Kernel Apps API

List applications and versions.

Operations 1

GET /apps List apps #

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OpenAPI Specification

kernel-apps-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Developer tools and cloud infrastructure for AI agents to use web browsers
  title: Kernel Apps API
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
- description: API Server
  url: https://api.onkernel.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- description: List applications and versions.
  name: Apps
paths:
  /apps:
    get:
      description: List applications. Optionally filter by app name and/or version label.
      operationId: getApps
      parameters:
      - description: Filter results by application name.
        in: query
        name: app_name
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Filter results by version label.
        in: query
        name: version
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Limit the number of apps to return.
        in: query
        name: limit
        required: false
        schema:
          default: 20
          maximum: 100
          minimum: 1
          type: integer
      - description: Offset the number of apps to return.
        in: query
        name: offset
        required: false
        schema:
          default: 0
          minimum: 0
          type: integer
      - description: Search apps by name.
        in: query
        name: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppVersionSummary'
                type: array
          description: List of apps.
          headers:
            X-Has-More:
              description: Whether there are more apps to fetch.
              schema:
                default: false
                type: boolean
            X-Limit:
              description: Limit the number of apps to return.
              schema:
                default: 20
                maximum: 100
                minimum: 1
                type: integer
            X-Next-Offset:
              description: The offset where the next page starts. 0 when there are no more results.
              schema:
                nullable: true
                type: integer
            X-Offset:
              description: The offset of apps to return.
              schema:
                default: 0
                minimum: 0
                type: integer
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: List apps
      tags:
      - Apps
components:
  schemas:
    AppAction:
      description: An action available on the app
      properties:
        input_schema:
          additionalProperties: true
          description: JSON Schema (draft-07) describing the expected input payload. Null if schema could not be automatically generated.
          nullable: true
          type: object
        name:
          description: Name of the action
          example: analyze
          type: string
        output_schema:
          additionalProperties: true
          description: JSON Schema (draft-07) describing the expected output payload. Null if schema could not be automatically generated.
          nullable: true
          type: object
      required:
      - name
      type: object
    ErrorDetail:
      properties:
        code:
          description: Lower-level error code providing more specific detail
          example: invalid_input
          type: string
        message:
          description: Further detail about the error
          example: Provided version string is not semver compliant
          type: string
      type: object
    AppVersionSummary:
      description: Summary of an application version.
      properties:
        actions:
          description: List of actions available on the app
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppAction'
          type: array
        app_name:
          description: Name of the application
          example: my-app
          type: string
        deployment:
          description: Deployment ID
          type: string
        env_vars:
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: Environment variables configured for this app version. Values are redacted for API key, OAuth, and managed-auth callers, which receive every key with an empty string value. Only dashboard sessions receive the actual values.
          type: object
        id:
          description: Unique identifier for the app version
          example: rr33xuugxj9h0bkf1rdt2bet
          type: string
        region:
          const: aws.us-east-1a
          description: Deployment region code
          example: aws.us-east-1a
          type: string
        version:
          description: Version label for the application
          example: 1.0.0
          type: string
      required:
      - id
      - app_name
      - version
      - region
      - deployment
      - actions
      - env_vars
      type: object
    Error:
      properties:
        code:
          description: Application-specific error code (machine-readable)
          example: bad_request
          type: string
        details:
          description: Additional error details (for multiple errors)
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
          type: array
        inner_error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
        message:
          description: Human-readable error description for debugging
          example: 'Missing required field: app_name'
          type: string
      required:
      - code
      - message
      type: object
  responses:
    InternalError:
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: Internal Server Error
    Unauthorized:
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: Unauthorized – missing or invalid authorization token
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      type: http
x-service-info:
  categories:
  - browsers
  docs:
    apiReference: https://www.kernel.sh/docs
    homepage: https://www.kernel.sh
    llms: https://api.onkernel.com/llms.txt
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Kernel
  source: https://api.onkernel.com/openapi.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)