MakerDAO

MakerDAO is the decentralized autonomous organization behind the Maker Protocol, an Ethereum-based smart-contract system that lets anyone, anywhere generate the Dai (DAI) stablecoin by locking crypto collateral into Vaults. The protocol governs collateral types, stability fees, the Dai Savings Rate (DSR), collateral liquidation auctions, and oracle price feeds through on-chain governance by MKR token holders. Rather than a hosted REST API, developers integrate directly with the Maker Protocol smart contracts and through the official Dai.js JavaScript / TypeScript SDK, the multicall state-management library, and published developer guides. MakerDAO has since rebranded to the Sky Ecosystem (USDS / SKY). Surfaced as a portfolio company of Paradigm and enriched by the API Evangelist pipeline.

MakerDAO is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Crypto Defi, DeFi, Stablecoin, and Ethereum.

MakerDAO’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, CLI, and 12 more developer resources.

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19.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyCrypto DefiDeFiStablecoinEthereumSmart ContractsBlockchainGovernanceDai

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Composite quality — 19.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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

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Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

SDKs

Packages

CLI

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Deprecation

Deprecation

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Governance

Governance

Source (apis.yml)

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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/makerdao.png
name: MakerDAO
description: MakerDAO is the decentralized autonomous organization behind the Maker Protocol, an Ethereum-based smart-contract
  system that lets anyone, anywhere generate the Dai (DAI) stablecoin by locking crypto collateral into Vaults. The protocol
  governs collateral types, stability fees, the Dai Savings Rate (DSR), collateral liquidation auctions, and oracle price
  feeds through on-chain governance by MKR token holders. Rather than a hosted REST API, developers integrate directly with
  the Maker Protocol smart contracts and through the official Dai.js JavaScript / TypeScript SDK, the multicall state-management
  library, and published developer guides. MakerDAO has since rebranded to the Sky Ecosystem (USDS / SKY). Surfaced as a portfolio
  company of Paradigm and enriched by the API Evangelist pipeline.
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tags:
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- Stablecoin
- Ethereum
- Smart Contracts
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- type: Packages
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- type: CLI
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- type: Lifecycle
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- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/makerdao-lifecycle.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://docs.makerdao.com/security/security.makerdao.com.md
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  url: security/makerdao-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
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