# Amazon Aurora

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-aurora/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud that combines the performance and availability of traditional enterprise databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases.

## Kin Score — 31.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-24 under rubric 0.13.0. Trend: flat (-0.5 from 32.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 83.3 |
| Contract Quality | 69.4 |
| Governance | 30.3 |
| Contract Governance | 30.3 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 27.9 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (6)

- **Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Endpoints API** — Operations for managing Aurora cluster endpoints
- **Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Parameter Groups API** — Operations for managing Aurora cluster parameter groups
- **Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Snapshots API** — Operations for managing Aurora cluster snapshots
- **Amazon Aurora DB Clusters API** — Operations for managing Aurora DB clusters
- **Amazon Aurora DB Instances API** — Operations for managing Aurora DB instances within clusters
- **Amazon Aurora Global Clusters API** — Operations for managing Aurora Global Databases

## MCP servers (1)

- **Amazon Aurora MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon Aurora Agentic Access** — 21 operations · 21 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

## Security (3)

- **Amazon Aurora Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon Aurora Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon Aurora Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Use cases (6)

- **Enterprise applications requiring high availability and durability**
- **SaaS applications needing scalable multi-tenant databases**
- **E-commerce platforms with variable traffic patterns**
- **Financial applications requiring ACID compliance**
- **Global applications needing low-latency multi-region access**
- **Development and testing with fast database cloning**

## Tags

Amazon Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Relational Database

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