Materials Zone

Materials Zone (MaterialsZone) is a materials-informatics platform that centralizes materials R&D data into a single, structured source of truth. Its RESTful API integrates with lab instruments and supports Python scripts and analytical tools, letting teams automate workflows, connect diverse data sources, and run domain-specific analysis. Data is organized as Folders > Tables > Items, enriched with Parameters, Values, Measurements, Protocols and Parsers, with per-organization data segregation and encryption in transit and at rest. The company is a portfolio company of Insight Partners.

Materials Zone publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including files API, folders API, items API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Company, Materials Informatics, Materials Science, Research and Development, and Laboratory Data.

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

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38.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessSelf serve

9 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyMaterials InformaticsMaterials ScienceResearch and DevelopmentLaboratory DataData ManagementLife Sciences

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 38.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.7 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 17

Access Clarity 4.7 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11

Contract Governance 1.7 / 10

Discoverability 6.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 4.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 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

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APIs 9

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

Open Collections 10

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

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Login

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Lifecycle

Conformance

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: materials-zone
name: Materials Zone
description: Materials Zone (MaterialsZone) is a materials-informatics platform that centralizes materials R&D data into a
  single, structured source of truth. Its RESTful API integrates with lab instruments and supports Python scripts and analytical
  tools, letting teams automate workflows, connect diverse data sources, and run domain-specific analysis. Data is organized
  as Folders > Tables > Items, enriched with Parameters, Values, Measurements, Protocols and Parsers, with per-organization
  data segregation and encryption in transit and at rest. The company is a portfolio company of Insight Partners.
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-openapi
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  pricing: unknown
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  try_now: false
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specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Materials Informatics
- Materials Science
- Research and Development
- Laboratory Data
- Data Management
- Life Sciences
apis:
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-files-api
  name: Materials Zone files API
  description: Files are used to store data not related to specific items.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-folders-api
  name: Materials Zone folders API
  description: Folders are used to organize other Folders and Tables.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - Folders
  tags_raw:
  - folders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-folders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-items-api
  name: Materials Zone items API
  description: Items are the rows in tables.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - Item
  tags_raw:
  - items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-items-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-jobs-api
  name: Materials Zone jobs API
  description: Jobs are used to perform long running tasks.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - Job
  tags_raw:
  - jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-jobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-measurements-api
  name: Materials Zone measurements API
  description: Measurements are the files that are uploaded to the system and can be parsed.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - Measurements
  tags_raw:
  - measurements
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-measurements-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-parameters-api
  name: Materials Zone parameters API
  description: Parameters are used to define the structure of columns in tables.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - Parameters
  tags_raw:
  - parameters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-parameters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-parsers-api
  name: Materials Zone parsers API
  description: Parsers are used to convert instrument specific output files to a MaterialsZone common format.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - Parsers
  tags_raw:
  - parsers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-parsers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-protocols-api
  name: Materials Zone protocols API
  description: Protocols are used to group parameters in tables.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - Protocols
  tags_raw:
  - protocols
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-protocols-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- aid: materials-zone:materials-zone-tables-api
  name: Materials Zone tables API
  description: Tables are organized in folders, and contain Items.
  humanURL: https://developer.materials.zone/
  baseURL: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1
  tags:
  - Tables
  tags_raw:
  - tables
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/materials-zone-tables-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.materials.zone/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/materials-zone-mcp.yml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/materials-zone-openapi.json
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.materials.zone/v2beta1/swagger.json
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.materials.zone/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/materials-zone-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/materials-zone-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/materials-zone-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/materials-zone-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/materials-zone-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/materials-zone-conformance.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/materials-zone-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/materials-zone-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/materials-zone-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/materials-zone-domain-security.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.materials.zone/blog
- type: Login
  url: https://app.materials.zone/signin
- type: Support
  url: mailto:contact@materials.zone
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.materials.zone/legals/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.materials.zone/legals/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.materials.zone/
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  date: '2026-07-20'
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