Instock

Instock is a robotics company delivering a goods-to-person automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) as a fulfillment robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) offering. The system pairs a static "Grid" racking framework, stackable "Bins", and autonomous three-dimensional "Robots" with "Incloud", a cloud software platform that orchestrates warehouse fulfillment operations. Instock publishes a REST-based HTTP API (Incloud) that lets a customer's host systems (PIM/IMS/OMS) integrate with the ASRS: managing sites, uploading articles (SKUs), creating and advancing customer orders, tracking order tasks, and reading inventory and article moves. The API accepts and returns JSON, uses Bearer-token (JWT) authentication issued during onboarding, cursor-based pagination, snake_case properties, and RFC 3339 timestamps. Instock was surfaced as a portfolio company of Lux Capital. Sector: robotics / warehouse automation.

Instock publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Articles API, Inventory API, Moves API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Company, Robotics, Warehouse Automation, Fulfillment, and Logistics.

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

Instock’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, sandbox, and 17 more developer resources.

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40.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 0/100 dormant saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 3 Agent Skills

Company Robotics Warehouse Automation Fulfillment LogisticsASRSSupply Chain Inventory

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Inventory Management

BC-530

Inventory

GET /{site_id}/inventory PUT /{site_id}/inventory

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 40.1/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.9 / 15

Access Clarity 2.6 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.1 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

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 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

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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
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
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)
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Access Clarity scores 17.1 — up to +16.6 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 0.0 — up to +13.0 composite points
Contract Quality scores 55.4 — up to +11.2 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 6

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

Instock Articles API

Instock is using the term `article` to describe unique product or SKU managed by Instock ASRS. Articles resource is mostly managed by you as a client of Instock API. Article dat...

Instock Inventory API

Inventory resource returns data on the current quantity of article(s) that your organization has uploaded, use it to track articles that are low in stock or out-of-stock and req...

Instock Moves API

Moves allow to retrieve data on article(s) flow in and out of of a particular site owned by your organization. List moves of all articles or retrieve them for a single article. ...

Instock Orders API

Intentions of users of Instock ASRS are represented by `orders` structure. Orders resource allows: * create/update/retrieve records for picking of goods from the ASRS (`customer...

Instock Ordertasks API

Fulfillment of orders by associates and ASRS is split into chunks called `ordertasks`. An `ordertask` can represent a picking of several lines of customer order, for example. Ea...

Instock Sites API

Each Instock site (or just site) represents a single instance of Instock ASRS. Such instance can represent either physical installation of ASRS or a simulation in sandbox enviro...

Open Collections 6

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

Instock API reference Articles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Instock API reference Articles Inventory API

OPEN COLLECTION

Instock API reference Articles Moves API

OPEN COLLECTION

Instock API reference Articles Orders API

OPEN COLLECTION

Instock API reference Articles Ordertasks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Instock API reference Articles Sites API

OPEN COLLECTION

Agent Skills 3

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

Create and fulfill a customer order

AGENT SKILL

Onboard articles (SKUs) into Instock

AGENT SKILL

Track inventory and article moves

AGENT SKILL

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Instock API Rules

64 rules · 60 errors 2 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.

Instock Openapi Overlay

2 actions · update · instock-openapi.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

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

Instock Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Instock Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Login

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Careers

Careers

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: instock
name: Instock
description: 'Instock is a robotics company delivering a goods-to-person automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) as
  a fulfillment robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) offering. The system pairs a static "Grid" racking framework, stackable "Bins",
  and autonomous three-dimensional "Robots" with "Incloud", a cloud software platform that orchestrates warehouse fulfillment
  operations. Instock publishes a REST-based HTTP API (Incloud) that lets a customer''s host systems (PIM/IMS/OMS) integrate
  with the ASRS: managing sites, uploading articles (SKUs), creating and advancing customer orders, tracking order tasks,
  and reading inventory and article moves. The API accepts and returns JSON, uses Bearer-token (JWT) authentication issued
  during onboarding, cursor-based pagination, snake_case properties, and RFC 3339 timestamps. Instock was surfaced as a portfolio
  company of Lux Capital. Sector: robotics / warehouse automation.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instock/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://instock.com/en/images/logo.svg
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lux-capital
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Robotics
- Warehouse Automation
- Fulfillment
- Logistics
- ASRS
- Supply Chain
- Inventory
tags_raw:
- Company
- Robotics
- Warehouse Automation
- Fulfillment
- Logistics
- ASRS
- Supply Chain
- Inventory Management
apis:
- aid: instock:instock-articles-api
  name: Instock Articles API
  description: "Instock is using the term `article` to describe unique product or SKU managed by Instock ASRS.\nArticles resource\
    \ is mostly managed by you as a client of Instock API.\nArticle data is shared across all sites that belong to your organization.\n\
    \n**Note**: \n  * currently articles with `is_serial_numbered: true` value cannot be uploaded or updated, Incloud will\
    \ yield an error.\n  * `attributes` object can contain both custom and pre-defined values. Custom attributes defined\n\
    \   upon initial integration with Incloud."
  humanURL: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  baseURL: https://api.instock.com/v1
  tags:
  - Articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instock-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/getting-started/
- aid: instock:instock-inventory-api
  name: Instock Inventory API
  description: "Inventory resource returns data on the current quantity  of article(s) that your organization has uploaded,\
    \ use it to track \narticles that are low in stock or out-of-stock and require replenishment in scope of particular site."
  humanURL: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  baseURL: https://api.instock.com/v1
  tags:
  - Inventory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instock-inventory-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/getting-started/
- aid: instock:instock-moves-api
  name: Instock Moves API
  description: "Moves allow to retrieve data on article(s) flow in and out of of a particular site owned by your organization.\
    \ \nList moves of all articles or retrieve them for a single article.\n\n**Note**: Refine your search with `from_timestamp`\
    \ and `to_timestamp` — most recent moves will be on top of the list."
  humanURL: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  baseURL: https://api.instock.com/v1
  tags:
  - Moves
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instock-moves-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/getting-started/
- aid: instock:instock-orders-api
  name: Instock Orders API
  description: "Intentions of users of Instock ASRS are represented by `orders` structure.\n\nOrders resource allows:\n* create/update/retrieve\
    \ records for picking of goods from the ASRS (`customer` orders)\n* retrieve-only access to records for induction/adjustment/extraction\
    \ of inventory\n(`adjustment`, `reception`, `extraction` orders)\n\nAll operations with orders are performed in scope\
    \ of a particular site and require\n`site_id` as a path parameter.\n\nThe following kinds and statuses of orders are in\
    \ use:\n| Order Kind | Description |\n|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n\
    | `customer`   | order that needs to be fulfilled from ASRS and are placed by you, as client of API. |\n| `adjustment`\
    \ | order to correct current inventory. |   \n| `reception`  | order to receive goods or assets into ASRS, triggered by\
    \ shipment from supplier, return of goods, etc. |\n| `extraction` | order to extract assets from ASRS. |\n\n| Order Status\
    \ | Description |\n|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|\n| `registered`   | order registered\
    \ and awaiting for fulfillment in scope of ordertask(s).|\n| `reserved`     | fulfillment in progress.               \
    \       |\n| `done`         | order has been fulfilled.                     | \n| `canceled`    | order has been canceled.\
    \                     |    \n \n\n**Note**: \n* only `customer` orders can be updated, and only while they are in status\
    \ `registered`. Once order\nfulfillment has started Instock ASRS freezes (makes read-only) customer orders.\n* custom\
    \ `attributes` object values are optional and defined upon initial integration with Incloud."
  humanURL: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  baseURL: https://api.instock.com/v1
  tags:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instock-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/getting-started/
- aid: instock:instock-ordertasks-api
  name: Instock Ordertasks API
  description: "Fulfillment of orders by associates and ASRS is split into chunks called `ordertasks`.\nAn `ordertask` can\
    \ represent a picking of several lines of customer order, for example.\nEach ordertask corresponds to exactly one order\
    \ and one order can have multiple ordertasks.\nOn the other side, each action of robots of ASRS can be attributed back\
    \ to exactly one ordertask.\n\nIncloud promises, once order gets into one of the terminal statuses (`done` or `canceled`)\
    \ the set\nof corresponding ordertasks is immutable, i.e. no new ordertasks to be added, and each ordertask record\nis\
    \ immutable.\n\nOrdertasks corresponding to customer order are created after order fulfillment is planned, i.e. after\n\
    order status changes from `registered` to `reserved`.\nOnce customer order is `done` or `canceled`, a client of API can\
    \ reconstruct full picture of fulfillment of \norder by retrieving ordertasks data.\nOrdertasks may be presented by Incloud\
    \ for all type of orders\n(`customer`, `reception`, `adjustment`, `extraction`).\n\n| Ordertask status | Description |\n\
    |----------------|---------------|\n| `reserved`     | ordertask is in progress. |\n| `done`         | ordertask has been\
    \ completed. | \n| `canceled`    | ordertask has been canceled. |"
  humanURL: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  baseURL: https://api.instock.com/v1
  tags:
  - Ordertasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instock-ordertasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/getting-started/
- aid: instock:instock-sites-api
  name: Instock Sites API
  description: 'Each Instock site (or just site) represents a single instance of Instock ASRS.

    Such instance can represent either physical installation of ASRS or a simulation in sandbox environment.

    Organization may own many sites.

    A single physical site may have many sandboxes and each sandbox will be characterized by its own `site_id`.


    **Note**: `site_id` is required to perform operations with orders, ordertasks, inventory and moves.'
  humanURL: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  baseURL: https://api.instock.com/v1
  tags:
  - Sites
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instock-sites-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://instock.com/en/docs/getting-started/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/instock-capability-edges.yml
  name: Instock Business Capability Map
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instock-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/instock-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://instock.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://instock.com/en/docs/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://instock.com/en/docs/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://instock.com/en/docs/api/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://instock.com/en/docs/getting-started/
- type: Login
  url: https://cloud.instock.com/sign-in/
- type: Support
  url: https://instock.com/en/contact-us/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://instock.com/en/privacy-policy
- type: Blog
  url: https://instock.com/en/news/
- type: Careers
  url: https://instock.com/en/careers/
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/instock-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/instock-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/instock-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/instock-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/instock-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/instock-sandbox.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/instock-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/instock-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/instock-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/instock-openapi.json
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Instock API — frequently asked questions

Does Instock have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Instock, including Instock Articles API, Instock Inventory API and Instock Moves API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Instock API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Instock, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Instock API?

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

Is the Instock API ready for AI agents?

Instock has a Kin Score of 40.1 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 30.4 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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