# Nova Metrix

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nova-metrix/  
**Website:** https://www.novavg.com/platforms/nova-metrix/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Nova Metrix is a geotechnical, environmental, and materials-testing instrumentation company headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts and founded in 2009. It designs and manufactures sensors, instruments, monitoring software, and consumables for structural-health monitoring, construction, civil engineering, energy, and medical markets, operating in more than 90 countries. Nova Metrix is the parent of a family of specialist geotechnical and fiber-optic brands including Roctest, Sensornet, Sherborne Sensors, Soil Instruments, Westbay Instruments, DGSI, Waterloo Hydrogeologic, and Van Essen Instruments. It is backed by Battery Ventures, Commonwealth Capital, and Ascent Venture Partners. As of this enrichment pass Nova Metrix publishes no public developer API, developer portal, or machine-readable API artifacts; this profile carries verified company identity rather than an API surface.

## Kin Score — 2.2 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 2.2).

| 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 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 0.0 (matched via tags).

## 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).

## Tags

Company, Geotechnical, Instrumentation, Sensors, Monitoring, Structural Health, Environmental, Civil Engineering

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