Haystack / deepset

Haystack is deepset's open-source Python framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications - modular Pipelines and agent workflows assembled from 100+ Components and document stores for RAG, semantic search, and agents. Haystack pipelines deploy as REST services via Hayhooks, and the commercial deepset AI Platform (deepset Cloud) exposes a hosted REST API at api.cloud.deepset.ai for pipelines, search, files, and workspaces.

Haystack / deepset publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Files API, Pipelines API, Search API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, LLM, RAG, Open Source, and Orchestration.

Haystack / deepset’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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37.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Front door AI 6/6 dominant saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-03 · rubric v0.23.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

5 APIs

Artificial Intelligence LLM RAG Open Source Orchestration

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scored 2026-10-03 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 37.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 6.6 / 15

Access Clarity 4.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.0 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 9

Discoverability 6.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 1.1 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Haystack Framework (Open Source)

Apache-2.0 licensed Python framework for composable LLM orchestration. Build modular Pipelines from Components (retrievers, routers, embedders, generators, evaluators) over Docu...

Hayhooks REST Deployment

Hayhooks turns a Haystack pipeline into a self-hosted REST API (and optional MCP server) with one command, auto-generating OpenAPI/Swagger docs and HTTP run endpoints. The deplo...

Haystack / deepset Files API

Upload, list, delete, and annotate files; manage upload sessions.

Haystack / deepset Pipelines API

Create, list, deploy, and undeploy Haystack pipelines.

Haystack / deepset Search API

Run queries against deployed pipelines.

Haystack / deepset Workspaces API

Manage workspaces that isolate pipelines and data.

Haystack / deepset Config API

The config API from Haystack / deepset — 4 operation(s) for config.

Haystack / deepset Dashboard API

The dashboard API from Haystack / deepset — 5 operation(s) for dashboard.

Haystack / deepset Openai API

The openai API from Haystack / deepset — 8 operation(s) for openai.

Haystack / deepset Status API

The status API from Haystack / deepset — 2 operation(s) for status.

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Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

deepset Cloud API (deepset AI Platform) Files API

OPEN COLLECTION

deepset Cloud API (deepset AI Platform) Files Pipelines API

OPEN COLLECTION

deepset Cloud API (deepset AI Platform) Files Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

deepset Cloud API (deepset AI Platform) Files Workspaces API

OPEN COLLECTION

deepset Cloud API (deepset AI Platform)

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Haystack Ai Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Haystack Ai Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Haystack Ai Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Haystack Ai Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Haystack Ai Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Haystack Ai Agentic Access

37 operations · 21 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: haystack-ai
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/haystack-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Haystack / deepset
kind: company
description: Haystack is deepset's open-source Python framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications
  - modular Pipelines and agent workflows assembled from 100+ Components and document stores for RAG, semantic search, and
  agents. Haystack pipelines deploy as REST services via Hayhooks, and the commercial deepset AI Platform (deepset Cloud)
  exposes a hosted REST API at api.cloud.deepset.ai for pipelines, search, files, and workspaces.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - deepset-ai/hayhooks
    - deepset-ai/haystack
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/haystack-ai.png
x-docs-platform: docusaurus
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-03
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- LLM
- RAG
- Open Source
- Orchestration
tags_raw:
- AI
- LLM
- RAG
- Open Source
- Orchestration
- Open-Source
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-08-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-framework
  name: Haystack Framework (Open Source)
  tags:
  - Framework
  - Python
  - Pipelines
  - Open Source
  tags_raw:
  - Framework
  - Python
  - Pipelines
  - Open Source
  - Open-Source
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
    type: GitHub
  description: Apache-2.0 licensed Python framework for composable LLM orchestration. Build modular Pipelines from Components
    (retrievers, routers, embedders, generators, evaluators) over Document Stores for RAG, semantic search, and agents. Programmatic
    library/SDK surface, not a hosted REST API.
- aid: haystack-ai:hayhooks-rest-deployment
  name: Hayhooks REST Deployment
  tags:
  - REST
  - Deployment
  - Pipelines
  - MCP
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/hayhooks
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/hayhooks
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/hayhooks
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/deepset-ai/hayhooks
    type: GitHub
  description: Hayhooks turns a Haystack pipeline into a self-hosted REST API (and optional MCP server) with one command,
    auto-generating OpenAPI/Swagger docs and HTTP run endpoints. The deployed surface is generated per pipeline and self-hosted,
    not a fixed public API.
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-ai-files-api
  name: Haystack / deepset Files API
  description: Upload, list, delete, and annotate files; manage upload sessions.
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/haystack-ai-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/create-a-pipeline-with-rest-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/reference/api-overview
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/haystack-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/run-a-search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/upload-files
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-ai-pipelines-api
  name: Haystack / deepset Pipelines API
  description: Create, list, deploy, and undeploy Haystack pipelines.
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  tags:
  - Pipelines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/haystack-ai-pipelines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/create-a-pipeline-with-rest-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/reference/api-overview
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/haystack-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/run-a-search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/upload-files
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-ai-search-api
  name: Haystack / deepset Search API
  description: Run queries against deployed pipelines.
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/haystack-ai-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/create-a-pipeline-with-rest-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/reference/api-overview
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/haystack-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/run-a-search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/upload-files
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-ai-workspaces-api
  name: Haystack / deepset Workspaces API
  description: Manage workspaces that isolate pipelines and data.
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  tags:
  - Workspace
  tags_raw:
  - Workspaces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/haystack-ai-workspaces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/create-a-pipeline-with-rest-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/reference/api-overview
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/haystack-ai.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/run-a-search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cloud.deepset.ai/docs/upload-files
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-ai-config-api
  name: Haystack / deepset Config API
  description: The config API from Haystack / deepset — 4 operation(s) for config.
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  tags:
  - Config
  tags_raw:
  - config
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/haystack-ai-config-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/reference/api-reference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/getting-started/quick-start/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/deepset-ai/hayhooks
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-ai-dashboard-api
  name: Haystack / deepset Dashboard API
  description: The dashboard API from Haystack / deepset — 5 operation(s) for dashboard.
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  tags:
  - Dashboards
  tags_raw:
  - dashboard
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/haystack-ai-dashboard-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/reference/api-reference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/getting-started/quick-start/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/deepset-ai/hayhooks
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-ai-openai-api
  name: Haystack / deepset Openai API
  description: The openai API from Haystack / deepset — 8 operation(s) for openai.
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  tags:
  - OpenAI
  tags_raw:
  - openai
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/haystack-ai-openai-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/reference/api-reference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/getting-started/quick-start/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/deepset-ai/hayhooks
- aid: haystack-ai:haystack-ai-status-api
  name: Haystack / deepset Status API
  description: The status API from Haystack / deepset — 2 operation(s) for status.
  humanURL: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
  baseURL: https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
  tags:
  - Status
  tags_raw:
  - status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/haystack-ai-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/reference/api-reference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://deepset-ai.github.io/hayhooks/getting-started/quick-start/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/deepset-ai/hayhooks
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/haystack-ai-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/haystack-ai-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/haystack-ai-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/deepset-ai
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepset
- type: Website
  url: https://haystack.deepset.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro
- type: Plans
  url: plans/haystack-ai-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/haystack-ai-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/haystack-ai-finops.yml
- url: https://haystack.deepset.ai/blog
  type: Blog
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-merged-from:
- haystack

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