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Checkly

Checkly is a monitoring-as-code platform for API and synthetic monitoring with Playwright-based browser checks and programmable API checks.

Checkly publishes 16 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, Alert Channels API, Analytics API, and 13 more. Tagged areas include Monitoring and Testing.

Checkly’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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38.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 42/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
17 APIs 2 Agent Skills
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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 38.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 9.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 4.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 42/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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
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APIs 17

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

Checkly

Checkly is a monitoring-as-code platform for API and synthetic monitoring with Playwright-based browser checks and programmable API checks.

Checkly Accounts API

The Accounts API from Checkly — 2 operation(s) for accounts.

Checkly Alert Channels API

The Alert Channels API from Checkly — 2 operation(s) for alert channels.

Checkly Analytics API

The Analytics API from Checkly — 3 operation(s) for analytics.

Checkly Check Alerts API

The Check Alerts API from Checkly — 2 operation(s) for check alerts.

Checkly Check Groups API

The Check Groups API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for check groups.

Checkly Check Results API

The Check Results API from Checkly — 2 operation(s) for check results.

Checkly Check Statuses API

The Check Statuses API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for check statuses.

Checkly Checks API

The Checks API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for checks.

Checkly Dashboards API

The Dashboards API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for dashboards.

Checkly Heartbeats API

The Heartbeats API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for heartbeats.

Checkly Incidents API

The Incidents API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for incidents.

Checkly Locations API

The Locations API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for locations.

Checkly Maintenance Windows API

The Maintenance Windows API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for maintenance windows.

Checkly Private Locations API

The Private Locations API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for private locations.

Checkly Reports API

The Reports API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for reports.

Checkly Variables API

The Variables API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for variables.

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Open Collections 1

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

Checkly Public API

OPEN COLLECTION

Agent Skills 2

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

checkly

AGENT SKILL

checkly

AGENT SKILL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Checkly Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Checkly Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Checkly Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

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

Checkly Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Checkly Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Checkly Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Checkly Agentic Access

27 operations · 5 acting

27 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 AgentSkills
AgentSkills

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: checkly
name: Checkly
description: Checkly is a monitoring-as-code platform for API and synthetic monitoring with Playwright-based browser checks
  and programmable API checks.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/checkly.png
tags:
- Monitoring
- Testing
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/checkly/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-03-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: checkly:checkly
  name: Checkly
  description: Checkly is a monitoring-as-code platform for API and synthetic monitoring with Playwright-based browser checks
    and programmable API checks.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Monitoring
  - Testing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/checkly
- aid: checkly:checkly-accounts-api
  name: Checkly Accounts API
  description: The Accounts API from Checkly — 2 operation(s) for accounts.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-accounts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-alert-channels-api
  name: Checkly Alert Channels API
  description: The Alert Channels API from Checkly — 2 operation(s) for alert channels.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Alert Channels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-alert-channels-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-analytics-api
  name: Checkly Analytics API
  description: The Analytics API from Checkly — 3 operation(s) for analytics.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-analytics-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-check-alerts-api
  name: Checkly Check Alerts API
  description: The Check Alerts API from Checkly — 2 operation(s) for check alerts.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Check Alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-check-alerts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-check-groups-api
  name: Checkly Check Groups API
  description: The Check Groups API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for check groups.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Check Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-check-groups-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-check-results-api
  name: Checkly Check Results API
  description: The Check Results API from Checkly — 2 operation(s) for check results.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Check Results
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-check-results-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-check-statuses-api
  name: Checkly Check Statuses API
  description: The Check Statuses API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for check statuses.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Check Statuses
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-check-statuses-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-checks-api
  name: Checkly Checks API
  description: The Checks API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for checks.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Checks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-checks-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-dashboards-api
  name: Checkly Dashboards API
  description: The Dashboards API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for dashboards.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Dashboards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-dashboards-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-heartbeats-api
  name: Checkly Heartbeats API
  description: The Heartbeats API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for heartbeats.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Heartbeats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-heartbeats-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-incidents-api
  name: Checkly Incidents API
  description: The Incidents API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for incidents.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Incidents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-incidents-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-locations-api
  name: Checkly Locations API
  description: The Locations API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for locations.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Locations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-locations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-maintenance-windows-api
  name: Checkly Maintenance Windows API
  description: The Maintenance Windows API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for maintenance windows.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Maintenance Windows
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-maintenance-windows-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-private-locations-api
  name: Checkly Private Locations API
  description: The Private Locations API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for private locations.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Private Locations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-private-locations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-reports-api
  name: Checkly Reports API
  description: The Reports API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for reports.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-reports-api-openapi.yml
- aid: checkly:checkly-variables-api
  name: Checkly Variables API
  description: The Variables API from Checkly — 1 operation(s) for variables.
  humanURL: https://www.checklyhq.com
  tags:
  - Variables
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/checkly-variables-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/checkly-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/checkly-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/checkly-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/checkly-authentication.yml
- name: Agent Skills
  url: https://github.com/checkly/checkly-cli
  type: AgentSkills
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/checkly
- type: Website
  url: https://www.checklyhq.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/checkly
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/feed
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com