Strangeworks

Strangeworks is an Austin, Texas based optimization and quantum computing company founded in 2018 by whurley (William Hurley). It operates a "heterogeneous hybrid compute" platform that gives enterprises and governments managed access to quantum processors, quantum-inspired annealers and classical optimization solvers from a single API and Python SDK, alongside its Compute, Workflows, Decisions and HybridSolver products and an expert services practice. The platform is organized around workspaces, products, resources, jobs and backends, and is programmable through three public GraphQL endpoints (sdk, platform, products) at api.strangeworks.com plus a REST proxy that forwards calls to an activated resource. Compute partners reachable through the platform include IBM Quantum, Amazon Braket, Azure Quantum, IonQ, Rigetti, Quantinuum, QuEra, IQM, AQT, Pasqal, D-Wave, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, NEC, Gurobi, JIJ, LightSolver and Quantagonia (acquired 2025).

Strangeworks is listed with 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Quantum Computing, Optimization, High Performance Computing, and Artificial Intelligence.

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

Strangeworks’ developer surface includes engineering blog, documentation, getting-started guide, signup flow, support, changelog, authentication, and 20 more developer resources.

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43.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Front door AI 3/6 light Heartbeat 41/100 slowing saas Full breakdown ↓
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3 APIs 3 Agent Skills

Company Quantum Computing Optimization High Performance Computing Artificial Intelligence Developer Platform GraphQL Compute Scientific ComputingOperations Research

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 43.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 17

Access Clarity 5.8 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.9 / 11

Contract Governance 0.5 / 10

Discoverability 6.7 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Agent readiness — 23/100 · 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 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 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

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 46.9 — up to +13.3 composite points
Access Clarity scores 34.2 — up to +13.2 composite points
Contract Governance scores 4.5 — up to +11.5 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Quantum Computing (hardware, cloud and software)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

GraphQL

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

APIs 3

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

Strangeworks SDK GraphQL API

The GraphQL API the Strangeworks Python SDK is built on. Exposes the workspace a user's API key belongs to, the compute backends available to it, and mutations for uploading wor...

Strangeworks Platform GraphQL API

The full Strangeworks platform GraphQL API covering user accounts, workspaces and members, invitations, billing accounts, credits and transactions, products and the product cata...

Strangeworks Products GraphQL API

The product-side GraphQL API used by compute products published on the Strangeworks platform to register and update backends, create and update jobs, upload job files, store res...

Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Discover which Strangeworks compute backends are available and online

AGENT SKILL

Submit a compute job to a Strangeworks resource and poll it to completion

AGENT SKILL

Subscribe to Strangeworks job events instead of polling

AGENT SKILL

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Strangeworks Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Strangeworks Authentication

apiKey/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Strangeworks Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

GraphQL

GraphQL

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

Webhooks

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

ToolCrosswalk

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

ContentSignal

ContentSignal

Source (apis.yml)

aid: strangeworks
name: Strangeworks
description: Strangeworks is an Austin, Texas based optimization and quantum computing company founded in 2018 by whurley
  (William Hurley). It operates a "heterogeneous hybrid compute" platform that gives enterprises and governments managed access
  to quantum processors, quantum-inspired annealers and classical optimization solvers from a single API and Python SDK, alongside
  its Compute, Workflows, Decisions and HybridSolver products and an expert services practice. The platform is organized around
  workspaces, products, resources, jobs and backends, and is programmable through three public GraphQL endpoints (sdk, platform,
  products) at api.strangeworks.com plus a REST proxy that forwards calls to an activated resource. Compute partners reachable
  through the platform include IBM Quantum, Amazon Braket, Azure Quantum, IonQ, Rigetti, Quantinuum, QuEra, IQM, AQT, Pasqal,
  D-Wave, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, NEC, Gurobi, JIJ, LightSolver and Quantagonia (acquired 2025).
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
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://strangeworks.com/og-image.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strangeworks/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-08-05'
modified: '2026-10-06'
x-docs-platform: docusaurus
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
tags:
- Company
- Quantum Computing
- Optimization
- High Performance Computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Developer Platform
- GraphQL
- Compute
- Scientific Computing
- Operations Research
apis:
- aid: strangeworks:sdk
  name: Strangeworks SDK GraphQL API
  description: The GraphQL API the Strangeworks Python SDK is built on. Exposes the workspace a user's API key belongs to,
    the compute backends available to it, and mutations for uploading workspace files, initiating and finalizing batch jobs,
    and tagging jobs. Authenticated with a JWT bearer token exchanged from a workspace API key at POST /users/token.
  humanURL: https://docs.strangeworks.com/strangeworks-python
  baseURL: https://api.strangeworks.com/sdk
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Quantum Computing
  - Job
  - Workspace
  tags_raw:
  - GraphQL
  - Quantum Computing
  - Jobs
  - Workspaces
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/strangeworks-sdk.graphql
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.strangeworks.com/strangeworks-python
- aid: strangeworks:platform
  name: Strangeworks Platform GraphQL API
  description: The full Strangeworks platform GraphQL API covering user accounts, workspaces and members, invitations, billing
    accounts, credits and transactions, products and the product catalog, resources, jobs, files, web links and event subscriptions
    (webhooks). 11 queries and 56 mutations.
  humanURL: https://docs.strangeworks.com/welcome/how-it-works
  baseURL: https://api.strangeworks.com/platform
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Workspace
  - Billing
  - Job
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - GraphQL
  - Workspaces
  - Billing
  - Jobs
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/strangeworks-platform.graphql
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/strangeworks-webhooks.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.strangeworks.com/welcome/how-it-works
- aid: strangeworks:products
  name: Strangeworks Products GraphQL API
  description: The product-side GraphQL API used by compute products published on the Strangeworks platform to register and
    update backends, create and update jobs, upload job files, store resource configuration, and create billing transactions.
    Authenticated with a product API key exchanged at POST /product/token.
  humanURL: https://docs.strangeworks.com/welcome/how-it-works
  baseURL: https://api.strangeworks.com/products
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Backend
  - Job
  - Billing
  tags_raw:
  - GraphQL
  - Backends
  - Jobs
  - Billing
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/strangeworks-products.graphql
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.strangeworks.com/welcome/how-it-works
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- url: https://strangeworks.com/press
  type: Blog
- type: Website
  url: https://strangeworks.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.strangeworks.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.strangeworks.com/welcome/get-started
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://portal.strangeworks.com/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.strangeworks.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://strangeworks.com/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://strangeworks.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://strangeworks.com/privacy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/strangeworks
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/strangeworks-changelog.yml
- type: GraphQL
  url: graphql/strangeworks-sdk.graphql
- type: Packages
  url: packages/strangeworks-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/strangeworks-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/strangeworks-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/strangeworks-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/strangeworks-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/strangeworks-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/strangeworks-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/strangeworks-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/strangeworks-data-model.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/strangeworks-webhooks.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/strangeworks-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: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/strangeworks-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/strangeworks-domain-security.yml
- type: ContentSignal
  url: https://strangeworks.com/robots.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-05'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 21
  pass: local-v1

Strangeworks API — frequently asked questions

Does Strangeworks have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 3 APIs from Strangeworks, including Strangeworks SDK GraphQL API, Strangeworks Platform GraphQL API and Strangeworks Products GraphQL API.

How do I authenticate with the Strangeworks API?

Strangeworks uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 3 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Strangeworks Authentication.

Is the Strangeworks API ready for AI agents?

Strangeworks has a Kin Score of 43.3 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 22.5 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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