Synthego

Synthego is a genome-engineering company that manufactures synthetic guide RNA (sgRNA, crRNA, trRNA), CRISPR kits, and engineered cells for research and cell/gene-therapy development. Its public Synthego Order API is a third-party integration API that lets partners retrieve current product pricing, generate a priced order preview from a list of guide-RNA sequences, and track an order through to checkout on Synthego's eCommerce site. Authentication is by an API key passed in the SYNTHEGOAPIKEY header. Synthego was surfaced as a portfolio company of SoftBank Vision Fund.

Synthego publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Order API. Tagged areas include Company, Health Tech, Genomics, CRISPR, and Biotechnology.

Synthego’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, engineering blog, support, authentication, and 16 more developer resources.

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39.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 69/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyHealth TechGenomicsCRISPRBiotechnologyLife SciencesSynthetic BiologyOrdering

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 39.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality 9.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 69/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 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 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 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.

Synthego Order API

The Order API from Synthego — 3 operation(s) for order.

MCP Servers 1

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

synthego-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

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

Synthego Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Synthego Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Synthego Agentic Access

3 operations · 1 acting

3 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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
AgenticAccess
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 DataModel
DataModel
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance
Compliance
 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 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: synthego
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://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/synthego.png
name: Synthego
description: Synthego is a genome-engineering company that manufactures synthetic guide RNA (sgRNA, crRNA, trRNA), CRISPR
  kits, and engineered cells for research and cell/gene-therapy development. Its public Synthego Order API is a third-party
  integration API that lets partners retrieve current product pricing, generate a priced order preview from a list of guide-RNA
  sequences, and track an order through to checkout on Synthego's eCommerce site. Authentication is by an API key passed in
  the SYNTHEGOAPIKEY header. Synthego was surfaced as a portfolio company of SoftBank Vision Fund.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/synthego/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- softbank-vision-fund
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Health Tech
- Genomics
- CRISPR
- Biotechnology
- Life Sciences
- Synthetic Biology
- Ordering
apis:
- aid: synthego:synthego-order-api
  name: Synthego Order API
  description: The Order API from Synthego — 3 operation(s) for order.
  humanURL: https://api.synthego.com/
  baseURL: https://api.synthego.com/
  tags:
  - Order
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/synthego-order-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/synthego-agentic-access.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.synthego.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.synthego.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.synthego.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.synthego.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.synthego.com/contact
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/synthego
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.synthego.com/legal/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.synthego.com/legal/privacy-policy/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.synthego.com/legal/iso-certification/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/synthego-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/synthego-domain-security.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/synthego-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/synthego-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/synthego-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/synthego-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/synthego-conformance.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/synthego-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/synthego-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/synthego-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/synthego-place-order.md
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 16
  pass: local-v1