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Apiary

Apiary is an API design and documentation platform, now part of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. With 486,000+ users and 591,000+ APIs managed, it uses API Blueprint and Swagger/OpenAPI specifications to produce interactive API documentation, mock servers, automated testing, and collaborative API design workflows. Apiary enables teams to design APIs before writing code, generate documentation automatically, and validate implementations against specifications.

Apiary publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including API List API, Authentication API, Blueprint API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include API Blueprint, API Design, API Testing, Collaboration, and Design-First.

The Apiary catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Apiary’s developer surface includes authentication, CLI, changelog, sandbox, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 28 more developer resources.

44.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 0/100 dormant open core · MIT Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 published contract 3 Agent Skills 8 Features 5 Use Cases
API BlueprintAPI DesignAPI TestingCollaborationDesign-FirstDocumentationMock ServersOracle

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0
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.
Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against 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.
The six quality facets above are damped to 65 points between them, because both conditional facets apply and carry 35 points together. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 65% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
  • Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
  • Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
  • Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.
Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):
Each check links to what satisfies it. Publish the artifact, or tell us where it already lives, and the score moves on the next scoring run.
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. Every facet and dimension name above is a link: it opens that measurement's own page — what it means, the exact checks that feed it, how the whole catalog distributes on it, and the providers at the top of it. This rating is computed from the provider profile at artifacts.apis.io/apiary/apis.yml: open an issue on github.com/api-evangelist/apiary to ask a question or point us at an artifact you publish. Submit an artifact on GitHub — free → Manage your own listing — the Influence plan, $499/mo →

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified
measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 5

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

API Blueprint

API Blueprint is a high-level API design language created by Apiary for designing and documenting web APIs. It uses a Markdown-based syntax that is human-readable and machine-pa...

Apiary API List API

Apiary API exposes lists of APIs. Your authorization token grants access to private and public, personal and team API Projects.

Apiary Authentication API

Apiary API uses Bearer Token Authorization (RFC 6750). Tokens are managed at https://login.apiary.io/tokens, or created, listed and deleted over this resource using Basic Authen...

Apiary Blueprint API

Legacy API Blueprint utilities. These operations take the legacy `Authentication: Token ` header rather than `Authorization: Bearer`.

Apiary User Information API

Apiary API exposes authorized user information. You may only get your own user information.

Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Apiary API pricing

Prices published by Apiary, read 2026-10-28 from apiary.io/plans. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
Free Free
Includes: 5 per API Project collaborators, Unlimited API Projects, Basic GitHub Sync
Standard Standard
Includes: 10 per API Project collaborators, team management, private API projects
Pro Pro
Includes: Unlimited team members, advanced GitHub integration, style guide rules, priority support

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apiary Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apiary Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Apiary

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

API Blueprint Support

Native support for API Blueprint, a high-level Markdown-based API description language for collaborative design.

OpenAPI/Swagger Support

Import and work with Swagger and OpenAPI specifications alongside API Blueprint documents.

Interactive API Documentation

Auto-generate interactive documentation from API specs with a built-in API console for live testing.

Mock Servers

Instant mock servers generated from API specs allowing frontend development before backend is ready.

Automated API Testing

Run automated tests against API implementations using Dredd, the open-source API testing framework.

Collaborative Workflows

Team-based API design with version history, commenting, and shared workspaces.

CLI Integration

Apiary CLI for integrating API design and testing workflows into CI/CD pipelines.

Open Source Tooling

Maintains Dredd (testing), Gavel (validation), and API Blueprint as open-source projects.

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Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apiary API Rules

62 rules · 60 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Apiary Apiary Api Overlay

6 actions · update · apiary-apiary-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Apiary Api List.Schema

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apiary Api Project Created.Schema

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apiary Error.Schema

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apiary Token List.Schema

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apiary Token.Schema

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Apiary User.Schema

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Apiary Authentication

apiKey/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Apiary Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

Design-First API Development

Design APIs in API Blueprint or OpenAPI before writing code, enabling parallel frontend and backend development.

API Documentation Generation

Automatically generate interactive API documentation from API specifications for developer consumption.

Mock Server Prototyping

Generate instant mock servers from specs to enable frontend development without a live backend.

Contract Testing

Validate API implementations against their specifications using Dredd to catch regressions.

Team API Governance

Collaborate on API design standards and review API changes in a shared workspace.

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 6

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: apiary
name: Apiary
description: Apiary is an API design and documentation platform, now part of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. With 486,000+ users
  and 591,000+ APIs managed, it uses API Blueprint and Swagger/OpenAPI specifications to produce interactive API documentation,
  mock servers, automated testing, and collaborative API design workflows. Apiary enables teams to design APIs before writing
  code, generate documentation automatically, and validate implementations against specifications.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: MIT
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apiary.png
x-docs-platform: apiary
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-19
tags:
- API Blueprint
- API Design
- API Testing
- Collaboration
- Design-First
- Documentation
- Mock Servers
- Oracle
tags_raw:
- API Blueprint
- API Design
- API Testing
- Collaboration
- Design First
- Documentation
- Mock Servers
- Oracle
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apiary/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-09-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apiary:api-blueprint
  name: API Blueprint
  description: API Blueprint is a high-level API design language created by Apiary for designing and documenting web APIs.
    It uses a Markdown-based syntax that is human-readable and machine-parseable, enabling teams to design APIs collaboratively
    and generate documentation, mock servers, and tests from a single source of truth.
  humanURL: https://apiblueprint.org
  tags:
  - API Blueprint
  - API Design
  - Documentation
  - Open Source
  - Specification
  tags_raw:
  - API Blueprint
  - API Design
  - Documentation
  - Open Source
  - Specification
  - Open-Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apiblueprint.org/documentation/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/apiaryio/api-blueprint
  - type: Specification
    url: https://apiblueprint.org/documentation/specification.html
- aid: apiary:apiary-api-list-api
  name: Apiary API List API
  description: Apiary API exposes lists of APIs. Your authorization token grants access to private and public, personal and
    team API Projects.
  humanURL: https://apiary.io
  baseURL: https://api.apiary.io
  tags:
  - API List
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiary-api-list-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.apiary.io
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://help.apiary.io/tools/apiary-cli/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apiary.docs.apiary.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-user.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-api-list.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-token.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-token-list.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-error.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-api-project-created.schema.json
- aid: apiary:apiary-authentication-api
  name: Apiary Authentication API
  description: Apiary API uses Bearer Token Authorization (RFC 6750). Tokens are managed at https://login.apiary.io/tokens,
    or created, listed and deleted over this resource using Basic Authentication. This collection works only for users who
    are not part of IDCS-controlled teams.
  humanURL: https://apiary.io
  baseURL: https://api.apiary.io
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiary-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.apiary.io
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://help.apiary.io/tools/apiary-cli/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apiary.docs.apiary.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-user.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-api-list.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-token.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-token-list.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-error.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-api-project-created.schema.json
- aid: apiary:apiary-blueprint-api
  name: Apiary Blueprint API
  description: 'Legacy API Blueprint utilities. These operations take the legacy `Authentication: Token <token>` header rather
    than `Authorization: Bearer`.'
  humanURL: https://apiary.io
  baseURL: https://api.apiary.io
  tags:
  - Blueprints
  tags_raw:
  - Blueprint
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiary-blueprint-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.apiary.io
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://help.apiary.io/tools/apiary-cli/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apiary.docs.apiary.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-user.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-api-list.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-token.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-token-list.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-error.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-api-project-created.schema.json
- aid: apiary:apiary-user-information-api
  name: Apiary User Information API
  description: Apiary API exposes authorized user information. You may only get your own user information.
  humanURL: https://apiary.io
  baseURL: https://api.apiary.io
  tags:
  - User Information
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apiary-user-information-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.apiary.io
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://help.apiary.io/tools/apiary-cli/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apiary.docs.apiary.io
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-user.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-api-list.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-token.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-token-list.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-error.schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/apiary-api-project-created.schema.json
common:
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/apiary-finops.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/apiary-apiary-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/apiary-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/apiary-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/apiary-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/apiary-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/apiary-components.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/apiary-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/apiary-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/apiary-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/apiary-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/apiary-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/apiary-conformance.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/apiary-sandbox.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/apiary-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/apiary-rate-limits.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/apiary-llms.txt
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/apiaryio/api-blueprint/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/apiaryio/api-blueprint/releases
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/apiaryio/api-blueprint/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apiary-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apiary-io
- type: Website
  url: https://apiary.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://help.apiary.io
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apiaryio
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.apiary.io
- type: Pricing
  url: https://apiary.io/plans
- type: Login
  url: https://login.apiary.io
- type: Signup
  url: https://login.apiary.io/register
- type: Support
  url: https://help.apiary.io
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://apiary.io/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://apiary.io/tos
- type: ChangeLogRSS
  url: https://apiary.docs.apiary.io/feed
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://blog.apiary.io/feed.xml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: API Blueprint Support
    description: Native support for API Blueprint, a high-level Markdown-based API description language for collaborative
      design.
  - name: OpenAPI/Swagger Support
    description: Import and work with Swagger and OpenAPI specifications alongside API Blueprint documents.
  - name: Interactive API Documentation
    description: Auto-generate interactive documentation from API specs with a built-in API console for live testing.
  - name: Mock Servers
    description: Instant mock servers generated from API specs allowing frontend development before backend is ready.
  - name: Automated API Testing
    description: Run automated tests against API implementations using Dredd, the open-source API testing framework.
  - name: Collaborative Workflows
    description: Team-based API design with version history, commenting, and shared workspaces.
  - name: CLI Integration
    description: Apiary CLI for integrating API design and testing workflows into CI/CD pipelines.
  - name: Open Source Tooling
    description: Maintains Dredd (testing), Gavel (validation), and API Blueprint as open-source projects.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Design-First API Development
    description: Design APIs in API Blueprint or OpenAPI before writing code, enabling parallel frontend and backend development.
  - name: API Documentation Generation
    description: Automatically generate interactive API documentation from API specifications for developer consumption.
  - name: Mock Server Prototyping
    description: Generate instant mock servers from specs to enable frontend development without a live backend.
  - name: Contract Testing
    description: Validate API implementations against their specifications using Dredd to catch regressions.
  - name: Team API Governance
    description: Collaborate on API design standards and review API changes in a shared workspace.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-02'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 27
  pass: local-v1

Apiary — frequently asked questions

Does Apiary have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Apiary, including API Blueprint, Apiary API List API and Apiary Authentication API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Apiary?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 4 OpenAPI specifications for Apiary, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Apiary?

Apiary uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 3 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Apiary Authentication.

How much does the Apiary cost?

Apiary publishes its prices; its Standard plan is Standard as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Apiary, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Apiary ready for AI agents?

Apiary has a Kin Score of 44.0 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 28.7 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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