# National Institute of Standards and Technology

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology/  
**Website:** https://www.nist.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. NIST operates the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), which provides public APIs for CVE, CVE change history, and CPE records.

## Kin Score — 25.6 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 25.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 49.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 22.2 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **National Institute of Standards and Technology CPE API** — Common Platform Enumeration
- **National Institute of Standards and Technology CVE API** — Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
- **National Institute of Standards and Technology CVE History API** — CVE change history events

## Agentic access (1)

- **National Institute Of Standards And Technology Agentic Access** — 3 operations

## Security (2)

- **National Institute Of Standards And Technology Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **National Institute Of Standards And Technology Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published

## Plans (1)

- **National Institute Of Standards And Technology Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cybersecurity, Federal-Government, Standards, Technology, Vulnerabilities

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