trace API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for subtasks trace.

Instance Upload API

The Upload API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for upload.

Instance Usage API

The Usage API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for usage.

Instance Verify API

The Verify API from Instance — 3 operation(s) for verify.

Instance Verify Frames API

The Verify Frames API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for verify frames.

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Open Collections 28

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

Robot rollout verifier Archive API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Audit API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Batch API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Captions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Clip API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Download API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Example API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Examples API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Fast API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Feed API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive H1 API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Health API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Ingest API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Job API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Live Example API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Live Example Video API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Live State API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Opus API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Qr API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Record API

OPEN COLLECTION

Archive Robot Rollout Verifier API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Segment API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Subtasks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Subtasks Trace API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Upload API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Usage API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Verify API

OPEN COLLECTION

Robot rollout verifier Archive Verify Frames API

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Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Batch-verify robot rollouts

AGENT SKILL

Verify a robot rollout

AGENT SKILL

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Instance API Rules

39 rules · 32 errors 5 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Instance Verifier Overlay

5 actions · servers · instance-verifier-openapi.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 1

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

Instance Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Instance Agentic Access

37 operations · 15 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Demo

Demo

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Conventions

Conformance

Lifecycle

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: instance
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/instance.png
name: Instance
description: Instance (Instance Labs) is a Y Combinator-backed (Summer 2026) company building a verification layer for robot
  learning. Their platform ingests raw robot rollouts and episode footage from any robot or camera angle and automatically
  judges whether a task was completed successfully, returning a verdict with supporting evidence and a detailed subtask breakdown.
  The company positions itself as the ground-truth / success-detection layer that lets robotics teams trust their training
  data and train policies faster, and reports its verifier reaching higher accuracy than frontier vision-language models at
  a fraction of the latency across 10,000+ human-labeled episodes on 7 robot platforms. Founded by MIT computer scientists
  with backgrounds at SpaceX, AWS, and NASA JPL. Today the product is exposed as a hosted demo (submit videos or capture a
  live rollout for verification); there is no publicly documented developer API, SDK, or OpenAPI at this time.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instance/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-yc-batch: Summer 2026
x-website: https://www.instancelabs.ai/
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Verification
- Evaluation
- Data Quality
- Artificial Intelligence
- Y Combinator
tags_raw:
- Company
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Verification
- Evaluation
- Data Quality
- Artificial Intelligence
- Y Combinator
- Machine-Learning
apis:
- aid: instance:instance-archive-api
  name: Instance Archive API
  description: The Archive API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for archive.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Archives
  tags_raw:
  - Archive
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-archive-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-audit-api
  name: Instance Audit API
  description: The Audit API from Instance — 3 operation(s) for audit.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Audit
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-audit-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-batch-api
  name: Instance Batch API
  description: The Batch API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for batch.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Batch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-batch-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-captions-api
  name: Instance Captions API
  description: The Captions API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for captions.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Captions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-captions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-clip-api
  name: Instance Clip API
  description: The Clip API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for clip.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Clip
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-clip-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-download-api
  name: Instance Download API
  description: The Download API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for download.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Downloads
  tags_raw:
  - Download
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-download-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-example-api
  name: Instance Example API
  description: The Example API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for example.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Example
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-example-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-examples-api
  name: Instance Examples API
  description: The Examples API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for examples.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Example
  tags_raw:
  - Examples
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-examples-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-fast-api
  name: Instance Fast API
  description: The Fast API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for fast.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - FAST
  tags_raw:
  - Fast
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-fast-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-feed-api
  name: Instance Feed API
  description: The Feed API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for feed.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Feed
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-feed-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-h1-api
  name: Instance H1 API
  description: The H1 API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for h1.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - H1
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-h1-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-health-api
  name: Instance Health API
  description: The Health API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for health.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-ingest-api
  name: Instance Ingest API
  description: The Ingest API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for ingest.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Ingest
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-ingest-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-job-api
  name: Instance Job API
  description: The Job API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for job.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Job
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-job-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-live-example-api
  name: Instance Live Example API
  description: The Live Example API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live example.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Live Example
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-live-example-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-live-example-video-api
  name: Instance Live Example Video API
  description: The Live Example Video API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live example video.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Live Example Video
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-live-example-video-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-live-state-api
  name: Instance Live State API
  description: The Live State API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for live state.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Live State
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-live-state-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-opus-api
  name: Instance Opus API
  description: The Opus API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for opus.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Opus
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-opus-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-qr-api
  name: Instance Qr API
  description: The Qr API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for qr.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - QR
  tags_raw:
  - Qr
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-qr-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-record-api
  name: Instance Record API
  description: The Record API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for record.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Record
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-record-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-robot-rollout-verifier-api
  name: Instance Robot Rollout Verifier API
  description: The Robot Rollout Verifier API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for robot rollout verifier.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Robot Rollout Verifier
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-robot-rollout-verifier-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-segment-api
  name: Instance Segment API
  description: The Segment API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for segment.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Segment
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-segment-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-subtasks-api
  name: Instance Subtasks API
  description: The Subtasks API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for subtasks.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Subtasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-subtasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-subtasks-trace-api
  name: Instance Subtasks Trace API
  description: The Subtasks Trace API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for subtasks trace.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Subtasks Trace
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-subtasks-trace-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-upload-api
  name: Instance Upload API
  description: The Upload API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for upload.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Upload
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-upload-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-usage-api
  name: Instance Usage API
  description: The Usage API from Instance — 2 operation(s) for usage.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-verify-api
  name: Instance Verify API
  description: The Verify API from Instance — 3 operation(s) for verify.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Verify
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-verify-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- aid: instance:instance-verify-frames-api
  name: Instance Verify Frames API
  description: The Verify Frames API from Instance — 1 operation(s) for verify frames.
  humanURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  baseURL: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
  tags:
  - Verify Frames
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instance-verify-frames-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Demo
    url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instance-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/instance-agentic-access.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.instancelabs.ai/
- type: Demo
  url: https://demo.instancelabs.ai
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instancelabs
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/tryinstance
- type: Support
  url: mailto:founders@instancelabs.ai
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/instance-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/instance-data-model.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/instance-conventions.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/instance-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: Overlay
  url: overlays/instance-verifier-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/instance-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/instance-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/instance-lifecycle.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/instance-verify-rollout.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/instance-batch-verify.md
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Instance API — frequently asked questions

Does Instance have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 28 APIs from Instance, including Instance Archive API, Instance Audit API and Instance Batch API, and 25 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Instance API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 28 OpenAPI specifications for Instance, each linked for download from this page.

Is the Instance API ready for AI agents?

Instance has a Kin Score of 18.9 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 23.1 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

Work with this as data

Every provider here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for providers

9 MCP tools reach this

find_providersBrowse and filter every provider in the catalog.
get_provider_artifactsEvery artifact this provider publishes, grouped by type.
get_provider_operationsEvery operation across all of their OpenAPIs — one call instead of parsing every spec.
get_provider_toolsEvery MCP tool they ship, with the operation each wraps.
get_provider_evidenceHow each part of their score was established. Free — the basis for a claim should not sit behind it.
get_provider_ratingPRO — composite, band, trend and facet scores.
apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.

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Call it yourself

curl for this page

This provider

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/instance"

All providers

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers?limit=25"

Every operation they expose

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/instance/operations?limit=25"

How their score was established

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/instance/evidence"

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