Targon

Targon is a decentralized AI inference platform operated as Bittensor Subnet 4 by Manifold Labs. It serves popular open models through an OpenAI-compatible REST API at https://api.targon.com/v1, where a marketplace of miners runs the inference and validators verify responses, giving developers chat, completions, image, and search endpoints over confidential, decentralized compute.

Targon publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Completions API, Images API, Models API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Inference, Decentralized, and Bittensor.

The Targon catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Targon’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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29.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 2/6 trace Heartbeat 57/100 slowing saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract

Artificial Intelligence LLM Inference Decentralized Bittensor

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information & Data Management

BC-610

ChatCompletions

POST /completions

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 29.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 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

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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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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
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)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 28.6 — up to +14.3 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 10.5 — up to +11.6 composite points

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Standards implemented 2

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.

The OpenAI Interface reaches extended

declared — publishes a spec that declares them

2 core of 338 operations graded · api-commons/models

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 5

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

Targon Completions API

OpenAI-compatible legacy text completions.

Targon Images API

Image generation from a text prompt.

Targon Models API

List models available on Targon.

Targon Search API

Query-based search/retrieval.

Targon Chat Completions API

OpenAI-compatible chat completions.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Targon Chat API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat Completions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat Images API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat Models API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon Chat Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon API

OPEN COLLECTION

Targon API pricing

Not yet checked against Targon's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-21 from targon.com; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Pay-as-you-go usage	—
Free / Promotional Access free	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Requests Per Minute (RPM): see provider documentation requests
Tokens Per Minute (TPM): see provider documentation tokens
Model Capacity: depends on active miners throughput

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Targon's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Targon Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Targon Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Targon

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Targon Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

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

Targon Chat Completions Streaming (HTTP + SSE)

AsyncAPI 2.6 description of Targon's **chat completion streaming** surface. Targon is a decentralized AI inference platform operated as Bittensor Subnet 4 by Manifold Labs. It d...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Targon — asyncapi rules

4 rules · 1 errors 3 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Targon Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Targon Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Targon Agentic Access

6 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: targon
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/targon/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Targon
kind: company
description: Targon is a decentralized AI inference platform operated as Bittensor Subnet 4 by Manifold Labs. It serves popular
  open models through an OpenAI-compatible REST API at https://api.targon.com/v1, where a marketplace of miners runs the inference
  and validators verify responses, giving developers chat, completions, image, and search endpoints over confidential, decentralized
  compute.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/targon.png
x-docs-platform: docusaurus
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- LLM
- Inference
- Decentralized
- Bittensor
tags_raw:
- AI
- LLM
- Inference
- Decentralized
- Bittensor
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: targon:targon-completions-api
  name: Targon Completions API
  description: OpenAI-compatible legacy text completions.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
- aid: targon:targon-images-api
  name: Targon Images API
  description: Image generation from a text prompt.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Image
  tags_raw:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
- aid: targon:targon-models-api
  name: Targon Models API
  description: List models available on Targon.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
- aid: targon:targon-search-api
  name: Targon Search API
  description: Query-based search/retrieval.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
- aid: targon:targon-chat-completions-api
  name: Targon Chat Completions API
  description: OpenAI-compatible chat completions.
  humanURL: https://docs.targon.com
  baseURL: https://api.targon.com/v1
  tags:
  - Chat Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/targon-chat-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.targon.com
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/targon-asyncapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/targon-capability-edges.yml
  name: Targon Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/targon-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/targon-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/targon-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/manifold-inc
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manifold-labs
- type: Website
  url: https://targon.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.targon.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/targon-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/targon-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/targon-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Targon API — frequently asked questions

Does Targon have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Targon, including Targon Completions API, Targon Images API and Targon Models API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Targon API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Targon, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Targon API?

Targon uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Targon Authentication.

How much does the Targon API cost?

APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Targon, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Targon API ready for AI agents?

Targon has a Kin Score of 29.3 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 20.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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