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Matrix

Matrix is an open standard and decentralized protocol for real-time communication, providing federated messaging, voice, video, and IoT signalling across independently operated homeservers. The Matrix specification defines several REST APIs (Client-Server, Server-Server, Application Service, Identity Service, and Push Gateway) that interoperate across the federation. Authentication is typically performed via Bearer access tokens, with newer flows using OAuth 2.0.

agent aware

Limited machine-readable signal and partial portal coverage — documentation a human can read, but little a machine or agent can consume without scraping.

Kin Score

API Evangelist profiles Matrix the way a machine reads it — 43 machine-readable artifacts across 1 API, 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 — Matrix scores 29.8/100 (thin), with a separate agent-readiness read of 18/100 (agent aware). 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. Every facet and dimension name is a link: it opens that measurement's page on APIs.io, where the rating runs across the whole catalog — the exact checks that feed it, how every profiled provider distributes on it, and who is at the top of it.

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Matrix Kin Score — API readiness rating by API Evangelist

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How we profile Matrix

Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Matrix. 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.

Matrix Client-Server API

REST API used by Matrix clients to communicate with a homeserver, covering login, room creation and management, message sending, sync, device management, end-to-end encryption, ...

Matrix Server-Server (Federation) API

Federation API that lets Matrix homeservers exchange events, presence, and key information with one another over signed JSON requests.

Matrix Application Service API

API used by application services (bridges, bots) to integrate with a homeserver, claim namespaces, and exchange events.

Matrix Identity Service API

API for looking up Matrix user IDs from third-party identifiers such as email addresses and phone numbers via federated identity servers.

Matrix Push Gateway API

Push Gateway API homeservers use to deliver notifications to mobile push services on behalf of Matrix clients.

Matrix Account API

The Account API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for account.

Matrix Capabilities API

The Capabilities API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for capabilities.

Matrix CreateRoom API

The CreateRoom API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for createroom.

Matrix Devices API

The Devices API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for devices.

Matrix Directory API

The Directory API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for directory.

Matrix Join API

The Join API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for join.

Matrix Keys API

The Keys API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for keys.

Matrix Login API

The Login API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for login.

Matrix Logout API

The Logout API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for logout.

Matrix Profile API

The Profile API from Matrix — 2 operation(s) for profile.

Matrix PublicRooms API

The PublicRooms API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for publicrooms.

Matrix Refresh API

The Refresh API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for refresh.

Matrix Register API

The Register API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for register.

Matrix Rooms API

The Rooms API from Matrix — 4 operation(s) for rooms.

Matrix Sync API

The Sync API from Matrix — 1 operation(s) for sync.

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Open Collections 17

Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

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Event 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.

Matrix Client-Server Sync API

AsyncAPI description of the Matrix Client-Server sync mechanism. Matrix delivers real-time events to clients through the `/_matrix/client/v3/sync` endpoint, which is a long-live...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.

Matrix API Rules

5 rules · 1 errors · 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

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.

Matrix Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Matrix Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Matrix Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

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.

Matrix Agentic Access

20 operations · 11 acting

20 operations · 11 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Every other property we hold for Matrix — 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 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Company 3

The organization behind the API

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Where this information came from

This is an independent, third-party profile of Matrix, published by API Evangelist. We do not operate, host, resell, or support these APIs, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the company unless stated above. Everything here is built from publicly available information — the company's own site, developer portal, documentation, public repositories, and the specifications it publishes for public use. Nothing is obtained by breaching a system, defeating an access control, or using credentials.

The Kin Score and Agent Readiness rating are independently calculated assessments of a company's public API artifacts, scored against a published rubric. They are not certifications, endorsements, security assessments, or audits.

Corrections, re-scores, and removal are free — no partnership or purchase required, and you do not need to justify the request. A removed company is recorded as unrated, never scored zero for having asked. Acknowledgement within one business day; removal within two.

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