# Metaphor

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/metaphor/  
**Website:** https://metaphor.io  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Metaphor was an active-metadata / data-catalog platform (metaphor.io) that combined a social, agent-assisted data governance experience with a large library of open-source Python "connectors" that extracted metadata (schemas, lineage, usage, ownership, documentation, data quality) from warehouses, BI tools, and data pipelines to populate the Metaphor app. Founded by ex-LinkedIn DataHub engineers and backed by Amplify Partners, Metaphor's technology platform was acquired by KPMG; the metaphor.io site now redirects to the KPMG acquisition announcement and the standalone developer surface (docs.metaphor.io, api.metaphor.io, the MetaphorData GitHub org) has been decommissioned. The first-party open-source metadata packages (metaphor-connectors, metaphor-models) still resolve on PyPI.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| 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

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Metaphor Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC

## Tags

Company, Data Analytics, Metadata, Data Catalog, Data Governance, Data Lineage, Active Metadata

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