Skyfire

Skyfire is the open identity and payments layer for AI agents. It lets AI agents securely create accounts, verify a real-world identity (Know Your Agent, KYA), and autonomously pay for digital services using token-based authentication and stablecoin settlement. Developers use Skyfire to monetize APIs, tools, MCP servers, and content directly to agents. The platform issues three signed, interoperable KYAPay token types — kya (identity), pay (payment), and kya-pay (combined) — that buyer agents present to seller services over a simple REST API and a hosted MCP server. Sellers validate and charge tokens, discover services, and manage seller-service lifecycles, while enterprises manage users and agents through admin APIs. Skyfire is backed by DCVC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Trinity Ventures.

Skyfire publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Agents API, Auth API, Directory API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Company, AI Agents, Agentic Payments, Identity, and Payments.

The Skyfire catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Skyfire’s developer surface includes engineering blog, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, support, authentication, and 29 more developer resources.

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44.1/100 developing ▲ 17.6 Agent 37/100 agent ready Front door AI 5/6 prominent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

4 published contracts 1 MCP Servers

Company AI Agents Agentic Payments Identity Payments Authentication Stablecoins MCP Agentic CommerceKnow Your Agent

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scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 44.1/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 8.9 / 15

Access Clarity 3.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 10

Contract Governance 3.2 / 9

Discoverability 6.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.3 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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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The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 6

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

Skyfire API

REST API for AI-agent identity and payments. Buyer agents create kya, pay, and kya-pay tokens; seller agents introspect and charge tokens and manage seller services; enterprises...

Skyfire Agents API

The Agents API from Skyfire — 6 operation(s) for agents.

Skyfire Auth API

The Auth API from Skyfire — 1 operation(s) for auth.

Skyfire Directory API

The Directory API from Skyfire — 5 operation(s) for directory.

Skyfire Organizations API

The Organizations API from Skyfire — 10 operation(s) for organizations.

Skyfire Tokens API

The Tokens API from Skyfire — 4 operation(s) for tokens.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Skyfire MCP Server

Remote MCP server at mcp.skyfire.xyz over HTTP.

MCP SERVER

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Skyfire Context

3 classes · 27 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Skyfire API Rules

13 rules · 10 errors 1 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

DirectoryService

17 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrganizationUser

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SellerService

21 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Skyfire Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Skyfire Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Skyfire Agentic Access

31 operations · 17 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 10

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

ErrorCatalog

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Lifecycle

Conventions

Components

DataModel

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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 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Blog

BlogRSS

Website

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: skyfire
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - 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
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/skyfire.png
name: Skyfire
description: Skyfire is the open identity and payments layer for AI agents. It lets AI agents securely create accounts, verify
  a real-world identity (Know Your Agent, KYA), and autonomously pay for digital services using token-based authentication
  and stablecoin settlement. Developers use Skyfire to monetize APIs, tools, MCP servers, and content directly to agents.
  The platform issues three signed, interoperable KYAPay token types — kya (identity), pay (payment), and kya-pay (combined)
  — that buyer agents present to seller services over a simple REST API and a hosted MCP server. Sellers validate and charge
  tokens, discover services, and manage seller-service lifecycles, while enterprises manage users and agents through admin
  APIs. Skyfire is backed by DCVC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Trinity Ventures.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/skyfire/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
- lightspeed-venture-partners
- trinity-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-10-06'
x-docs-platform: readme
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Company
- AI Agents
- Agentic Payments
- Identity
- Payments
- Authentication
- Stablecoins
- MCP
- Agentic Commerce
- Know Your Agent
tags_raw:
- Company
- AI Agents
- Agent Payments
- Identity
- Payments
- Authentication
- Stablecoin
- MCP
- Agentic Commerce
- Know Your Agent
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/skyfire-agentic-access.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/skyfire-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/skyfire-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/skyfire-vocabulary.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/skyfire-problem-types.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/skyfire-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/skyfire-vendors.yml
- url: https://skyfire.xyz/blog/
  type: Blog
- url: https://skyfire.xyz/blog/feed/
  type: BlogRSS
- type: Website
  url: https://skyfire.xyz
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.skyfire.xyz
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/docs/developer-documentation
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/reference/skyfire-apis
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/docs/quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://skyfire.xyz/blog
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.skyfire.xyz
- type: Login
  url: https://app.skyfire.xyz
- type: Support
  url: mailto:support@skyfire.xyz
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://skyfire.xyz/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://skyfire.xyz/privacy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/skyfire-xyz
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/skyfire-authentication.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/skyfire-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/skyfire-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/skyfire-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/skyfire-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/skyfire-well-known.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/skyfire-error-codes.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/skyfire-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/skyfire-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/skyfire-conventions.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/skyfire-sandbox.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/skyfire-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/skyfire-data-model.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/skyfire-domain-security.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/skyfire-skyfire.md
apis:
- name: Skyfire API
  description: REST API for AI-agent identity and payments. Buyer agents create kya, pay, and kya-pay tokens; seller agents
    introspect and charge tokens and manage seller services; enterprises manage users. Authenticated with a single skyfire-api-key
    header (role-specific keys).
  humanURL: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/reference/skyfire-apis
  baseURL: https://api.skyfire.xyz
  tags:
  - Agentic Payments
  - Identity
  - Tokens
  tags_raw:
  - Agent Payments
  - Identity
  - Tokens
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/docs/developer-documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/reference/skyfire-apis
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/skyfire-authentication.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/skyfire-mcp.yml
  aid: skyfire:skyfire-api
- aid: skyfire:skyfire-agents-api
  name: Skyfire Agents API
  description: The Agents API from Skyfire — 6 operation(s) for agents.
  humanURL: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/reference/skyfire-apis
  baseURL: https://api.skyfire.xyz
  tags:
  - Agents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skyfire-agents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-seller-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-organization-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-directory-service-schema.json
- aid: skyfire:skyfire-auth-api
  name: Skyfire Auth API
  description: The Auth API from Skyfire — 1 operation(s) for auth.
  humanURL: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/reference/skyfire-apis
  baseURL: https://api.skyfire.xyz
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - Auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skyfire-auth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-seller-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-organization-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-directory-service-schema.json
- aid: skyfire:skyfire-directory-api
  name: Skyfire Directory API
  description: The Directory API from Skyfire — 5 operation(s) for directory.
  humanURL: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/reference/skyfire-apis
  baseURL: https://api.skyfire.xyz
  tags:
  - Directory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skyfire-directory-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-seller-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-organization-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-directory-service-schema.json
- aid: skyfire:skyfire-organizations-api
  name: Skyfire Organizations API
  description: The Organizations API from Skyfire — 10 operation(s) for organizations.
  humanURL: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/reference/skyfire-apis
  baseURL: https://api.skyfire.xyz
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skyfire-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-seller-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-organization-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-directory-service-schema.json
- aid: skyfire:skyfire-tokens-api
  name: Skyfire Tokens API
  description: The Tokens API from Skyfire — 4 operation(s) for tokens.
  humanURL: https://docs.skyfire.xyz/reference/skyfire-apis
  baseURL: https://api.skyfire.xyz
  tags:
  - Tokens
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skyfire-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-seller-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-organization-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/skyfire-directory-service-schema.json
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 17
  pass: local-v1
x-readme-harvest:
  date: '2026-10-14'
  ops: 31
  tool: harvest-readme-openapi.py
  portal: https://docs.skyfire.xyz

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