Gencove
Gencove is an enterprise analytics platform for low-pass whole genome sequencing (lpWGS). Its REST API lets customers upload FASTQ and array data, run samples through configurable analysis pipelines, track sample status, download deliverables (including merged VCFs, imputation and ancestry outputs), manage projects, batches, BaseSpace and S3 imports, and operate the Gencove Explorer compute environment. The platform is used across human health, agriculture and research to turn raw sequencing reads into genotypes, polygenic scores and ancestry at industrial scale. Access is via a web dashboard, the official `gencove` Python CLI/SDK, and a versioned HTTP API authenticated with an API key or JWT, with signed webhooks for analysis-completion events.
Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps — the contract exists but is thin, or the portal is good while governance and commercial terms are absent.
API Evangelist profiles Gencove the way a machine reads it — 25 machine-readable artifacts across 20 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Gencove scores 54.0/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 75/100 (agent native). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Gencove
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Gencove. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 20
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Gencove array API
The array API from Gencove — 1 operation(s) for array.
Gencove basespace API
The basespace API from Gencove — 6 operation(s) for basespace.
Gencove batch API
The batch API from Gencove — 1 operation(s) for batch.
Gencove billing API
The billing API from Gencove — 1 operation(s) for billing.
Gencove explorer API
The explorer API from Gencove — 10 operation(s) for explorer.
Gencove file API
The file API from Gencove — 2 operation(s) for file.
Gencove firstmile API
The firstmile API from Gencove — 2 operation(s) for firstmile.
Gencove invitation API
The invitation API from Gencove — 3 operation(s) for invitation.
Gencove jwt API
The jwt API from Gencove — 4 operation(s) for jwt.
Gencove mfa API
The mfa API from Gencove — 4 operation(s) for mfa.
Gencove notification API
The notification API from Gencove — 1 operation(s) for notification.
Gencove organization API
The organization API from Gencove — 5 operation(s) for organization.
Gencove pipeline API
The pipeline API from Gencove — 5 operation(s) for pipeline.
Gencove project API
The project API from Gencove — 34 operation(s) for project.
Gencove role API
The role API from Gencove — 1 operation(s) for role.
Gencove s3 API
The s3 API from Gencove — 5 operation(s) for s3.
Gencove sample API
The sample API from Gencove — 17 operation(s) for sample.
Gencove social API
The social API from Gencove — 3 operation(s) for social.
Gencove upload API
The upload API from Gencove — 7 operation(s) for upload.
Gencove user API
The user API from Gencove — 12 operation(s) for user.
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
gencove-mcp.yml
MCP SERVEREvent Specifications 1
Not every API is request/response. AsyncAPI describes the event-driven and streaming side — the webhooks and channels — so the asynchronous half of the interface is documented the same way the synchronous half is.
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
Gencove Webhooks
ASYNCAPISecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Gencove — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 4
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 3
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 5
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 6
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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