Cerebras Systems

Cerebras Systems builds the Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) — the largest computer chip ever made — and the CS-3 systems built around it, delivering AI training and inference at speeds far beyond conventional GPUs. Cerebras Inference is the company's cloud API: an OpenAI-compatible REST interface at api.cerebras.ai that serves open-weight frontier models (OpenAI GPT-OSS, Gemma 4, Z.ai GLM 4.7) at industry-leading tokens-per-second. Developers authenticate with a bearer API key and call chat/completions, completions, and models endpoints, with streaming, tool calling, structured outputs, vision, prompt caching, and batch inference. Custom model weights can be deployed on dedicated endpoints. Official Python and Node.js SDKs, a Cloud Console with a playground, and coding-tool integrations (VS Code, Cline, Kilo Code, OpenCode) round out the developer surface.

Cerebras Systems publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Completions API, Models API, Public Models API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Company, AI Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Inference.

The Cerebras Systems catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Cerebras Systems’ developer surface includes status page, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, and 39 more developer resources.

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62.4/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Front door AI 6/6 dominant Heartbeat 94/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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2 published contracts 3 Agent Skills

Company AI Infrastructure Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Inference LLM Developer Tools Cloud Computing Semiconductors

What this lets a business do 1

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

AI Model Services

AE-110

Chat CompletionsCompletions

POST /v1/chat/completions POST /v1/completions

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-02 · rubric v0.26.0

Composite quality — 62.4/100 · strong

Contract Quality 7.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.8 / 15

Access Clarity 15.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 5.1 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.1 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · 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 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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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)
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
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Contract Quality scores 42.1 — up to +14.5 composite points
Contract Governance scores 18.2 — up to +9.8 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 52.6 — up to +6.2 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
AI Model Routing	covered	44.8	-	-
IDE Extension Marketplaces (JetBrains, VS Code, Open VSX, Docker Verified Publishers, PyPI orgs)	covered	44.8	-	-
Semiconductor Consortia (RISC-V, OCP hardware, CHIPS awards)	covered	44.8	-	-
Raycast Store Extensions (first-party publishers + community-wrapped products)	covered	44.8	-	-
Hugging Face Hub Organisations	covered	44.8	-	-

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 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

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cerebras Systems Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Cerebras Systems Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Cerebras Systems API Rules

44 rules · 39 errors 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Cerebras Systems Inference Overlay

3 actions · update · cerebras-systems-inference-openapi-original.yml

DERIVED

Security Posture 3

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

Cerebras Systems Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Cerebras Systems Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Cerebras Systems Trust Center

SOC 2, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Cerebras Systems Agentic Access

8 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LlmsText

LlmsText

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Lifecycle

DataModel

Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

Python SDK

Node.js SDK

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

Compliance

Security

Authentication

DomainSecurity

Operate 7

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Status

Support

StatusPage

ChangeLog

Deprecation

RateLimits

ChangeLog

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Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Twitter

Twitter

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

ModelZoo

ModelZoo

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cerebras-systems
name: Cerebras Systems
description: 'Cerebras Systems builds the Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) — the largest computer chip ever made — and the CS-3 systems
  built around it, delivering AI training and inference at speeds far beyond conventional GPUs. Cerebras Inference is the
  company''s cloud API: an OpenAI-compatible REST interface at api.cerebras.ai that serves open-weight frontier models (OpenAI
  GPT-OSS, Gemma 4, Z.ai GLM 4.7) at industry-leading tokens-per-second. Developers authenticate with a bearer API key and
  call chat/completions, completions, and models endpoints, with streaming, tool calling, structured outputs, vision, prompt
  caching, and batch inference. Custom model weights can be deployed on dedicated endpoints. Official Python and Node.js SDKs,
  a Cloud Console with a playground, and coding-tool integrations (VS Code, Cline, Kilo Code, OpenCode) round out the developer
  surface.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cerebras-systems/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- coatue
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-02'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://github.com/Cerebras.png
x-docs-platform: mintlify
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-21
x-docs-hosting: vercel
tags:
- Company
- AI Infrastructure
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Inference
- LLM
- Developer Tools
- Cloud Computing
- Semiconductors
tags_raw:
- Company
- Ai Infrastructure
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Inference
- Large Language Models
- Developer Tools
- Cloud Computing
- Semiconductors
- Machine-Learning
apis:
- aid: cerebras-systems:cerebras-systems-completions-api
  name: Cerebras Systems Completions API
  description: The Completions API from Cerebras Systems — 1 operation(s) for completions.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai
  tags:
  - Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cerebras-systems-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/api-reference/chat-completions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/cerebras-systems-problem-types.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/cerebras-systems-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/cerebras-systems-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/cerebras-systems-data-model.yml
- aid: cerebras-systems:cerebras-systems-models-api
  name: Cerebras Systems Models API
  description: The Models API from Cerebras Systems — 2 operation(s) for models.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cerebras-systems-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/api-reference/chat-completions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/cerebras-systems-problem-types.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/cerebras-systems-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/cerebras-systems-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/cerebras-systems-data-model.yml
- aid: cerebras-systems:cerebras-systems-public-models-api
  name: Cerebras Systems Public Models API
  description: The Public Models API from Cerebras Systems — 2 operation(s) for public models.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai
  tags:
  - Public Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cerebras-systems-public-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/api-reference/chat-completions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/cerebras-systems-problem-types.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/cerebras-systems-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/cerebras-systems-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/cerebras-systems-data-model.yml
- aid: cerebras-systems:cerebras-systems-tcp-warming-api
  name: Cerebras Systems Tcp Warming API
  description: The Tcp Warming API from Cerebras Systems — 1 operation(s) for tcp warming.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai
  tags:
  - Tcp Warming
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cerebras-systems-tcp-warming-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/api-reference/chat-completions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/cerebras-systems-problem-types.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/cerebras-systems-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/cerebras-systems-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/cerebras-systems-data-model.yml
- aid: cerebras-systems:cerebras-systems-chat-completions-api
  name: Cerebras Systems Chat Completions API
  description: The Chat Completions API from Cerebras Systems — 1 operation(s) for chat completions.
  humanURL: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  baseURL: https://api.cerebras.ai
  tags:
  - Chat Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cerebras-systems-chat-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/api-reference/chat-completions
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/cerebras-systems-problem-types.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/cerebras-systems-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/cerebras-systems-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/cerebras-systems-data-model.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/cerebras-systems-capability-edges.yml
  name: Cerebras Systems Business Capability Map
- type: ModelZoo
  url: https://github.com/Cerebras/modelzoo
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cerebras-systems
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/CerebrasSystems
- type: Status
  url: https://status.cerebras.ai
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/llms.txt
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/cerebras-systems/overview
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/cerebras-systems-trust-center.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cerebras.ai
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai
- type: APIReference
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/api-reference/chat-completions
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/quickstart
- type: Support
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/overview
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.cerebras.ai/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Cerebras
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.cerebras.ai/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://cloud.cerebras.ai
- type: Login
  url: https://cloud.cerebras.ai
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cerebras.ai/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cerebras.ai/privacy-policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cerebras.ai
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.cerebras.ai
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.cerebras.ai
- type: Security
  url: https://trust.cerebras.ai
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/change-log
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
- type: Packages
  url: packages/cerebras-systems-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/cerebras-systems-packages.yml
- type: Python SDK
  url: https://github.com/Cerebras/cerebras-cloud-sdk-python
- type: Node.js SDK
  url: https://github.com/Cerebras/cerebras-cloud-sdk-node
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/cerebras-systems-llms.txt
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/cerebras-systems-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cerebras-systems-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/cerebras-systems-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/cerebras-systems-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/cerebras-systems-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/cerebras-systems-lifecycle.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/cerebras-systems-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/cerebras-systems-plans.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/cerebras-systems-inference-overlay.yaml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/cerebras-systems-data-model.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cerebras-systems-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cerebras-systems-agentic-access.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/cerebras-systems-changelog.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Cerebras Systems API — frequently asked questions

Does Cerebras Systems have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Cerebras Systems, including Cerebras Systems Completions API, Cerebras Systems Models API and Cerebras Systems Public Models API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Cerebras Systems API?

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

How do I authenticate with the Cerebras Systems API?

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

How much does the Cerebras Systems API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Cerebras Systems, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing Plans on this page.

Is the Cerebras Systems API ready for AI agents?

Cerebras Systems has a Kin Score of 62.4 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 28.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-02.

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