# Shellworks

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shellworks/  
**Website:** https://shellworks.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Shellworks is a materials-science company that produces VIVOMER, a home-compostable, biodegradable alternative to conventional plastic made through a natural fermentation process from agricultural waste. VIVOMER runs on standard plastic-manufacturing equipment, is certified for food contact (FDA and EU 10/2011), and biodegrades without leaving microplastics or toxic residue. Shellworks supplies these sustainable packaging materials to consumer brands across the UK, EU, and US. Backed by Version One Ventures, the company was surfaced as a portfolio lead and added to the API Evangelist network. It is a B2B climate / materials supplier with no public API, developer portal, or SDK surface.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| 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 |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Climate, Sustainability, Packaging, Biomaterials, Materials Science, Compostable

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