# Protocol Labs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/pl-xyz/  
**Website:** https://pl.xyz/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Protocol Labs is a pioneering research, development, and deployment organization focused on building the protocols, tools, and services that underpin the decentralized web. Founded by leading technologists, the company creates open-source infrastructure such as IPFS, Filecoin, and libp2p, enabling distributed storage, content addressing, and peer-to-peer networking. Its mission is to accelerate the adoption of decentralized technologies by fostering innovation, supporting developers, and collaborating with a global community of contributors and partners across the blockchain and web3 ecosystem.

## Kin Score — 25.2 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 58.9 |
| Contract Quality | 25.2 |
| Contract Governance | 19.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 45.2 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 16.7 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 15.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| 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 |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |

## APIs (1)

- **Protocol Labs API** — Protocol Labs API as documented publicly: 198 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-29); not the provider's own document.

## Security (2)

- **Pl Xyz Authentication** — 1 scheme
- **Pl Xyz Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Decentralized, OpenSource, Web3, Infrastructure

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