PlayCanvas

PlayCanvas is an open-source WebGL/WebGPU 3D engine and cloud platform for building games, product configurators, and interactive 3D experiences that run in any web browser. It offers a browser-based collaborative Editor, a standalone engine on npm/CDN, React components, and Web Components, plus the SuperSplat toolchain for Gaussian-splat capture and publishing. PlayCanvas exposes a REST API (beta) for automating the platform — managing project assets, version-control branches and checkpoints, listing scenes, exporting projects, downloading self-hostable apps, polling asynchronous jobs, and publishing splats — authenticated with Bearer access tokens over HTTPS.

PlayCanvas publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Apps API, Assets API, Branches API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Company, 3D, Game Engine, WebGL, and WebGPU.

PlayCanvas’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, pricing, signup flow, and 22 more developer resources.

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50.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

1 APIs

Company 3D Game Engine WebGL WebGPU Graphics Developer Tools Gaussian Splatting Rendering

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Composite quality — 50.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.9 / 15

Access Clarity 6.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 4.9 / 10

Contract Governance 0.4 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 9

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

PlayCanvas Apps API

Published applications and self-hostable app downloads.

PlayCanvas Assets API

Project asset create/read/update/delete.

PlayCanvas Branches API

Version-control branches.

PlayCanvas Checkpoints API

Branch checkpoints (snapshots).

PlayCanvas Jobs API

Asynchronous job polling.

PlayCanvas Projects API

Project-level operations.

PlayCanvas Scenes API

Project scenes.

PlayCanvas Splats API

SuperSplat Gaussian-splat publishing.

PlayCanvas Rate Limits API

Account rate-limit inspection.

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Open Collections 10

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps API

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps Assets API

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps Branches API

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps Checkpoints API

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps Jobs API

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps Projects API

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps RateLimits API

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps Scenes API

OPEN COLLECTION

PlayCanvas REST Apps Splats API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Playcanvas Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

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

Playcanvas Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Playcanvas Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Components

Conformance

Lifecycle

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: playcanvas
name: PlayCanvas
description: PlayCanvas is an open-source WebGL/WebGPU 3D engine and cloud platform for building games, product configurators,
  and interactive 3D experiences that run in any web browser. It offers a browser-based collaborative Editor, a standalone
  engine on npm/CDN, React components, and Web Components, plus the SuperSplat toolchain for Gaussian-splat capture and publishing.
  PlayCanvas exposes a REST API (beta) for automating the platform — managing project assets, version-control branches and
  checkpoints, listing scenes, exporting projects, downloading self-hostable apps, polling asynchronous jobs, and publishing
  splats — authenticated with Bearer access tokens over HTTPS.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/playcanvas/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
image: https://playcanvas.com/static-assets/images/social/playcanvas.png
tags:
- Company
- 3D
- Game Engine
- WebGL
- WebGPU
- Graphics
- Developer Tools
- Gaussian Splatting
- Rendering
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-apps-api
  name: PlayCanvas Apps API
  description: Published applications and self-hostable app downloads.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Apps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-apps-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-assets-api
  name: PlayCanvas Assets API
  description: Project asset create/read/update/delete.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Assets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-assets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-branches-api
  name: PlayCanvas Branches API
  description: Version-control branches.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Branches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-branches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-checkpoints-api
  name: PlayCanvas Checkpoints API
  description: Branch checkpoints (snapshots).
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Checkpoints
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-checkpoints-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-jobs-api
  name: PlayCanvas Jobs API
  description: Asynchronous job polling.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Job
  tags_raw:
  - Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-jobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-projects-api
  name: PlayCanvas Projects API
  description: Project-level operations.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-scenes-api
  name: PlayCanvas Scenes API
  description: Project scenes.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Scenes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-scenes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-splats-api
  name: PlayCanvas Splats API
  description: SuperSplat Gaussian-splat publishing.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Splats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-splats-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- aid: playcanvas:playcanvas-rate-limits-api
  name: PlayCanvas Rate Limits API
  description: Account rate-limit inspection.
  humanURL: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  baseURL: https://playcanvas.com/api
  tags:
  - Rate Limits
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/playcanvas-rate-limits-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/playcanvas-rest-overlay.yaml
- type: Website
  url: https://playcanvas.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.playcanvas.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.playcanvas.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.playcanvas.com/user-manual/getting-started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.playcanvas.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/playcanvas
- type: Support
  url: https://forum.playcanvas.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://playcanvas.com/plans
- type: SignUp
  url: https://login.playcanvas.com/signup
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://playcanvas.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://playcanvas.com/privacy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/playcanvas-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/playcanvas-domain-security.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/playcanvas-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/playcanvas-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/playcanvas-components.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/playcanvas-well-known.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/playcanvas-mcp.yml
  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.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/playcanvas-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/playcanvas-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/playcanvas-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/playcanvas-changelog.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/playcanvas-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/playcanvas-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/playcanvas-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/playcanvas-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 17
  pass: local-v1

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