# Containerd

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/containerd/  
**Website:** https://containerd.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

An industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability.

## Kin Score — 30.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 63.0 |
| Contract Quality | 60.8 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 31.6 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (4)

- **Containerd gRPC API** — Core gRPC API for managing the full container lifecycle including containers, images, content, snapshots, namespaces, tasks, leases, events, and plugins. Provides low-level acce...
- **Containerd CRI API** — Container Runtime Interface (CRI) implementation that enables Kubernetes to use containerd as its container runtime. Supports pod sandbox management, container lifecycle operati...
- **Containerd NRI API** — The Node Resource Interface (NRI) is a framework for plugging extensions into OCI-compatible container runtimes. NRI plugins receive lifecycle event notifications and can make c...
- **Containerd Metrics API** — Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoints exposing containerd runtime statistics including gRPC request rates, snapshot usage, and task lifecycle counts.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Containerd Agentic Access** — 1 operation

## Security (1)

- **Containerd Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Containerd Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cloud-Native, Container Runtime, CRI, Docker, gRPC, Kubernetes, OCI

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