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APIs.Supply apis.supply

namespace seednamespaceMarketplace

Vendor records, catalogs, RFQs, purchase orders and invoices as functions an agent calls, with the X12 850 and 810 translation done once underneath by transactions.dev, so a distributor's system and a buyer's agent meet on one record.

From the Startup card at api.sb/apis.supply · Designed · App, Dataset, Marketplace, Agent.

contested · 1 tension

tier: namespace · discovery lens A reads namespace (namespace); lens B reads discovery (view)

The two lenses (and any ledger statement) are kept side by side, not resolved. Most names carry one; it is a reading to explore, not an error.

What it is

Tier	namespace	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (tier)
Status	namespace seed	Inferred · med · lens A tier namespace
Product kind	Marketplace	Inferred · low · seed rule: lens B abstraction D-catalog; product kinds per studio CONTEXT.md (Cloud · Data · Software · Service · Commerce · Marketplace)
Core noun	Capability listing	Inferred · low · seed rule: the unit noun of lens B abstraction D-catalog (portfolio-lens-b.md §1)
Buyer and position	Vertical cut of the API catalog (scope: supply); promotes to a projection once a supply abstraction is built	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (icp_or_position)
Closed set or journey	S20 api(s).[vertical] namespace · supply	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (set_or_journey)
Abstraction	D-catalog	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (abstraction)
Role (lens B)	discovery	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (role)
Registrar	porkbun	Inferred · high · holdings ledger (domains repo, read-only)

Its stack

Generated around APIs.Supply

                                                                      APIs.Supply                                                    centre
                                                                           │
                                                                        API.SB                                                       brands
                                                                           │
                                                                  StartupBuilder.Dev                                                 brands
                                                                           │
                                       Startups.Management ──────── Startups.Studio                                                  the factory
                                                       ╱            ╱      │      ╲            ╲
   SaaS.Studio ────────────── SaaS.Dev               MonthEnd.Finance Objects.do   Services.do                Workers.do             the foundation · Do.Industries
                                         ╲             ╱                          ╲
                                           Headless.ly                                        Gigs.Accountants                       the abstractions

Click any node to re-centre the stack on it; the trail above keeps the nesting. Each node's own page is one more click.

Neighbours

Same abstraction (D-catalog)

API.QA Apps.AX Directories.Studio Earn.AX Message.AX Talk.AX API.Auction APIs.Healthcare Gigs.Exchange Agentic.Services Agis.Directory API.HT API.Mt APIs.AX APIs.Directory Apistatus.Page Data.Mt Databases.Directory Icps.Directory Industries.Directory Personas.Directory Processes.Directory SaaS.Mt Services.Delivery Site.Mt Source.Mt Startups.AX Studio.Mt Subcontractors.Directory Svcs.Directory Transformation.Directory Vendors.Directory AX.org.ai Axp.org.ai Directories.do Directory.do Directory.org.ai API.Bingo API.Cleaning API.Contractors +109 more

Listed by

APIs.Directory Agentic.Services

In logo rows

API.SB's row runs today
Transactions.Dev's row specified
StartupBuilder.Dev's row specified

Slices

in no slice

Relationships (5)

from	verb	to	provenance
APIs.Supply	runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier)	API.SB	Inferred · high · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvruns today api.sb/apis.supply answers (status Designed, fetched 2026-10-24)
APIs.Supply	listed-by logo row on a catalog venue (listed by)	APIs.Directory	Inferred · high · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvruns today listed on live apis.directory (fetched 2026-10-24)
APIs.Supply	listed-by logo row on a catalog venue (listed by)	Agentic.Services	Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable sb def agentic.services: supplies apis.supply [low] — targets.jsonl gives it the procurement function and relates it to apis.supply; a procurement agent sourcing a back-office service would find
APIs.Supply	runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier)	Transactions.Dev	Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb def apis.supply: built on transactions.dev [medium] — The X12 documents are compiled and parsed by transactions.dev's engine (parse, validate, ack) rather than rebuilt; stated by r4-domains, and
APIs.Supply	runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier)	StartupBuilder.Dev	Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb/poc/startup-as-noun/defs/apis.supply/startup.data.mdx

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