Astronomy API · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements — Astronomy API v3

6 actions 6 updates update extends ./astronomy-api-v3-openapi.yaml
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Astronomy API publishes. Astronomy API did not publish this file.
View Overlay File View on GitHub Overlay Specification

What the actions change

x-agentic-accessx-runtime-notex-apis-iox-lifecyclex-runtime-notes

Targets 6

$.info
$.paths['/positions'].get
$.paths['/events'].get
$.paths['/search'].get
$.paths['/studio/star-chart'].post
$.paths['/studio/moon-phase'].post

OpenAPI Overlay

Raw ↑
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements — Astronomy API v3
  version: 1.0.0
  x-generated: '2026-09-04'
  x-method: generated
  x-source: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline — records this repo's own derived and searched artifacts
    against the provider's unmodified specification.
  x-note: 'Adds only API Evangelist annotations to the provider''s own v3 definition: artifact cross-references,
    the draft status of the contract, the undeclared 429 behaviour, and a per-operation agentic-access
    classification. The harvested specification is never mutated.'
extends: ./astronomy-api-v3-openapi.yaml
actions:
- target: $.info
  description: Attach API Evangelist artifact cross-references and provenance.
  update:
    x-apis-io:
      provider: astronomy-api
      record: https://apis.io/astronomy-api/
      artifacts:
        conventions: conventions/astronomy-api-conventions.yml
        errors: errors/astronomy-api-problem-types.yml
        lifecycle: lifecycle/astronomy-api-lifecycle.yml
        rateLimits: rate-limits/astronomy-api-rate-limits.yml
        authentication: authentication/astronomy-api-authentication.yml
        dataModel: data-model/astronomy-api-data-model.yml
        conformance: conformance/astronomy-api-conformance.yml
        plans: plans/astronomy-api-plans-pricing.yml
        toolCrosswalk: mcp/astronomy-api-tool-crosswalk.yml
    x-lifecycle:
      status: reference draft
      evidence: https://docs.astronomyapi.com/api-v3-reference-draft/v3 — "v3 is being built. These pages
        are published as each endpoint is settled, so that the design can be read and argued with before
        it ships."
      production-surface: https://api.astronomyapi.com/api/v2
      migration-guide: https://docs.astronomyapi.com/api-v3-reference-draft/v3/migrating-from-v2
    x-runtime-notes:
      rate-limit: Rate limiting is enforced service-wide on IP and overall consumption and returns 429,
        but no 429 response and no RateLimit-* header is declared in this specification. See rate-limits/astronomy-api-rate-limits.yml.
      errors: Declared error responses use RFC 9457 application/problem+json. The registry of `type` URIs
        is not published; only https://astronomyapi.com/problems/invalid-parameter is named. See errors/astronomy-api-problem-types.yml.
- target: $.paths['/positions'].get
  description: Attach API Evangelist runtime annotations for getPositions.
  update:
    x-agentic-access:
      action-class: connected
      consequence: read
      subject: optional
      reversibility: not-applicable
      audit: none
    x-runtime-note: 'Cursor pagination: when `limit` is reached, meta.sampling.nextCursor carries the
      continuation. `earth` is rejected with 422 by design.'
- target: $.paths['/events'].get
  description: Attach API Evangelist runtime annotations for getEvents.
  update:
    x-agentic-access:
      action-class: connected
      consequence: read
      subject: optional
      reversibility: not-applicable
      audit: none
    x-runtime-note: 'Returns two polymorphic event shapes discriminated by `type`: lunar_eclipse/solar_eclipse
      carry `contacts`, apsis carries `distance` and no contacts.'
- target: $.paths['/search'].get
  description: Attach API Evangelist runtime annotations for search.
  update:
    x-agentic-access:
      action-class: connected
      consequence: read
      subject: optional
      reversibility: not-applicable
      audit: none
    x-runtime-note: '`term` and the rightAscension/declination pair are mutually exclusive.'
- target: $.paths['/studio/star-chart'].post
  description: Attach API Evangelist runtime annotations for createStarChart.
  update:
    x-agentic-access:
      action-class: acting
      consequence: render
      subject: optional
      reversibility: not-applicable
      audit: none
    x-runtime-note: 'Pure render: returns an image URL and creates no caller-owned resource. Identical
      requests return the same cached URL, so a retry is safe; no reversal operation exists or is needed.'
- target: $.paths['/studio/moon-phase'].post
  description: Attach API Evangelist runtime annotations for createMoonPhase.
  update:
    x-agentic-access:
      action-class: acting
      consequence: render
      subject: optional
      reversibility: not-applicable
      audit: none
    x-runtime-note: 'Pure render: returns an image URL and creates no caller-owned resource. Identical
      requests return the same cached URL, so a retry is safe; no reversal operation exists or is needed.'

Work with this as data

Every overlay here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for openapi overlays

4 MCP tools reach this
  • find_overlaysBrowse and filter every overlay in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This overlay
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/overlays/astronomy-api-v3-overlay"
All openapi overlays
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/overlays?limit=25"

Calls without X-API-Key need no key. Calls with it need a paid plan — get a key.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.