Perp

Perp (Perpetual Protocol) is a decentralized derivatives protocol backed by Multicoin Capital. Its Curie (v2) generation ran on-chain perpetual futures on Optimism via audited smart contracts, a public GraphQL subgraph on The Graph, and an official TypeScript SDK (@perp/sdk-curie). The team has since pivoted to perp.com, a leveraged on-chain prediction-market platform ("perpetual futures for your predictions") offering up to 5x leverage on elections, macro, sports, and cultural outcomes with orderbook-driven, no-expiry positions and funding-rate rebalancing. The perp.com V1 Market Maker API is now documented in detail (a signed WebSocket + REST interface with HMAC-SHA256 auth, bulk order commands, a dead-man switch, private/public WebSocket streams, per-key rate limits, and a full MM_* error registry) though the api.perp.com host is not yet publicly reachable (V1 testnet). The other concrete developer surface is the Curie (v2) GraphQL subgraph, the TypeScript SDK, and the on-chain contract packages published to npm under the @perp scope.

Perp publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Crypto Web3, DeFi, Derivatives, and Perpetual Futures.

The Perp catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Perp’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, support, authentication, sandbox, and 15 more developer resources.

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30.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
2 APIs
CompanyCrypto Web3DeFiDerivativesPerpetual FuturesPrediction MarketsOptimismGraphQLBlockchainSDK

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 30.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 2

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

Perpetual Protocol Curie v2 Subgraph

Public GraphQL subgraph indexing the Perpetual Protocol Curie (v2) perpetual futures protocol on Optimism (positions, markets, trades, liquidations, funding). Served via The Gra...

Perp V1 Market Maker API

Signed, high-performance interface for connecting trading bots to the perp.com V1 matching engine: a private WebSocket trading channel, a public WebSocket market-data channel, a...

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Perp Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Perp Market Maker Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Perp Authentication

apiKey/hmac · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Perp Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 Idempotency
Idempotency
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Webhooks
Webhooks
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SourceCode
SourceCode
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: perp
name: Perp
description: Perp (Perpetual Protocol) is a decentralized derivatives protocol backed by Multicoin Capital. Its Curie (v2)
  generation ran on-chain perpetual futures on Optimism via audited smart contracts, a public GraphQL subgraph on The Graph,
  and an official TypeScript SDK (@perp/sdk-curie). The team has since pivoted to perp.com, a leveraged on-chain prediction-market
  platform ("perpetual futures for your predictions") offering up to 5x leverage on elections, macro, sports, and cultural
  outcomes with orderbook-driven, no-expiry positions and funding-rate rebalancing. The perp.com V1 Market Maker API is now
  documented in detail (a signed WebSocket + REST interface with HMAC-SHA256 auth, bulk order commands, a dead-man switch,
  private/public WebSocket streams, per-key rate limits, and a full MM_* error registry) though the api.perp.com host is not
  yet publicly reachable (V1 testnet). The other concrete developer surface is the Curie (v2) GraphQL subgraph, the TypeScript
  SDK, and the on-chain contract packages published to npm under the @perp scope.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/perp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5022617/167766554-055c9785-00ec-4a5a-86ac-a4b3e1a42e76.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- multicoin-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Crypto Web3
- DeFi
- Derivatives
- Perpetual Futures
- Prediction Markets
- Optimism
- GraphQL
- Blockchain
- SDK
apis:
- name: Perpetual Protocol Curie v2 Subgraph
  description: Public GraphQL subgraph indexing the Perpetual Protocol Curie (v2) perpetual futures protocol on Optimism (positions,
    markets, trades, liquidations, funding). Served via The Graph hosted service and Satsuma.
  humanURL: https://thegraph.com/hosted-service/subgraph/perpetual-protocol/perpetual-v2-optimism
  baseURL: https://api.thegraph.com/subgraphs/name/perpetual-protocol/perpetual-v2-optimism
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Subgraph
  - Optimism
  - DeFi
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: https://api.thegraph.com/subgraphs/name/perpetual-protocol/perpetual-v2-optimism
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/perpetual-protocol/perp-curie-subgraph
- name: Perp V1 Market Maker API
  description: 'Signed, high-performance interface for connecting trading bots to the perp.com V1 matching engine: a private
    WebSocket trading channel, a public WebSocket market-data channel, and a secondary REST read API under /api/v1/mm. Auth
    is HMAC-SHA256 (API key + secret). Documented; host api.perp.com not yet publicly reachable (V1 testnet).'
  humanURL: https://perp.com/docs/market-maker-api
  baseURL: https://api.perp.com/api/v1/mm
  x-status: documented-testnet
  tags:
  - REST
  - WebSocket
  - Trading
  - Derivatives
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://perp.com/docs/market-maker-api
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/perp-authentication.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/perp-market-maker-webhooks.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/perp-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/perp-error-codes.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://perp.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://perp.com/docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://perp.com/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://perp.com/docs/market-maker-api
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/perpetual-protocol
- type: Support
  url: https://discord.gg/perpdotcom
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/perpdotcom
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/perpetual-protocol/sdk-curie
- type: Packages
  url: packages/perp-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/perp-packages.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/perp-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/perp-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/perp-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/perp-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/perp-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/perp-error-codes.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/perp-rate-limits.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/perp-market-maker-webhooks.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/perp-sandbox.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/perp-lifecycle.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 7
  pass: local-v1