Ardent

Q: Does Ardent have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 21 APIs from Ardent, including Ardent v1-api-keys API, Ardent v1-branching API and Ardent v1-connectors API, and 18 more.

Q: Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Ardent API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 21 OpenAPI specifications for Ardent, each linked for download from this page.

Q: How do I authenticate with the Ardent API?

Ardent uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Ardent Authentication.

Q: How much does the Ardent API cost?

Ardent publishes its prices; its Starter plan is $0 + compute & storage as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Ardent, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Q: Is the Ardent API ready for AI agents?

Ardent has a Kin Score of 54.0 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 34.8 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

Ardent is a database branching platform for Postgres that lets developers and AI coding agents clone any production or development database in seconds into fully isolated, disposable branches. Each branch is isolated at both the compute and storage layers using copy-on-write, autoscales to zero when idle, and never touches production, so agents and CI/CD pipelines can run migrations, backfills, destructive tests, and risky experiments against production-like data with zero blast radius. Ardent exposes a REST API (api.tryardent.com), a first-party npm CLI (ardent-cli), and connectors for Supabase, AWS RDS, PlanetScale, and self-hosted Postgres 13+.

Ardent publishes 21 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including v1-api-keys API, v1-branching API, v1-connectors API, and 18 more. Tagged areas include Company, Database, PostgreSQL, Database Branching, and Developer Tools.

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

Ardent’s developer surface includes CLI, sandbox, authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, and 22 more developer resources.

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54.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready Front door AI 3/6 light saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 2 Agent Skills

Company Database PostgreSQLDatabase BranchingDeveloper Tools Sandbox AI Agents CI/CD Data Infrastructure Testing

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 54.0/100 · developing

Contract Quality 8.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.6 / 15

Access Clarity 11.6 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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.

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 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% 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
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
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)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 45.4 — up to +13.7 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 0.0 — up to +13.0 composite points
Contract Governance scores 18.2 — up to +9.8 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

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.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 21

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

Ardent v1-api-keys API

The v1-api-keys API from Ardent — 2 operation(s) for v1-api-keys.

Ardent v1-branching API

The v1-branching API from Ardent — 2 operation(s) for v1-branching.

Ardent v1-connectors API

The v1-connectors API from Ardent — 10 operation(s) for v1-connectors.

Ardent v1-operations API

The v1-operations API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for v1-operations.

Ardent v1-orgs API

The v1-orgs API from Ardent — 7 operation(s) for v1-orgs.

Ardent v1-projects API

The v1-projects API from Ardent — 2 operation(s) for v1-projects.

Ardent Fast API

The FastAPI API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for fastapi.

Ardent Health API

The Health API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for health.

Ardent Healthz API

The Healthz API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for healthz.

Ardent Readyz API

The Readyz API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for readyz.

Ardent V1 Auth API

The v1-auth API from Ardent — 3 operation(s) for v1-auth.

Ardent V1 Billing API

The v1-billing API from Ardent — 3 operation(s) for v1-billing.

Ardent V1 Cli API

The v1-cli API from Ardent — 12 operation(s) for v1-cli.

Ardent V1 Environments API

The v1-environments API from Ardent — 10 operation(s) for v1-environments.

Ardent V1 Github API

The v1-github API from Ardent — 5 operation(s) for v1-github.

Ardent V1 Github App API

The v1-github-app API from Ardent — 4 operation(s) for v1-github-app.

Ardent V1 Internal API

The v1-internal API from Ardent — 19 operation(s) for v1-internal.

Ardent V1 Internal Health API

The v1-internal-health API from Ardent — 7 operation(s) for v1-internal-health.

Ardent V1 Policies API

The v1-policies API from Ardent — 5 operation(s) for v1-policies.

Ardent V1 Posthog API

The v1-posthog API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for v1-posthog.

Ardent V1 System API

The v1-system API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for v1-system.

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Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Ardent v1-api-keys API

OPEN COLLECTION

Ardent v1-api-keys v1-branching API

OPEN COLLECTION

Ardent v1-api-keys v1-connectors API

OPEN COLLECTION

Ardent v1-api-keys v1-operations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Ardent v1-api-keys v1-orgs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Ardent v1-api-keys v1-projects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Agent Skills 2

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

Give an AI agent an isolated ephemeral database

AGENT SKILL

Connect a Postgres source and create a branch

AGENT SKILL

Ardent API pricing

Prices published by Ardent, read 2026-10-28 from www.tryardent.com/pricing.

Plan	Price
Starter	$0 + compute & storage Includes: $30 one-time credit, Up to 3 projects, Branches in <6s, Community support
Scale	$250/month + compute & storage Includes: $100/month in credits, Unlimited projects, Branches in <6s, Slack support
Enterprise	Custom Includes: Everything in Scale, plus unlimited compute/storage, BYOC, custom SLAs, VPC deployment, dedicated su
Compute	$0.40/ CU-hr
Storage	$0.70/ GB-mo

Plan details, limits and sources →

Billed by: cu-hr (1 vcpu + 4 gb ram) · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Ardent Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Ardent Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Service Levels 1

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

Ardent

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Ardent Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Ardent API Rules

40 rules · 28 errors 9 warnings 3 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.

Ardent Openapi Overlay

2 actions · update · ardent-openapi-original.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

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

Ardent Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Ardent Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Ardent Agentic Access

35 operations · 23 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

35 operations · 23 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Lifecycle

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

CLI

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: ardent
name: Ardent
description: Ardent is a database branching platform for Postgres that lets developers and AI coding agents clone any production
  or development database in seconds into fully isolated, disposable branches. Each branch is isolated at both the compute
  and storage layers using copy-on-write, autoscales to zero when idle, and never touches production, so agents and CI/CD
  pipelines can run migrations, backfills, destructive tests, and risky experiments against production-like data with zero
  blast radius. Ardent exposes a REST API (api.tryardent.com), a first-party npm CLI (ardent-cli), and connectors for Supabase,
  AWS RDS, PlanetScale, and self-hosted Postgres 13+.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ardent/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - 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
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://tryardent.com/og-image.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
x-docs-platform: mintlify
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-19
x-docs-hosting: vercel
tags:
- Company
- Database
- PostgreSQL
- Database Branching
- Developer Tools
- Sandbox
- AI Agents
- CI/CD
- Data Infrastructure
- Testing
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-api-keys-api
  name: Ardent v1-api-keys API
  description: The v1-api-keys API from Ardent — 2 operation(s) for v1-api-keys.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-api-keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-api-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/authentication
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-branching-api
  name: Ardent v1-branching API
  description: The v1-branching API from Ardent — 2 operation(s) for v1-branching.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-branching
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-branching-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/authentication
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-connectors-api
  name: Ardent v1-connectors API
  description: The v1-connectors API from Ardent — 10 operation(s) for v1-connectors.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-connectors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-connectors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/authentication
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-operations-api
  name: Ardent v1-operations API
  description: The v1-operations API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for v1-operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/authentication
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-orgs-api
  name: Ardent v1-orgs API
  description: The v1-orgs API from Ardent — 7 operation(s) for v1-orgs.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-orgs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-orgs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/authentication
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-projects-api
  name: Ardent v1-projects API
  description: The v1-projects API from Ardent — 2 operation(s) for v1-projects.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/authentication
- aid: ardent:ardent-fastapi-api
  name: Ardent Fast API
  description: The FastAPI API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for fastapi.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - FastAPI
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-fastapi-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-health-api
  name: Ardent Health API
  description: The Health API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for health.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-health-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-healthz-api
  name: Ardent Healthz API
  description: The Healthz API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for healthz.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - Healthz
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-healthz-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-readyz-api
  name: Ardent Readyz API
  description: The Readyz API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for readyz.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - Readyz
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-readyz-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-auth-api
  name: Ardent V1 Auth API
  description: The v1-auth API from Ardent — 3 operation(s) for v1-auth.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-auth-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-billing-api
  name: Ardent V1 Billing API
  description: The v1-billing API from Ardent — 3 operation(s) for v1-billing.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-billing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-billing-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-cli-api
  name: Ardent V1 Cli API
  description: The v1-cli API from Ardent — 12 operation(s) for v1-cli.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-cli
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-cli-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-environments-api
  name: Ardent V1 Environments API
  description: The v1-environments API from Ardent — 10 operation(s) for v1-environments.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-environments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-environments-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-github-api
  name: Ardent V1 Github API
  description: The v1-github API from Ardent — 5 operation(s) for v1-github.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-github
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-github-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-github-app-api
  name: Ardent V1 Github App API
  description: The v1-github-app API from Ardent — 4 operation(s) for v1-github-app.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-github-app
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-github-app-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-internal-api
  name: Ardent V1 Internal API
  description: The v1-internal API from Ardent — 19 operation(s) for v1-internal.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-internal
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-internal-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-internal-health-api
  name: Ardent V1 Internal Health API
  description: The v1-internal-health API from Ardent — 7 operation(s) for v1-internal-health.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-internal-health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-internal-health-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-policies-api
  name: Ardent V1 Policies API
  description: The v1-policies API from Ardent — 5 operation(s) for v1-policies.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-policies-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-posthog-api
  name: Ardent V1 Posthog API
  description: The v1-posthog API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for v1-posthog.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - v1-posthog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-posthog-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ardent:ardent-v1-system-api
  name: Ardent V1 System API
  description: The v1-system API from Ardent — 1 operation(s) for v1-system.
  humanURL: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
  baseURL: https://api.tryardent.com
  tags:
  - V1System
  tags_raw:
  - v1-system
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ardent-v1-system-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ardent-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.tryardent.com/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/ardent-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/ardent-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/ardent-llms.txt
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/ardent-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/ardent-sandbox.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/ardent-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/ardent-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ardent-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/ardent-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/ardent-data-model.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/ardent-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ardent-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ardent-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ardent-authentication.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.tryardent.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.tryardent.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.tryardent.com/api/overview
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.tryardent.com/quickstart
- type: Support
  url: https://docs.tryardent.com/contact
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.tryardent.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.tryardent.com/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://app.tryardent.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.tryardent.com/legal/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.tryardent.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/ArdentAI
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ardent-db
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Ardent API — frequently asked questions

Does Ardent have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 21 APIs from Ardent, including Ardent v1-api-keys API, Ardent v1-branching API and Ardent v1-connectors API, and 18 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Ardent API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 21 OpenAPI specifications for Ardent, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Ardent API?

Ardent uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Ardent Authentication.

How much does the Ardent API cost?

Ardent publishes its prices; its Starter plan is $0 + compute & storage as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Ardent, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Ardent API ready for AI agents?

Ardent has a Kin Score of 54.0 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 34.8 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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