LUMICKS

LUMICKS is a life-science instrumentation company that builds tools to directly measure molecular and cellular interactions. Its Dynamic Single-Molecule platform, the C-Trap, uses optical tweezers to resolve real-time biomolecular interactions at the single-molecule level, while its Cell Avidity platforms (Avidion and the compact z-Movi) quantify the binding strength between immune cells and their targets for immuno-oncology, CAR-T, and antibody-therapeutics research. The developer surface is client-side: the official Apache-2.0 Python library lumicks.pylake analyzes single-molecule optical-tweezer data exported from the Bluelake acquisition software (force calibration, force-distance curve fitting, kymo/scan imaging, kymotracking, population dynamics), and bluelake-scripting automates instrument control. LUMICKS publishes no hosted public web API.

LUMICKS is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Health Tech, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, and Scientific Instruments.

LUMICKS’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, changelog, and 13 more developer resources.

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19.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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Company Health Tech Life Sciences Biotechnology Scientific InstrumentsSingle MoleculeOptical TweezersImmuno-Oncology Data Analysis Python SDK

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 19.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 15

Access Clarity 1.6 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.8 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 9

Discoverability 4.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 0.8 / 15

Open Source Surface 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 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

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Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

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LLMsTxt

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WellKnown

WellKnown

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IssueTracker

Releases

Support

ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Source (apis.yml)

aid: lumicks
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lumicks.png
name: LUMICKS
description: 'LUMICKS is a life-science instrumentation company that builds tools to directly measure molecular and cellular
  interactions. Its Dynamic Single-Molecule platform, the C-Trap, uses optical tweezers to resolve real-time biomolecular
  interactions at the single-molecule level, while its Cell Avidity platforms (Avidion and the compact z-Movi) quantify the
  binding strength between immune cells and their targets for immuno-oncology, CAR-T, and antibody-therapeutics research.
  The developer surface is client-side: the official Apache-2.0 Python library lumicks.pylake analyzes single-molecule optical-tweezer
  data exported from the Bluelake acquisition software (force calibration, force-distance curve fitting, kymo/scan imaging,
  kymotracking, population dynamics), and bluelake-scripting automates instrument control. LUMICKS publishes no hosted public
  web API.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lumicks/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- softbank-vision-fund
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Health Tech
- Life Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Scientific Instruments
- Single Molecule
- Optical Tweezers
- Immuno-Oncology
- Data Analysis
- Python SDK
apis: []
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/lumicks/pylake/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/lumicks/pylake/releases
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/lumicks/pylake/blob/main/contributing.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/lumicks/pylake/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: Website
  url: https://lumicks.com/
- type: About
  url: https://lumicks.com/about/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://lumicks-pylake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://lumicks-pylake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://lumicks-pylake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/lumicks
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/lumicks/pylake
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://lumicks.com/privacy-policy/
- type: Support
  url: https://lumicks.com/contact/
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/lumicks-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/lumicks-packages.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/lumicks-changelog.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/lumicks-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/lumicks-well-known.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 4
  pass: local-v1

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