# Platform API Specification

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/platform-api/  
**Provider:** Cloud Native Buildpacks — https://apis.io/providers/buildpacks/  
**Documentation:** https://buildpacks.io/docs/reference/spec/platform-api/

Platform API Specification is one of 3 APIs that [Cloud Native Buildpacks](https://apis.io/providers/buildpacks/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include API Specification, Container Images, and Platforms. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

The Platform API defines the contract between a platform (such as pack or kpack) and the CNB lifecycle. It covers builder configuration, build inputs and outputs, stack definitions, and run image management.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://buildpacks.io/docs/reference/spec/platform-api/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/buildpacks/spec

## Other Cloud Native Buildpacks APIs (2)

- [Buildpack API Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/buildpack-api/)
- [Distribution API Specification](https://apis.io/apis/buildpacks/distribution-api/)

## Tags

API Specification, Container Images, Platforms

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