# Nuclei

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nuclei/  
**Website:** https://nuclei.projectdiscovery.io  
**APIs profiled:** 36

Nuclei is an open source vulnerability scanner from ProjectDiscovery that uses YAML-based templates to find security issues in APIs, web apps, and infrastructure. It supports multiple protocols (HTTP, DNS, TCP, file), parallel scanning, CI/CD integration, and ships with thousands of community-contributed templates. The ProjectDiscovery Cloud Platform exposes a REST API for managing templates, scans, vulnerabilities, leaks, asset discovery, exports, and more.

## Kin Score — 32.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 53.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 22.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (36)

- **Nuclei** — Nuclei is an open source vulnerability scanner from ProjectDiscovery that uses YAML-based templates to find security issues in APIs, web apps, and infrastructure.
- **Nuclei agents API** — The agents API from Nuclei — 4 operation(s) for agents.
- **Nuclei Asset API** — The Asset API from Nuclei — 12 operation(s) for asset.
- **Nuclei assets API** — The assets API from Nuclei — 9 operation(s) for assets.
- **Nuclei automations API** — The automations API from Nuclei — 2 operation(s) for automations.
- **Nuclei billing API** — The billing API from Nuclei — 1 operation(s) for billing.
- **Nuclei chaos API** — The chaos API from Nuclei — 3 operation(s) for chaos.
- **Nuclei configurations API** — The configurations API from Nuclei — 7 operation(s) for configurations.
- **Nuclei deprecated API** — The deprecated API from Nuclei — 3 operation(s) for deprecated.
- **Nuclei domains API** — The domains API from Nuclei — 2 operation(s) for domains.
- **Nuclei elog API** — The elog API from Nuclei — 1 operation(s) for elog.
- **Nuclei enumeration API** — The enumeration API from Nuclei — 2 operation(s) for enumeration.
- **Nuclei enumerations API** — The enumerations API from Nuclei — 20 operation(s) for enumerations.
- **Nuclei export API** — The export API from Nuclei — 4 operation(s) for export.
- **Nuclei history API** — The history API from Nuclei — 1 operation(s) for history.
- **Nuclei internal API** — The internal API from Nuclei — 33 operation(s) for internal.
- **Nuclei Leaks API** — The Leaks API from Nuclei — 5 operation(s) for leaks.
- **Nuclei oauth API** — The oauth API from Nuclei — 5 operation(s) for oauth.
- **Nuclei Payment API** — The Payment API from Nuclei — 1 operation(s) for payment.
- **Nuclei results API** — The results API from Nuclei — 7 operation(s) for results.
- **Nuclei retests API** — The retests API from Nuclei — 2 operation(s) for retests.
- **Nuclei scan API** — The scan API from Nuclei — 5 operation(s) for scan.
- **Nuclei scan_log API** — The scan_log API from Nuclei — 3 operation(s) for scan_log.
- **Nuclei Scans API** — The Scans API from Nuclei — 24 operation(s) for scans.
- **Nuclei stats API** — The stats API from Nuclei — 1 operation(s) for stats.
- **Nuclei tasks API** — The tasks API from Nuclei — 2 operation(s) for tasks.
- **Nuclei Team API** — The Team API from Nuclei — 2 operation(s) for team.
- **Nuclei Template API** — The Template API from Nuclei — 4 operation(s) for template.
- **Nuclei template/v2 API** — The template/v2 API from Nuclei — 1 operation(s) for template/v2.
- **Nuclei templates API** — The templates API from Nuclei — 12 operation(s) for templates.
- **Nuclei usage API** — The usage API from Nuclei — 1 operation(s) for usage.
- **Nuclei User API** — The User API from Nuclei — 3 operation(s) for user.
- **Nuclei users API** — The users API from Nuclei — 12 operation(s) for users.
- **Nuclei vuln API** — The vuln API from Nuclei — 1 operation(s) for vuln.
- **Nuclei Vulnerability API** — The Vulnerability API from Nuclei — 9 operation(s) for vulnerability.
- **Nuclei Vulns API** — The Vulns API from Nuclei — 2 operation(s) for vulns.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nuclei Agentic Access** — 273 operations · 126 acting · 4 human-in-the-loop

## Security (4)

- **Nuclei Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Nuclei Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Nuclei Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published
- **Nuclei Trust Center** — SOC 2

## Plans (1)

- **Nuclei Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Security Testing, Testing, Vulnerability Scanner, DAST, Open-Source

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