# Amazon Lambda

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-lambda/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers, automatically scaling and executing your code in response to events from over 200 AWS services and SaaS applications while you pay only for the compute time you consume.

## Kin Score — 54.5 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 54.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 69.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 50.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 59.2 |
| Access Clarity | 59.2 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| 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 (2)

- **Amazon Lambda Event Source Mappings API** — Lambda event source mapping management
- **Amazon Lambda Functions API** — Lambda function management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon Lambda Agentic Access** — 11 operations · 7 acting

## Security (4)

- **Amazon Lambda Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon Lambda Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon Lambda Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Amazon Lambda Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Amazon Lambda Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **API Backends** — Build REST and GraphQL API backends with Lambda and API Gateway.
- **Data Processing** — Process S3 uploads, DynamoDB streams, and Kinesis records in real time.
- **Event Automation** — Automate operational tasks triggered by CloudWatch events or schedules.
- **Machine Learning Inference** — Run ML model inference on-demand without managing inference infrastructure.

## Tags

Compute, Event-Driven, Function-as-a-Service, Functions, Serverless

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