Vizgen

Vizgen is a spatial biology company building integrated spatial multiomics platforms for single-cell research. Its MERSCOPE and MERSCOPE Ultra instruments use MERFISH imaging-based spatial transcriptomics to map up to 1,000 RNA targets in intact tissue at subcellular resolution, complemented by InSituPlex multiplex protein immunofluorescence assays (OmniVUE and custom U-VUE panels) and the STARVUE analysis software. Vizgen publishes no public REST, GraphQL, or event API; its developer surface is open-source data tooling — the Apache-2.0 Vizgen Post-processing Tool (VPT), a Python CLI and library distributed on PyPI and Docker Hub with a plugin architecture for segmentation algorithms, published from the Vizgen GitHub organization alongside documented MERSCOPE output data formats.

Vizgen is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Spatial Biology, Spatial Transcriptomics, Genomics, and Life Sciences.

Vizgen’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, CLI, changelog, code examples, and 10 more developer resources.

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20.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 2/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
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CompanySpatial BiologySpatial TranscriptomicsGenomicsLife SciencesBioinformaticsSingle Cell AnalysisScientific InstrumentsOpen SourceCommand Line Tools

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
Composite quality — 20.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 6.6 / 17
Commercial Clarity 3.6 / 17
Operational Transparency 2.3 / 11
Governance 0.0 / 10
Discoverability 4.9 / 9
Regulatory Posture 2.6 / 15
Agent readiness — 2/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 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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Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Vizgen Cellpose_Default_1_Zlevel

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Vizgen Cellpose_Default_3_Zlevel

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Vizgen Cellpose_Default_3_Zlevel_Nuclei_Only

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Vizgen Watershed_Default

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Vizgen Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

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 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 CLI
CLI
 Examples
Examples

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

SecondaryMarket
SecondaryMarket

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: vizgen
name: Vizgen
description: Vizgen is a spatial biology company building integrated spatial multiomics platforms for single-cell research.
  Its MERSCOPE and MERSCOPE Ultra instruments use MERFISH imaging-based spatial transcriptomics to map up to 1,000 RNA targets
  in intact tissue at subcellular resolution, complemented by InSituPlex multiplex protein immunofluorescence assays (OmniVUE
  and custom U-VUE panels) and the STARVUE analysis software. Vizgen publishes no public REST, GraphQL, or event API; its
  developer surface is open-source data tooling — the Apache-2.0 Vizgen Post-processing Tool (VPT), a Python CLI and library
  distributed on PyPI and Docker Hub with a plugin architecture for segmentation algorithms, published from the Vizgen GitHub
  organization alongside documented MERSCOPE output data formats.
image: https://vizgen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Favicon-1-270x270.png
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-08-05'
modified: '2026-08-05'
tags:
- Company
- Spatial Biology
- Spatial Transcriptomics
- Genomics
- Life Sciences
- Bioinformatics
- Single Cell Analysis
- Scientific Instruments
- Open Source
- Command Line Tools
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vizgen-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://vizgen.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://vizgen.github.io/vizgen-postprocessing/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://vizgen.github.io/vizgen-postprocessing/installation.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Vizgen
- type: Support
  url: https://vizgen.com/vizgen-support-vizgen/
- type: Blog
  url: https://vizgen.com/news/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://vizgen.com/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://vizgen.com/privacy-policy/
- type: SecondaryMarket
  url: https://forgeglobal.com/vizgen_stock/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/vizgen-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/vizgen-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/vizgen-cli.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/vizgen-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/vizgen-lifecycle.yml
- type: Examples
  url: examples/vizgen-segmentation-examples.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/vizgen-llms.txt
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