Optimism
Optimism is an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling network and the originator of the OP Stack — an open-source, modular rollup framework that powers OP Mainnet and a growing Superchain of interoperable chains (Base, Mode, Zora, Worldchain, and others). Developers interact via standard Ethereum JSON-RPC, the Optimism (Viem-based) SDK, the canonical Optimism Bridge, OP Stack operator tooling (op-geth, op-node, op-deployer, op-batcher, op-proposer, op-challenger), and the Superchain Registry.
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 Optimism the way a machine reads it — 19 machine-readable artifacts across 10 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 — Optimism scores 45.7/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 44/100 (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.
How we profile Optimism
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Optimism. 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 10
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.
OP Mainnet JSON-RPC
Public Ethereum JSON-RPC endpoint for OP Mainnet (chain ID 10). Supports standard eth_* methods plus Optimism extensions for L1 fee estimation, deposit tracking, and withdrawal ...
OP Sepolia JSON-RPC
Public Ethereum JSON-RPC endpoint for the OP Sepolia testnet (chain ID 11155420) used for development and integration testing.
Optimism Bridge (Standard Bridge)
Canonical cross-chain bridge for depositing and withdrawing ETH and ERC-20 tokens between Ethereum L1 and OP Mainnet, secured by the OP Stack StandardBridge contracts. Available...
OP Stack
Open-source, modular Ethereum L2 rollup stack. The monorepo at github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism contains op-geth (execution), op-node (consensus), op-batcher, op-proposer, ...
Superchain Registry
Source-of-truth index of chains that are part of the Optimism Superchain — genesis files, deployment addresses, RPC endpoints, explorers, and chain metadata in machine-readable ...
Optimism SDK (Viem extension)
Modern Optimism SDK exposed as a Viem extension (viem/op-stack) for L1<->L2 message tracking, deposit and withdrawal flows, fee estimation, and Superchain multi-chain helpers.
Supersim
Local Superchain simulator that spins up multiple OP Stack chains for developing and testing cross-chain interop messages (CrossL2Inbox / L2ToL2CrossDomainMessenger) before main...
Optimism Etherscan
Etherscan-family block explorer for OP Mainnet and OP Sepolia with REST API access for contracts, transactions, and addresses.
Optimism Blockscout
Open-source Blockscout block explorer for OP Mainnet with REST and GraphQL APIs.
Optimism JSON-RPC API
Standard Ethereum JSON-RPC method invocation.
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Open Collections 1
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).
OP Mainnet JSON-RPC
OPEN COLLECTIONGraphQL 1
Where a provider ships GraphQL, the schema is the contract. We profile it alongside the REST surface so the whole interface is legible in one place.
GraphQL schemas published by this provider.
Optimism GraphQL API
GRAPHQLPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Optimism Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Optimism Finops
FINOPSEvent 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.
Optimism (OP Stack) WebSocket JSON-RPC API
AsyncAPI 2.6 description of the WebSocket JSON-RPC subscription surface exposed by op-geth — the OP Stack execution client used by OP Mainnet (chain ID 10) and OP Sepolia (chain...
ASYNCAPISpectral 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.
Optimism API Rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 1
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 Optimism — 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 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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