# Keybase API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/keybase/keybase-api/  
**Provider:** Keybase — https://apis.io/providers/keybase/  
**Base URL:** https://keybase.io/_/api/1.0  
**Documentation:** https://keybase.io/docs/api/1.0

Keybase API is published by [Keybase](https://apis.io/providers/keybase/) on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity, Cryptography, and Key Management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes authentication docs.

Keybase public HTTP JSON API (v1.0). Read-oriented endpoints for user lookup and discovery by social proof, PGP public-key fetch, Merkle-tree root and block retrieval for verification, and the salt/login/session and signature-posting flow. All responses use a status envelope of {code, name}; the API supports CORS.

## Machine-readable artifacts (9)

- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/authentication/keybase-authentication.yml
- **Conventions** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/conventions/keybase-conventions.yml
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/errors/keybase-problem-types.yml
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/data-model/keybase-data-model.yml
- **MCPServer** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/mcp/keybase-mcp.yml
- **AgentSkill** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/skills/_index.yml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/conformance/keybase-conformance.yml
- **Lifecycle** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/keybase-lifecycle.yml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keybase/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Tags

Identity, Cryptography, Key Management

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