# Perforce

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/perforce/  
**Website:** https://www.perforce.com/support/developers  
**APIs profiled:** 14

Perforce Software provides enterprise-scale development tools, including version control, application lifecycle management, agile planning, and static analysis solutions for development teams.

## Kin Score — 45.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 45.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 63.0 |
| Contract Quality | 67.0 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 54.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 42.6 (agent-ready)

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

## Access

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

## APIs (14)

- **Perforce P4 REST API** — Technology Preview REST API introduced with P4 Server 2025.2, providing a new way to automate workflows and integrate P4 with other tools via standard HTTP endpoints for server ...
- **Perforce Hansoft API** — API for Hansoft agile project management, providing access to project planning, tracking, and reporting capabilities.
- **Perforce P4 Plan API** — GraphQL and REST API for P4 Plan (formerly Hansoft) agile project management, supporting queries, mutations, and real-time subscriptions for planning views, sprints, tasks, and ...
- **Perforce Helix ALM REST API** — REST API for Helix ALM application lifecycle management platform, enabling automation of tasks and development of integrations for requirements management, issue tracking, and t...
- **Perforce Helix TeamHub API** — REST API for Helix TeamHub source code repository management platform, providing access to repositories, projects, users, and company resources across Git, Mercurial, Subversion...
- **Perforce P4 DAM REST API** — REST API for P4 DAM (Digital Asset Management), enabling integration with digital asset workflows for finding, reviewing, sharing, and managing versioned assets stored in Helix ...
- **Perforce P4 Search API** — REST API for P4 Search, providing indexing and search capabilities across Helix Core servers to support code review, file content search, and changelist description search.
- **Perforce Helix Authentication Service API** — REST API for the Helix Authentication Service, a Node.js based authentication protocol integration service supporting OpenID Connect and SAML 2.0 for authenticating users across...
- **Perforce Activity API** — Endpoints for viewing and creating activity stream entries.
- **Perforce Changes API** — Endpoints for inspecting changelists and their relationships.
- **Perforce Comments API** — Endpoints for managing review and changelist comments.
- **Perforce Projects API** — Endpoints for managing Swarm projects.
- **Perforce Reviews API** — Endpoints for managing code reviews.
- **Perforce Version API** — Endpoints for retrieving Swarm server version information.

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Perforce Agentic Access** — 27 operations · 15 acting

## Security (2)

- **Perforce Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Perforce Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Perforce Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Game Development** — Manage large game assets and source code with Helix Core providing fast file transfers and atomic changelists for game studios.
- **Semiconductor Design** — Version control for chip design files with support for large binary IP blocks and strict access controls.
- **Automotive Software** — Manage safety-critical automotive software with full traceability from requirements through testing using Helix ALM.
- **DevOps Automation** — Automate CI/CD pipelines with Helix Core triggers, Swarm review gates, and REST API integrations.

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