Transcriptic

Transcriptic is a robotic cloud laboratory for the life sciences, now operating as Strateos following a merger with 3Scan. It lets researchers design, submit and run wet-lab biology experiments remotely on automated robotic infrastructure: experiments are specified in Autoprotocol (an open JSON standard) and submitted to a JSON:API-compliant REST API at https://secure.strateos.com, where organizations, projects, runs, datasets, containers and aliquots are managed programmatically and the resulting datasets are fetched back for analysis. Transcriptic publishes an official Python client library and command-line interface (TxPy, `pip install transcriptic`), with Jupyter-notebook integration, and was backed by GV.

Transcriptic publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Life Sciences, Laboratory Automation, Cloud Lab, and Drug Discovery.

Transcriptic’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, CLI, authentication, and 10 more developer resources.

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21.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 9/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-19 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs
CompanyLife SciencesLaboratory AutomationCloud LabDrug DiscoveryBiotechnologyREST APIJSON:APIAutoprotocol

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-19 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 21.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 7.9 / 17
Access Clarity 1.1 / 17
Operational Transparency 0.3 / 11
Contract Governance 1.9 / 10
Discoverability 6.5 / 9
Regulatory Posture 3.2 / 15
Agent readiness — 9/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 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 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 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
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APIs 1

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

Transcriptic / Strateos REST API

JSON:API-compliant REST API for the Transcriptic / Strateos robotic cloud lab — organizations, projects, runs, datasets, containers and aliquots, plus Autoprotocol experiment su...

Security Posture 2

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

Transcriptic Authentication

apiKey/http/custom-signature · 4 schemes

SECURITY

Transcriptic Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 Login
Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 Conformance
Conformance

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 CLI
CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: transcriptic
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/transcriptic.png
name: Transcriptic
description: 'Transcriptic is a robotic cloud laboratory for the life sciences, now operating as Strateos following a merger
  with 3Scan. It lets researchers design, submit and run wet-lab biology experiments remotely on automated robotic infrastructure:
  experiments are specified in Autoprotocol (an open JSON standard) and submitted to a JSON:API-compliant REST API at https://secure.strateos.com,
  where organizations, projects, runs, datasets, containers and aliquots are managed programmatically and the resulting datasets
  are fetched back for analysis. Transcriptic publishes an official Python client library and command-line interface (TxPy,
  `pip install transcriptic`), with Jupyter-notebook integration, and was backed by GV.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/transcriptic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Life Sciences
- Laboratory Automation
- Cloud Lab
- Drug Discovery
- Biotechnology
- REST API
- JSON:API
- Autoprotocol
apis:
- name: Transcriptic / Strateos REST API
  description: JSON:API-compliant REST API for the Transcriptic / Strateos robotic cloud lab — organizations, projects, runs,
    datasets, containers and aliquots, plus Autoprotocol experiment submission. Authenticates via X-User-Email + X-User-Token
    headers.
  humanURL: https://developers.strateos.com
  baseURL: https://secure.strateos.com
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://transcriptic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/transcriptic-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: http://transcriptic.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.strateos.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://transcriptic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.strateos.com/docs/getting-started-with-the-cli
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/strateos
- type: Login
  url: https://secure.strateos.com
- type: Packages
  url: packages/transcriptic-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/transcriptic-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/transcriptic-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/transcriptic-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/transcriptic-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/transcriptic-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/transcriptic-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/transcriptic-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 7
  pass: local-v1