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 API contracts indexed 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.

The Materials Zone catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

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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34.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Front door AI 4/6 moderate Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract 3 Agent Skills

CompanyMaterials InformaticsMaterials Science Research and DevelopmentLaboratory DataData Management Life Sciences

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 34.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.2 / 15

Access Clarity 4.1 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 27.6 — up to +14.5 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 28.0 — up to +14.4 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 0.0 — up to +13.0 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Chemistry and Materials (chemical data depositors, materials-data APIs)	undeclared	-	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 9

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

Materials Zone Files API

Files are used to store data not related to specific items.

Materials Zone Folders API

Folders are used to organize other Folders and Tables.

Materials Zone Items API

Items are the rows in tables.

Materials Zone Jobs API

Jobs are used to perform long running tasks.

Materials Zone Measurements API

Measurements are the files that are uploaded to the system and can be parsed.

Materials Zone Parameters API

Parameters are used to define the structure of columns in tables.

Materials Zone Parsers API

Parsers are used to convert instrument specific output files to a MaterialsZone common format.

Materials Zone Protocols API

Protocols are used to group parameters in tables.

Materials Zone Tables API

Tables are organized in folders, and contain Items.

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Open Collections 9

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

Materials Zone files API

OPEN COLLECTION

Materials Zone files folders API

OPEN COLLECTION

Materials Zone files items API

OPEN COLLECTION

Materials Zone files jobs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Materials Zone files measurements API

OPEN COLLECTION

Materials Zone files parameters API

OPEN COLLECTION

Materials Zone files parsers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Materials Zone files protocols API

OPEN COLLECTION

Materials Zone files tables API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Build a data table and add items

AGENT SKILL

Ingest instrument measurements with a parser

AGENT SKILL

Page through all items in a table

AGENT SKILL

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Materials Zone API Rules

61 rules · 57 errors 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Materials Zone Openapi Overlay

2 actions · update · materials-zone-openapi.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Materials Zone Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Materials Zone Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Materials Zone Agentic Access

35 operations · 25 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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

X-MCPServerCandidate

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.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/materials-zone/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-openapi
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a76467298c454de539f7aa/66cef238e96d8f1502659d8f_WebClip%20%20256x256.png
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:
  - Parser
  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:
  - Protocol
  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: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/materials-zone-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- 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/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 14
  pass: local-v1

Materials Zone API — frequently asked questions

Does Materials Zone have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from Materials Zone, including Materials Zone Files API, Materials Zone Folders API and Materials Zone Items API, and 6 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Materials Zone API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for Materials Zone, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Materials Zone API?

Materials Zone uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Materials Zone Authentication.

Is the Materials Zone API ready for AI agents?

Materials Zone has a Kin Score of 34.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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