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Drone

Drone is a container-native open-source continuous delivery platform owned by Harness. Pipelines are defined in YAML and executed in Docker containers. The Drone server exposes a REST API used by the Drone CLI, dashboard and SDKs; Drone is now positioned as the open-source upstream of Harness Continuous Integration (Drone Enterprise / Harness CI).

Drone publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Builds API, Cron API, Secrets API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include DevOps, CI/CD, Container-Native, Open-Source, and YAML.

Drone’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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28.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
6 APIs
DevOpsCI/CDContainer-NativeOpen-SourceYAMLHarness

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 28.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Access Clarity 2.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 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 6

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

Drone Server REST API

Bearer-token authenticated REST API exposed by every Drone server. Endpoints under /api/ for repos, builds, cron, secrets, users, templates, logs and queue status. Default port ...

Drone Builds API

The Builds API from Drone — 9 operation(s) for builds.

Drone Cron API

The Cron API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for cron.

Drone Secrets API

The Secrets API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for secrets.

Drone Templates API

The Templates API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for templates.

Drone User API

The User API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for user.

Open Collections 7

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Drone CI REST Builds API

OPEN COLLECTION

Drone CI REST Builds Cron API

OPEN COLLECTION

Drone CI REST Builds Secrets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Drone CI REST Builds Templates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Drone CI REST Builds User API

OPEN COLLECTION

Drone CI REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Drone Ci Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Drone Ci Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Drone Ci Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Drone Ci Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Drone Ci Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Drone Ci Agentic Access

17 operations · 9 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

17 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Owner
Owner

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: drone-ci
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/drone-ci/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Drone
kind: company
description: Drone is a container-native open-source continuous delivery platform owned by Harness. Pipelines are defined
  in YAML and executed in Docker containers. The Drone server exposes a REST API used by the Drone CLI, dashboard and SDKs;
  Drone is now positioned as the open-source upstream of Harness Continuous Integration (Drone Enterprise / Harness CI).
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/drone-ci.png
tags:
- DevOps
- CI/CD
- Container-Native
- Open-Source
- YAML
- Harness
tags_raw:
- DevOps
- CI/CD
- Container-Native
- Open Source
- YAML
- Harness
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: drone-ci:rest
  name: Drone Server REST API
  description: Bearer-token authenticated REST API exposed by every Drone server. Endpoints under /api/ for repos, builds,
    cron, secrets, users, templates, logs and queue status. Default port 8080.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - REST
  - Builds
  - Repos
  - Secrets
  - Cron
  - Templates
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.drone.io/api/overview
  - type: SDKGo
    url: https://github.com/drone/go-scm
  - type: SDKNode
    url: https://github.com/drone/drone-node
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-builds-api
  name: Drone Builds API
  description: The Builds API from Drone — 9 operation(s) for builds.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - Builds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-builds-api-openapi.yml
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-cron-api
  name: Drone Cron API
  description: The Cron API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for cron.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - Cron
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-cron-api-openapi.yml
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-secrets-api
  name: Drone Secrets API
  description: The Secrets API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for secrets.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - Secrets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-secrets-api-openapi.yml
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-templates-api
  name: Drone Templates API
  description: The Templates API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for templates.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - Templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-templates-api-openapi.yml
- aid: drone-ci:drone-ci-user-api
  name: Drone User API
  description: The User API from Drone — 1 operation(s) for user.
  humanURL: https://docs.drone.io/api/
  baseURL: http://<drone-server>:8080/api
  tags:
  - User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/drone-ci-user-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/drone-ci-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/drone-ci-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/drone-ci-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drone-io
- type: Website
  url: https://www.drone.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.drone.io/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/harness/drone
- type: Owner
  url: https://www.harness.io/products/continuous-integration
- type: Plans
  url: plans/drone-ci-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/drone-ci-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/drone-ci-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.harness.io/blog/rss.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com