Katana

Katana is a cloud manufacturing ERP and inventory management platform for product businesses. It gives makers and small-to-midsize manufacturers real-time inventory control across multiple locations and sales channels, production and manufacturing-order planning, purchasing and demand forecasting, warehouse and bin management with barcode workflows, and lot/ serial-number traceability. Katana connects to Shopify, Amazon, QuickBooks Online, Xero, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, HubSpot and 50+ other tools, and exposes a full REST API (documented with OpenAPI 3.0) plus HMAC-signed webhooks so integrators can sync sales orders, purchase orders, manufacturing orders, products, variants, materials and stock programmatically. Added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Northzone and enriched from its public developer surface.

Katana publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Enterprise, Inventory, Manufacturing, and ERP.

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

Katana’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 23 more developer resources.

52.1/100 developing Agent 78/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features
CompanyEnterpriseInventoryManufacturingERPSupply ChainWarehouse ManagementOrder Management

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 52.1/100 · developing
Contract Quality 9.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 7.9 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 78/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
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 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

Katana API

REST/JSON API (v1) for Katana cloud manufacturing ERP — sales orders, purchase orders, manufacturing orders, products, variants, materials, inventory, customers, suppliers, batc...

MCP Servers

katana-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits

Katana Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Event Specifications

Katana Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: katana
name: Katana
description: Katana is a cloud manufacturing ERP and inventory management platform for product businesses. It gives makers
  and small-to-midsize manufacturers real-time inventory control across multiple locations and sales channels, production
  and manufacturing-order planning, purchasing and demand forecasting, warehouse and bin management with barcode workflows,
  and lot/ serial-number traceability. Katana connects to Shopify, Amazon, QuickBooks Online, Xero, WooCommerce, BigCommerce,
  HubSpot and 50+ other tools, and exposes a full REST API (documented with OpenAPI 3.0) plus HMAC-signed webhooks so integrators
  can sync sales orders, purchase orders, manufacturing orders, products, variants, materials and stock programmatically.
  Added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Northzone and enriched from its public developer surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/katana/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- northzone
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: real-api-enriched
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Enterprise
- Inventory
- Manufacturing
- ERP
- Supply Chain
- Warehouse Management
- Order Management
image: https://katanamrp.com
apis:
- name: Katana API
  description: REST/JSON API (v1) for Katana cloud manufacturing ERP — sales orders, purchase orders, manufacturing orders,
    products, variants, materials, inventory, customers, suppliers, batches, serial numbers, bin locations and webhooks. Bearer
    API-key auth; documented with a full OpenAPI 3.0 spec.
  humanURL: https://developer.katanamrp.com/
  baseURL: https://api.katanamrp.com/v1
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/katana-openapi-original.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.katanamrp.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.katanamrp.com/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.katanamrp.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.katanamrp.com/docs/getting-started
- type: Support
  url: https://support.katanamrp.com/en/
- type: Blog
  url: https://katanamrp.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://katanamrp.com/pricing/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://katanamrp.com/talk-to-sales/
- type: Login
  url: https://factory.katanamrp.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://katanamrp.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://katanamrp.com/privacy-policy/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.katanamrp.com
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/katana-changelog.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/katana-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/katana-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/katana-rate-limits.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/katana-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/katana-lifecycle.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/katana-webhooks.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/katana-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/katana-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/katana-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/katana-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://katanamrp.com/security/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/katana-trust-center.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/katana-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/katana-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/katana-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://katanamrp.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence