# Chef

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/chef/  
**Website:** https://www.chef.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 14

Chef (Progress Chef) provides infrastructure automation, compliance, and application delivery tooling. Chef exposes REST APIs for the Infra Server (managing nodes, cookbooks, roles, environments, and data bags), Chef Automate (visibility into convergence, compliance, and deployment), Habitat Builder (application packaging and delivery), and InSpec (a language and runner for security and compliance testing).

## Kin Score — 49.2 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 49.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 72.2 |
| Contract Quality | 54.4 |
| Governance | 26.5 |
| Contract Governance | 26.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 44.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 52.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 44.7 |
| Access Clarity | 44.7 |

## 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 (14)

- **Chef InSpec** — InSpec is an open-source language and runner for security and compliance testing. It is consumed via the InSpec CLI and Ruby DSL, and surfaced inside Chef Automate as compliance...
- **Chef Channels API** — The Channels API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for channels.
- **Chef Clients API** — The Clients API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for clients.
- **Chef Cookbooks API** — The Cookbooks API from Chef — 2 operation(s) for cookbooks.
- **Chef Data Bags API** — The Data Bags API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for data bags.
- **Chef Environments API** — The Environments API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for environments.
- **Chef IAM API** — The IAM API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for iam.
- **Chef Nodes API** — The Nodes API from Chef — 3 operation(s) for nodes.
- **Chef Packages API** — The Packages API from Chef — 2 operation(s) for packages.
- **Chef Profiles API** — The Profiles API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for profiles.
- **Chef Reports API** — The Reports API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for reports.
- **Chef Roles API** — The Roles API from Chef — 2 operation(s) for roles.
- **Chef Scans API** — The Scans API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for scans.
- **Chef Users API** — The Users API from Chef — 1 operation(s) for users.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Chef MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Chef Agentic Access** — 22 operations · 6 acting

## Security (4)

- **Chef Authentication** — apiKey/http · 3 schemes
- **Chef Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Chef Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published
- **Chef Trust Center** — HIPAA

## Plans (1)

- **Chef Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Application Delivery, Automation, Compliance, Configuration Management, DevOps, DevSecOps, Habitat, Infrastructure as Code, InSpec

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