Packet Host
Packet Host, Inc. (packet.com / api.packet.net) was a New York-based bare-metal cloud provider, backed by Battery Ventures, that let developers provision dedicated single-tenant servers on demand through a REST API, CLI, and Terraform. Equinix acquired Packet in 2020 and rebranded the service Equinix Metal, moving the API to api.equinix.com/metal/v1. Equinix Metal was fully retired: End-of-Sale was announced 2024-11-07 and the service was sunset 2026-06-30. This profile captures the Metal API surface (220 operations across 40 tags) and the Packet-to-Equinix-Metal lineage.
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 Packet Host the way a machine reads it — 44 machine-readable artifacts across 40 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 — Packet Host scores 45.8/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 65/100 (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 Packet Host
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Packet Host. 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 40
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.
Packet Host Authentication API
Nearly all of the endpoints in the API require authentication. Authentication is performed by providing an authentication token (interchangeably referred to as an API key) in th...
Packet Host Batches API
Manage device batches. See project endpoints to list batches for a particular project. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Batch Deployment](https://metal.equinix.co...
Packet Host BGP API
Manage BGP configs and sessions. See device endpoints to create and list BGP sessions for a particular device. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Local and Global B...
Packet Host Capacity API
Capacity Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Capacity](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/locations/capacity/).
Packet Host Console Log Details API
Console Log Details. Notice: This is a test feature currently under active development, and only available to certain users. Please contact Customer Success for more information.
Packet Host Devices API
Device Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Server Devices](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/servers/).
Packet Host Emails API
Email Management
Packet Host Events API
Event Management
Packet Host Facilities API
Facility Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Facilities](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/locations/).
Packet Host Firmware Sets API
Firmware Sets Management. Notice: Firmware Sets are a test feature currently under active development, and only available to certain users. Please contact Customer Success for m...
Packet Host HardwareReservations API
Hardware Reservation Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Reserved Hardware](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/deploy/reserved/).
Packet Host Incidents API
Incident Management
Packet Host Interconnections API
Network Interconnections. See Instructions to create Network Interconnections at Check out the product docs to learn more about [Equinix Fabric](https://metal.equinix.com/develo...
Packet Host Invitations API
Manage invitations. See project endpoints to create a new invitation. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Invitations](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/acco...
Packet Host Invoices API
The Invoices API from Packet Host — 2 operation(s) for invoices.
Packet Host IPAddresses API
Manage IP addresses. See device and project endpoints to list and create IP assignments for a particular project or device. Check out the product docs to learn more about [the b...
Packet Host Licenses API
Manage licenses. See project endpoints to list and create licenses for a particular project.
Packet Host Memberships API
Membership Management (Project). Check out the product docs to learn more about [Membership](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/).
Packet Host MetalGateways API
Metal Gateway Management.Check out the product docs to learn more about [Metal Gateways](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/networking/metal-gateway/).
Packet Host Metros API
Metro Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Metros](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/locations/metros/).
Packet Host OperatingSystems API
Operating System Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Operating Systems choices](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/operating-systems/).
Packet Host Organizations API
Organizations Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Organizations](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/).
Packet Host OTPs API
OTP Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [OTP](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/two-factor-authentication/).
Packet Host PasswordResetTokens API
Password Reset Token Management
Packet Host PaymentMethods API
Payment Method Management
Packet Host Plans API
Plan Management (Device). Check out the product docs to learn more about [Device Plans](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/servers/).
Packet Host Ports API
Port ManagementCheck out the product docs to learn more about [Port configurations](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/layer2-networking/overview/).
Packet Host Projects API
Project Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Projects](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/projects/).
Packet Host SelfServiceReservations API
Self Service Reservations
Packet Host SpotMarket API
Spot Market Pricing and Requests Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Spot Market features](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/deploy/spot-market/).
Packet Host SSHKeys API
Manage SSH keys. See project endpoints to list and create project-level SSH keys.
Packet Host SupportRequest API
Support request
Packet Host TransferRequests API
Project Transfer Requests Management
Packet Host TwoFactorAuth API
Two Factor Authentication Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [2FA](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/two-factor-authentication/).
Packet Host Usages API
Usage Management
Packet Host Userdata API
Userdata Management
Packet Host Users API
User Management
Packet Host UserVerificationTokens API
User Verification Token Management
Packet Host VLANs API
Manage virtual networks (VLANs). See project endpoints to list and create virtual networks. Check out the product docs to learn more about [VLANs](https://metal.equinix.com/deve...
Packet Host VRFs API
VRF Management. A VRF is a project-scoped virtual router resource that defines a collection of customer-managed IP blocks that can be used in BGP peering on one or more virtual ...
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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.
packet-host-mcp.yml
MCP SERVERSecurity 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 Packet Host — 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 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 5
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 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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