Skytap

Skytap (now delivered as Kyndryl Cloud Uplift) is a cloud service for running IBM Power (AIX, IBM i) and x86 workloads natively in Microsoft Azure, enabling enterprises to lift-and-shift traditional data-center applications into self-service, on-demand virtual environments without re-architecting them. The Skytap Cloud REST API (v1 and v2, hosted at cloud.skytap.com, HTTP Basic auth with an API token) programmatically manages environments (configurations), virtual machines, networks, templates, users, projects, assets, public IPs, schedules, usage reports and webhooks. It is the engine behind Skytap's official Terraform provider, Go SDK, PowerShell module, and Ansible and Vagrant integrations. Skytap is a portfolio company of Insight Partners.

Skytap publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cloud, IBM Power, Infrastructure as a Service, and Application Modernization.

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

Skytap’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, signup flow, support, authentication, and 17 more developer resources.

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36.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyCloudIBM PowerInfrastructure as a ServiceApplication ModernizationAzureVirtual MachinesDevOpsREST API

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 36.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 5.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 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 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 1

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

Skytap Cloud REST API

REST API for managing Skytap environments (configurations), VMs, networks, templates, users, projects, assets and webhooks. v2 adds filtering, sorting and pagination; v1 remains...

MCP Servers 1

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

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 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

DataModel

Conformance

Webhooks

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

Compliance

Compliance

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: skytap
name: Skytap
description: Skytap (now delivered as Kyndryl Cloud Uplift) is a cloud service for running IBM Power (AIX, IBM i) and x86
  workloads natively in Microsoft Azure, enabling enterprises to lift-and-shift traditional data-center applications into
  self-service, on-demand virtual environments without re-architecting them. The Skytap Cloud REST API (v1 and v2, hosted
  at cloud.skytap.com, HTTP Basic auth with an API token) programmatically manages environments (configurations), virtual
  machines, networks, templates, users, projects, assets, public IPs, schedules, usage reports and webhooks. It is the engine
  behind Skytap's official Terraform provider, Go SDK, PowerShell module, and Ansible and Vagrant integrations. Skytap is
  a portfolio company of Insight Partners.
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://www.skytap.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/skytap-logo.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/skytap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Cloud
- IBM Power
- Infrastructure as a Service
- Application Modernization
- Azure
- Virtual Machines
- DevOps
- REST API
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Skytap Cloud REST API
  description: REST API for managing Skytap environments (configurations), VMs, networks, templates, users, projects, assets
    and webhooks. v2 adds filtering, sorting and pagination; v1 remains for operations not yet in v2. HTTP Basic auth (username
    + API security token).
  humanURL: https://help.skytap.com/API_v2_Documentation.html
  baseURL: https://cloud.skytap.com
  tags:
  - Cloud
  - Infrastructure
  - Virtual Machines
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/skytap-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/skytap-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/skytap-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/skytap-data-model.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/skytap-lifecycle.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/skytap-webhooks.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/skytap-mcp.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: http://www.skytap.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://help.skytap.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://help.skytap.com/api.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://help.skytap.com/API_v2_Documentation.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://help.skytap.com/api-quick-start.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/skytap
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.skytap.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.skytap.com/blog/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://cloud.skytap.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.skytap.com/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/skytap-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/skytap-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/skytap-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/skytap-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/skytap-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/skytap-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/skytap-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/skytap-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.skytap.com/blog/skytap-offers-pci-and-iso-27001-compliance-for-ibm-power-workloads-in-azure/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/skytap-domain-security.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/skytap-webhooks.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/skytap-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/skytap-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/skytap-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v1

Skytap

Kin Score

APIs 1

Skytap Cloud REST API

MCP Servers 1

skytap-mcp.yml

Event Specifications 1

Skytap Webhooks

Security Posture 2

Skytap Authentication

Skytap Domain Security

Resources