# Ably

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ably/  
**Website:** https://ably.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 12

Ably is a realtime messaging platform offering pub/sub, presence, push notifications, chat, LiveSync, and integrations over WebSocket and HTTP. Ably publishes its OpenAPI specifications publicly via the ably/open-specs GitHub repository, with separate specs for the Platform API (REST messaging surface) and the Control API (account, app, and key management).

## Kin Score — 43.5 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 43.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 65.7 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 34.2 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

## Agent readiness — 40.2 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (12)

- **Ably apps API** — The apps API from Ably — 3 operation(s) for apps.
- **Ably Authentication API** — The Authentication API from Ably — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
- **Ably History API** — The History API from Ably — 2 operation(s) for history.
- **Ably keys API** — The keys API from Ably — 3 operation(s) for keys.
- **Ably namespaces API** — The namespaces API from Ably — 2 operation(s) for namespaces.
- **Ably Publishing API** — The Publishing API from Ably — 1 operation(s) for publishing.
- **Ably Push API** — The Push API from Ably — 6 operation(s) for push.
- **Ably queues API** — The queues API from Ably — 2 operation(s) for queues.
- **Ably rules API** — The rules API from Ably — 2 operation(s) for rules.
- **Ably Stats API** — The Stats API from Ably — 2 operation(s) for stats.
- **Ably Status API** — The Status API from Ably — 3 operation(s) for status.
- **Ably tokens API** — The tokens API from Ably — 1 operation(s) for tokens.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Ably Agentic Access** — 44 operations · 25 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (4)

- **Ably Authentication** — http · 2 schemes
- **Ably Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Ably Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Ably Trust Center** — SOC 2, GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Ably Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Real-Time, WebSockets, Pub-Sub, Messaging, Streaming, Push Notifications, Chat, LiveSync

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ably/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.