# Department of State

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/department-of-state/  
**Website:** https://www.state.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

The U.S. Department of State leads U.S. foreign policy, conducts diplomacy with foreign governments, issues U.S. passports and visas, supports U.S. citizens abroad, and publishes country-specific information and travel advisories. The Department does not currently operate a unified developer portal; instead, integrators work from public RSS feeds, web pages, the Foreign Affairs Manual, and references to internal systems (ConsularLookout, eCASE) that are not publicly accessible.

## Kin Score — 15.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 15.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 7.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| 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 — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (9)

- **State Department Travel Advisories** — Country-by-country travel advisories (Levels 1-4) issued by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, with RSS distribution.
- **Country Information Pages** — Per-country pages covering entry/exit requirements, local laws, safety, health, and U.S. embassy contacts.
- **Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)** — Voluntary enrollment system for U.S. citizens traveling or residing abroad to receive embassy alerts.
- **U.S. Visa Information** — Reference information on nonimmigrant and immigrant visa categories, processing times, and reciprocity schedules.
- **U.S. Passport Services** — Public-facing passport application, renewal, and status-check resources from the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
- **Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) and Handbook (FAH)** — Department-wide policy and procedural manuals issued by the Office of Directives Management.
- **ConsularLookout (CLASS)** — Government-internal name-check system used during visa and passport adjudication. Referenced here for completeness; no public API.
- **eCASE Enterprise Case Management** — State Department-wide enterprise case-management platform. Internal system; referenced here for organizational completeness.
- **State Department Open Data on data.gov** — Public datasets published by the State Department through the federal open-data catalog.

## Security (1)

- **Department Of State Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Department Of State Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Foreign Affairs, Travel, Consular, Visas, Passports

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