# Opentrons

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/opentrons/  
**Website:** https://opentrons.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

Opentrons is a lab automation platform providing a REST HTTP API and Python Protocol API for controlling liquid handling robots such as the Opentrons Flex and OT-2. Developers can programmatically manage protocols, control pipettes, run liquid handling workflows, manage labware, and integrate biology lab automation into their applications. The HTTP API operates on-robot over a local network and exposes OpenAPI-defined endpoints for protocol upload, run management, atomic liquid handling commands, and hardware control.

## Kin Score — 32.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 51.7 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 7.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 27.4 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

Paid — onboarding: unknown, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (10)

- **Opentrons Python Protocol API** — The Opentrons Python Protocol API is an open-source Python framework for writing automated biology lab protocols that run on Opentrons Flex and OT-2 robots. It provides programm...
- **Opentrons Attached Instruments API** — Query attached pipettes and grippers
- **Opentrons Attached Modules API** — Query attached hardware modules
- **Opentrons Flex Deck Configuration API** — Configure the Flex robot deck
- **Opentrons Health API** — Robot server health and status endpoints
- **Opentrons Protocol Management API** — Upload, manage, and analyze protocols
- **Opentrons Robot API** — Robot-level control including estop and door status
- **Opentrons Run Management API** — Create and control protocol runs
- **Opentrons Simple Commands API** — Stateless atomic liquid handling commands
- **Opentrons System Control API** — System time and robot control

## Agentic access (1)

- **Opentrons Agentic Access** — 29 operations · 12 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

## Security (1)

- **Opentrons Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Opentrons Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Lab Automation, Liquid Handling, Robotics, Biology, Life Sciences, Protocol Management, Hardware Control, Open-Source

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