# Drone

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/drone/  
**Website:** https://www.drone.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

Drone is an open-source, container-native continuous integration and continuous delivery platform that automates software build, testing, and deployment pipelines entirely through Docker containers. Acquired by Harness in 2021, Drone enables development teams to define pipelines as code using simple YAML configuration files committed alongside their source code. The platform provides a comprehensive REST API for managing builds, repositories, secrets, cron jobs, templates, and user accounts in both self-hosted and cloud deployments. Drone supports multiple source control providers including GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket, and GitLab, and is available as a free open-source edition (Apache 2 license) or a paid enterprise edition for larger organizations.

## Kin Score — 41.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 62.9 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 31.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| 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 (free trial) · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: yes (confidence: high).

## APIs (10)

- **Drone Builds API** — Build creation, management, and log access.
- **Drone Cron API** — Cron job scheduling for automated builds.
- **Drone Nodes API** — Runner node management.
- **Drone Queue API** — Build queue management.
- **Drone Repos API** — Repository activation and management.
- **Drone Secrets API** — Secret variable management for repos and organizations.
- **Drone System API** — System information.
- **Drone Templates API** — Reusable pipeline template management.
- **Drone User API** — Current authenticated user operations.
- **Drone Users API** — User account management (admin).

## Agentic access (1)

- **Drone Agentic Access** — 61 operations · 36 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Drone Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Drone Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Drone Plans Pricing**

## Tags

CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Containers, Docker, Build Automation, Open-Source, Self-Hosted

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