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Obol

Obol builds distributed validator infrastructure for Ethereum, letting a validator be run across multiple independent operators and machines (a Distributed Validator, or DV) instead of a single node, which removes single points of failure in proof-of-stake staking. Its core software is Charon, a Go middleware client that coordinates the operators, plus the DV Launchpad dapp, the Obol Splits smart contracts, and the Obol API (api.obol.tech) with a TypeScript SDK for creating and managing clusters. The Obol API exposes cluster definitions, cluster locks, validator states, exits, deposits, fee recipients, effectiveness, peer scores, Techne credentials, and network staking metrics.

Obol publishes 17 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Address API, Cluster Definition API, Cluster Effectiveness API, and 14 more. Tagged areas include Company, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Staking, and Distributed Validators.

Obol’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, authentication, CLI, and 27 more developer resources.

47.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 3/6 light saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0 · Show this score on your site →
1 published contract 3 Agent Skills
CompanyCryptocurrencyEthereumStakingDistributed ValidatorsBlockchain InfrastructureWeb3

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.
The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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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)
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
  • 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)
  • Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.
Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):
Each check links to what satisfies it. Publish the artifact, or tell us where it already lives, and the score moves on the next scoring run.
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. Every facet and dimension name above is a link: it opens that measurement's own page — what it means, the exact checks that feed it, how the whole catalog distributes on it, and the providers at the top of it. This rating is computed from the provider profile at artifacts.apis.io/obol/apis.yml: open an issue on github.com/api-evangelist/obol to ask a question or point us at an artifact you publish. Submit an artifact on GitHub — free → Manage your own listing — the Influence plan, $499/mo →

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.

MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
Artifact Hub Cloud-Native Packages distribution - - -

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

APIs 17

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

Obol Address API

The Address API from Obol — 7 operation(s) for address.

Obol Cluster Definition API

The Cluster Definition API from Obol — 4 operation(s) for cluster definition.

Obol Cluster Effectiveness API

The Cluster Effectiveness API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for cluster effectiveness.

Obol Cluster Lock API

The Cluster Lock API from Obol — 22 operation(s) for cluster lock.

Obol Deposit Data API

The Deposit Data API from Obol — 4 operation(s) for deposit data.

Obol DV Exit API

The DV Exit API from Obol — 8 operation(s) for dv exit.

Obol DV Migrate API

The DV Migrate API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for dv migrate.

Obol Fee Recipient API

The Fee Recipient API from Obol — 4 operation(s) for fee recipient.

Obol Metrics API

The Metrics API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for metrics.

Obol OWR Information API

The OWR Information API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for owr information.

Obol Positions API

The Positions API from Obol — 2 operation(s) for positions.

Obol State API

The State API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for state.

Obol System API

System related endpoints.

Obol Techne Credentials API

The Techne Credentials API from Obol — 4 operation(s) for techne credentials.

Obol Terms And Conditions API

The Terms And Conditions API from Obol — 2 operation(s) for terms and conditions.

Obol Test API

The Test API from Obol — 2 operation(s) for test.

Obol Tvs API

The tvs API from Obol — 2 operation(s) for tvs.

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Open Collections 17

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

Obol Address API

OPEN COLLECTION

Obol Address DV Exit API

OPEN COLLECTION

Obol Address Metrics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Obol Address State API

OPEN COLLECTION

Obol Address System API

OPEN COLLECTION

Obol Address Test API

OPEN COLLECTION

Obol Address tvs API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Agent Skills 3

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

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.

Obol Openapi Overlay

2 actions · update · obol-openapi-original.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 3

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

Obol Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Obol Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Obol Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Obol Agentic Access

71 operations · 14 acting · 14 human-in-the-loop

71 operations · 14 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: obol
name: Obol
description: Obol builds distributed validator infrastructure for Ethereum, letting a validator be run across multiple independent
  operators and machines (a Distributed Validator, or DV) instead of a single node, which removes single points of failure
  in proof-of-stake staking. Its core software is Charon, a Go middleware client that coordinates the operators, plus the
  DV Launchpad dapp, the Obol Splits smart contracts, and the Obol API (api.obol.tech) with a TypeScript SDK for creating
  and managing clusters. The Obol API exposes cluster definitions, cluster locks, validator states, exits, deposits, fee recipients,
  effectiveness, peer scores, Techne credentials, and network staking metrics.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/obol/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: active
x-tier-reason: enriched-has-api
deliveryModel:
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  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
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  description: The Address API from Obol — 7 operation(s) for address.
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  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-cluster-definition-api
  name: Obol Cluster Definition API
  description: The Cluster Definition API from Obol — 4 operation(s) for cluster definition.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-cluster-effectiveness-api
  name: Obol Cluster Effectiveness API
  description: The Cluster Effectiveness API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for cluster effectiveness.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - Cluster Effectiveness
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-cluster-lock-api
  name: Obol Cluster Lock API
  description: The Cluster Lock API from Obol — 22 operation(s) for cluster lock.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - Cluster Lock
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-cluster-lock-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-deposit-data-api
  name: Obol Deposit Data API
  description: The Deposit Data API from Obol — 4 operation(s) for deposit data.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - Deposit Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-deposit-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-dv-exit-api
  name: Obol DV Exit API
  description: The DV Exit API from Obol — 8 operation(s) for dv exit.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - DV Exit
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-dv-exit-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-dv-migrate-api
  name: Obol DV Migrate API
  description: The DV Migrate API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for dv migrate.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - DV Migrate
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-dv-migrate-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-fee-recipient-api
  name: Obol Fee Recipient API
  description: The Fee Recipient API from Obol — 4 operation(s) for fee recipient.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - Fee Recipient
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-fee-recipient-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-metrics-api
  name: Obol Metrics API
  description: The Metrics API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for metrics.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - Metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-owr-information-api
  name: Obol OWR Information API
  description: The OWR Information API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for owr information.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - OWR Information
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-owr-information-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-positions-api
  name: Obol Positions API
  description: The Positions API from Obol — 2 operation(s) for positions.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - Positions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-positions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-state-api
  name: Obol State API
  description: The State API from Obol — 1 operation(s) for state.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - States
  tags_raw:
  - State
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-state-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-system-api
  name: Obol System API
  description: System related endpoints.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - System
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-system-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-techne-credentials-api
  name: Obol Techne Credentials API
  description: The Techne Credentials API from Obol — 4 operation(s) for techne credentials.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - Techne Credentials
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-techne-credentials-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-terms-and-conditions-api
  name: Obol Terms And Conditions API
  description: The Terms And Conditions API from Obol — 2 operation(s) for terms and conditions.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - Terms And Conditions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-terms-and-conditions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-test-api
  name: Obol Test API
  description: The Test API from Obol — 2 operation(s) for test.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Test
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-test-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
- aid: obol:obol-tvs-api
  name: Obol Tvs API
  description: The tvs API from Obol — 2 operation(s) for tvs.
  humanURL: https://docs.obol.org/api
  baseURL: https://api.obol.tech
  tags:
  - tvs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obol-tvs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.obol.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.obol.org/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.obol.org/next/run-a-dv/start
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  url: https://blog.obol.org/
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- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
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  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.'
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  url: packages/obol-packages.yml
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  url: cli/obol-cli.yml
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  url: lifecycle/obol-lifecycle.yml
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  url: changelog/obol-changelog.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/obol-sandbox.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/obol-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/obol-security.txt
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  url: security/obol-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://docs.obol.org/adv/security/overview
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/obol-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://obol.org/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
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  artifacts_added: 20
  pass: local-v1

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Does Obol have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 17 APIs from Obol, including Obol Address API, Obol Cluster Definition API and Obol Cluster Effectiveness API, and 14 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Obol API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 17 OpenAPI specifications for Obol, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Obol API?

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

Is the Obol API ready for AI agents?

Obol has a Kin Score of 47.7 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 20.2 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-10-31.

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