# Labstep

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/labstep/  
**Website:** https://www.labstep.com  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Labstep is a cloud-based Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) and research data management platform for life-science, chemistry and pharma R&D teams. It combines step-by-step interactive protocols, structured experiment data capture, inventory and sample management with QR scanning, order management, instrument/device integration, chemistry and sequence tooling, and integrated Jupyter Notebooks for analysis — all under an audit trail with electronic signatures and sample lineage. Labstep exposes a public REST API at api.labstep.com secured with a per-user API key, plus an officially maintained Python SDK (labstepPy) and an R package (labstepR) that wrap the same generic entity surface used by the application itself.

## Kin Score — 38.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 64.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 46.1 |
| Access Clarity | 46.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 37.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 12.0 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Labstep API** — The Labstep REST API exposes the same generic entity surface the Labstep application uses — experiments, protocols, resources, resource items, locations, devices, device data, o...

## Security (2)

- **Labstep Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Labstep Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Electronic Lab Notebook, Life Sciences, Laboratory, Research Data Management, Scientific Software, Inventory Management, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Compliance

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/labstep/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.