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Confluent Schema Registry

Confluent Schema Registry is the open-source serving layer for schema metadata used in Apache Kafka data pipelines. It exposes a RESTful interface for storing and retrieving Avro, JSON Schema, and Protobuf schemas, manages schema evolution through configurable compatibility rules (BACKWARD, FORWARD, FULL, and transitive variants), supports schema references and contexts, and integrates with Kafka producers and consumers via shipped serializers and deserializers. Schema Registry is distributed under the Confluent Community License and is a core component of both Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud.

Confluent Schema Registry publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Compatibility API, Mode API, Schemas API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Apache Kafka, Avro, Compatibility, Confluent, and Data Governance.

The Confluent Schema Registry catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Confluent Schema Registry’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, API reference, GitHub presence, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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47.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 33/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
5 APIs 12 Agent Skills
Apache KafkaAvroCompatibilityConfluentData GovernanceData StreamingJSON SchemaOpen SourceProtobufRESTSchema EvolutionSchema Registry

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 47.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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 5

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

Confluent Schema Registry Compatibility API

The Compatibility API from Confluent Schema Registry — 3 operation(s) for compatibility.

Confluent Schema Registry Mode API

The Mode API from Confluent Schema Registry — 1 operation(s) for mode.

Confluent Schema Registry Schemas API

The Schemas API from Confluent Schema Registry — 3 operation(s) for schemas.

Confluent Schema Registry Server API

The Server API from Confluent Schema Registry — 1 operation(s) for server.

Confluent Schema Registry Subjects API

The Subjects API from Confluent Schema Registry — 6 operation(s) for subjects.

Open Collections 1

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

Confluent Schema Registry API

OPEN COLLECTION

Agent Skills 12

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

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Confluent Schema Registry Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Confluent Schema Registry Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Confluent Schema Registry Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Confluent Schema Registry Context

0 classes · 10 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Confluent Schema Registry API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Confluent Schema Registry API Rules

10 rules · 4 errors 6 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Confluent Schema Registry Schema

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Confluent Schema Registry Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Confluent Schema Registry Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Confluent Schema Registry Agentic Access

21 operations · 9 acting

21 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 AgentSkills
AgentSkills
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Spectral
Spectral

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License
License
 Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: confluent-schema-registry
name: Confluent Schema Registry
description: Confluent Schema Registry is the open-source serving layer for schema metadata used in Apache Kafka data pipelines.
  It exposes a RESTful interface for storing and retrieving Avro, JSON Schema, and Protobuf schemas, manages schema evolution
  through configurable compatibility rules (BACKWARD, FORWARD, FULL, and transitive variants), supports schema references
  and contexts, and integrates with Kafka producers and consumers via shipped serializers and deserializers. Schema Registry
  is distributed under the Confluent Community License and is a core component of both Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: Open Source
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/confluent-schema-registry.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/confluent-schema-registry/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: opensource
tags:
- Apache Kafka
- Avro
- Compatibility
- Confluent
- Data Governance
- Data Streaming
- JSON Schema
- Open Source
- Protobuf
- REST
- Schema Evolution
- Schema Registry
apis:
- aid: confluent-schema-registry:confluent-schema-registry-compatibility-api
  name: Confluent Schema Registry Compatibility API
  description: The Compatibility API from Confluent Schema Registry — 3 operation(s) for compatibility.
  humanURL: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8081
  tags:
  - Compatibility
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/confluent-schema-registry-compatibility-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema-registry-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/confluent-schema-registry-context.jsonld
  - type: Spectral
    url: rules/confluent-schema-registry-rules.yml
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry
- aid: confluent-schema-registry:confluent-schema-registry-mode-api
  name: Confluent Schema Registry Mode API
  description: The Mode API from Confluent Schema Registry — 1 operation(s) for mode.
  humanURL: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8081
  tags:
  - Mode
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/confluent-schema-registry-mode-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema-registry-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/confluent-schema-registry-context.jsonld
  - type: Spectral
    url: rules/confluent-schema-registry-rules.yml
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry
- aid: confluent-schema-registry:confluent-schema-registry-schemas-api
  name: Confluent Schema Registry Schemas API
  description: The Schemas API from Confluent Schema Registry — 3 operation(s) for schemas.
  humanURL: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8081
  tags:
  - Schemas
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/confluent-schema-registry-schemas-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema-registry-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/confluent-schema-registry-context.jsonld
  - type: Spectral
    url: rules/confluent-schema-registry-rules.yml
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry
- aid: confluent-schema-registry:confluent-schema-registry-server-api
  name: Confluent Schema Registry Server API
  description: The Server API from Confluent Schema Registry — 1 operation(s) for server.
  humanURL: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8081
  tags:
  - Server
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/confluent-schema-registry-server-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema-registry-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/confluent-schema-registry-context.jsonld
  - type: Spectral
    url: rules/confluent-schema-registry-rules.yml
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry
- aid: confluent-schema-registry:confluent-schema-registry-subjects-api
  name: Confluent Schema Registry Subjects API
  description: The Subjects API from Confluent Schema Registry — 6 operation(s) for subjects.
  humanURL: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8081
  tags:
  - Subjects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/confluent-schema-registry-subjects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schema-registry-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/confluent-schema-registry-context.jsonld
  - type: Spectral
    url: rules/confluent-schema-registry-rules.yml
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/confluent-schema-registry-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/confluent-schema-registry-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/confluent-schema-registry-domain-security.yml
- name: Agent Skills
  url: https://github.com/confluentinc/agent-skills
  type: AgentSkills
- type: Website
  url: https://www.confluent.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/using.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/develop/api.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry
- type: License
  url: https://www.confluent.io/confluent-community-license/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.confluent.io/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.confluent.io/pricing/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/confluent-schema-registry-context.jsonld
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/confluent-schema-registry-rules.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.confluent.io/partner/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.confluent.io/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com