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Violetlabs

Violet Labs is the connective tissue for hardware engineering data. Its cloud platform gives hardware, systems, and manufacturing teams a single workspace that harmonizes the software stack — PLM, ERP, CAD, PDM, MES, requirements, and procurement tools — through no-code integrations, data-sync workflows, parameters, native Python/Julia/MATLAB scripts, requirements management, reporting, and dashboards. Violet exposes a REST API (the Explore endpoint) authenticated with an x-api-key header, an OAuth 2.0 authorization server with dynamic client registration for its hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, and an AI chat/agent surface. The platform is ITAR/EAR-aware, SOC 2 certified, and NIST/CMMC/FedRAMP-aligned, with on-premises and VioletGov deployment options for defense and regulated hardware programs.

Violetlabs is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Hardware, Engineering, Manufacturing, and PLM.

Violetlabs’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, engineering blog, pricing, support, and 23 more developer resources.

50.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Front door AI 3/6 light Heartbeat 75/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 API 1 MCP Servers
CompanyHardwareEngineeringManufacturingPLMERPData IntegrationRequirements ManagementAerospaceDefenseMCPSystems Engineering

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0
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Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.
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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.
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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
Engineering CAD, CAE and PLM builds-on 17.2 (thin) - -

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 3

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.

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APIs 1

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

Violet Explore API

REST API for programmatic access to your Violet data. The Explore endpoint (POST /api/explore) accepts a rich query payload (keyword, filterModel, sort, grouping, pagination) an...

MCP Servers 1

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

Violetlabs MCP Server

Violet Labs operates an official hosted (remote) Model Context Protocol server that gives agents secure access to a workspace's structured Violet data — to answer questions, bui...

MCP SERVER

Violetlabs API pricing

Prices published by Violetlabs, read 2026-10-28 from docs.violetlabs.com/resources/pricing. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
Base Platform (Standard) starting at $1k/yr
Includes: Unlimited integrations with Free connectors, Dashboards, Data Explorer, Parameters, Reports, Schedul
VioletGov VioletGov (starts at $3k/yr)
Includes: ITAR/EAR compliance, AWS GovCloud (US) hosting
Single Tenant Single Tenant (starts at $5k/yr)
Includes: Dedicated, isolated instance
On-premises On-premises (starts at $8k/yr)
Includes: Maintenance and release updates
Pro integration Pro (starts at $3k/yr per integration)
Includes: PDM/PLM, MES, ERP, accounting, procure-to-pay connectors
Enterprise integration Enterprise (starts at $6k/yr per integration)
Includes: PLM, MES, ERP, MBSE connectors
Free connectors Free (unlimited integrations included) per integration
Includes: Project management, developer tools, import-based integrations
Scheduled sync Scheduled ($2k/yr per ongoing sync)

All 17 plans, limits and sources →

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Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

FinOps 1

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

Security Posture 3

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

Violetlabs Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Violetlabs Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Violetlabs Trust Center

SOC 2, HIPAA, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Violetlabs Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode/clientCredentials

1 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: violetlabs
name: Violetlabs
description: Violet Labs is the connective tissue for hardware engineering data. Its cloud platform gives hardware, systems,
  and manufacturing teams a single workspace that harmonizes the software stack — PLM, ERP, CAD, PDM, MES, requirements, and
  procurement tools — through no-code integrations, data-sync workflows, parameters, native Python/Julia/MATLAB scripts, requirements
  management, reporting, and dashboards. Violet exposes a REST API (the Explore endpoint) authenticated with an x-api-key
  header, an OAuth 2.0 authorization server with dynamic client registration for its hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server,
  and an AI chat/agent surface. The platform is ITAR/EAR-aware, SOC 2 certified, and NIST/CMMC/FedRAMP-aligned, with on-premises
  and VioletGov deployment options for defense and regulated hardware programs.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/violetlabs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- felicis
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/681bdb35ddf11baf679e267f/689288c5b6e253d5a804b2cf_Share%20Image.webp
x-docs-platform: gitbook
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
tags:
- Company
- Hardware
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- PLM
- ERP
- Data Integration
- Requirements Management
- Aerospace
- Defense
- MCP
- Systems Engineering
apis:
- name: Violet Explore API
  description: REST API for programmatic access to your Violet data. The Explore endpoint (POST /api/explore) accepts a rich
    query payload (keyword, filterModel, sort, grouping, pagination) and returns a paginated PageDto of entities. Authenticated
    with an x-api-key header. The API is served per-tenant at https://{tenant}.violetlabs.com/api (or {tenant}.violetgov.com/api
    for VioletGov), with .staging. subdomain variants for staging.
  humanURL: https://docs.violetlabs.com/features/api
  baseURL: https://app.violetlabs.com/api
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.violetlabs.com/features/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.violetlabs.com/features/api/endpoints
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.violetlabs.com/features/api/generate-an-api-key
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/violetlabs-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/violetlabs-plans-pricing.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/violetlabs-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/violetlabs-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://violetlabs.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.violetlabs.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.violetlabs.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.violetlabs.com/features/api/endpoints
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.violetlabs.com/features/api/generate-an-api-key
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.violetlabs.com/login
- type: Login
  url: https://app.violetlabs.com/login
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.violetlabs.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://docs.violetlabs.com/resources/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.violetlabs.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.violetlabs.com/privacy-policy
- type: Support
  url: https://www.violetlabs.com/contact-us
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://violetlabs.statuspage.io/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://changelog.violetlabs.com/changelog
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.violetlabs.com/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/violetlabsinc/
- type: Careers
  url: https://jobs.violetlabs.com/
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/violetlabs-mcp.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/violetlabs-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/violetlabs-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/violetlabs-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  name: Violet Labs Changelog (artifact)
  url: changelog/violetlabs-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/violetlabs-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/violetlabs-conformance.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/violetlabs-sandbox.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/violetlabs-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/violetlabs-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 14
  pass: local-v1

Violetlabs API — frequently asked questions

Does Violetlabs have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 API from Violetlabs, including Violet Explore API.

How do I authenticate with the Violetlabs API?

Violetlabs documents its authentication (apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Violetlabs Authentication.

How much does the Violetlabs API cost?

Violetlabs publishes its prices; its Base Platform (Standard) plan is starting at $1k/yr as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 17 pricing plans for Violetlabs, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Violetlabs have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Violetlabs: Violet Labs operates an official hosted (remote) Model Context Protocol server that gives agents secure access to a workspace's structured Violet data — to answer questions, build insights, and assemb

Is the Violetlabs API ready for AI agents?

Violetlabs has a Kin Score of 50.3 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 23.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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