GitBook
GitBook is a documentation and knowledge platform, positioned as "the knowledge layer for AI", that connects a company's docs, product and users, answers user questions with AI, and identifies gaps in its knowledge. Teams write and publish product and API documentation with docs-as-code support and AI insights built in.
GitBook publishes 65 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Change Request Content API, Change Request Reviewers API, Change Requests API, and 62 more. Tagged areas include Content, Documentation, Experience, Integration, and Platform.
The GitBook catalog on APIs.io includes 2 event-driven AsyncAPI specifications, 1 JSON-LD context, and 3 Spectral governance rulesets.
GitBook’s developer surface includes changelog, CLI, support, documentation, authentication, pricing, engineering blog, and 39 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 5
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
What adopting GitBook moves on the Kin Score 7
GitBook is an area vendor: providers adopt it to run part of their developer surface. This is the Kin Score checks its features can move for a provider that adopts it, what each one really earns, and what it earns nothing for.
GitBook earns a provider llms.txt and a docs MCP server without configuration, plus the ordinary documentation, reference, changelog and try-it pointers once the provider declares them. It stops there: GitBook serves no api-catalog, no A2A agent card and no customer-facing Agent Skills (its own SKILL.md teaches agents to edit GitBook, not to use the provider’s API), and the per-site MCP server is one template, graded platform. Contract Quality is untouched because GitBook renders the OpenAPI it is given.
| Check | Earns | Through |
|---|---|---|
| MCP Serverplatform Agent Readiness · customers +4.5 pts vs controlOne GitBook-hosted template on every published site that reads docs and does not call the API; 0.22.0 grades that platform (0.25 of 12). It is also disabled if page actions are off. |
3.0 of 12 | MCP server for published docs |
| Request/Response Examplespartial Agent Readiness · customers -11.6 pts vs controlThe dimension reads examples inside the OpenAPI first; code samples GitBook renders reach only the Examples / Code Samples link fallback. |
1.8 of 7 | Custom code samples |
| Change log Operational Transparency · customers -18.5 pts vs controlUse the updates block on a paid plan, keep posting, and declare the page as a ChangeLog pointer. |
6.0 of 6 | Updates block (changelog) with RSS |
| Publishes llms.txt Discoverability · customers +11.7 pts vs controlGenerated from the provider’s own pages on the provider’s domain, so it reads as the provider’s llms.txt (rule 2’s own-content, own-domain case). |
4.0 of 4 | llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown pages |
| Documentationsaturated Developer Ergonomics · customers +5.1 pts vs control95% of providers with a contract, docs and a reference already earn this; the vendor cannot move it for most of its buyers. |
4.0 of 4 | Published docs site on a custom domain |
| Console or sandbox Developer Ergonomics · customers -1.3 pts vs controlDeclare the reference page as a Console / Playground pointer. |
3.0 of 3 | OpenAPI reference blocks with Test it |
| API referencesaturated Developer Ergonomics · customers +3.8 pts vs control94% of providers with a contract, docs and a reference already earn this; the vendor cannot move it for most of its buyers. |
3.0 of 3 | OpenAPI reference blocks with Test it |
What GitBook ships that earns nothing (3)
- GitBook's own SKILL.md — The skill teaches agents to use GitBook itself; it says nothing about the provider’s API and is not served as the provider’s skill.
- MCP server card — An MCP server card is not one of the four documents the check reads, and GitBook serves no api-catalog.
- OpenAPI reference blocks with Test it — Rendering the spec writes no examples back into it.
A model, not a score. Adopting this vendor changes a provider's Kin Score only when the provider publishes the resulting artifacts on its own surface; nothing here writes a score, and no sponsorship or partnership can. The rating is not for sale → · Full vendor facets artifact
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content, Documentation and Design Platforms | builds-on | 38.3 | - | 1 |
| Agent Skills (SKILL.md packages) | builds-on | 38.3 | - | 1 |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 4
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 65
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
GitBook Change Request Content API
Manage content within a change request.
GitBook Change Request Reviewers API
Manage reviewers for change requests.
GitBook Change Requests API
Create, list, review, merge, and update change requests for collaborative editing.
GitBook Collections API
Organize and manage grouped sets of spaces.
GitBook Custom Hostnames API
Configure custom hostnames for docs sites.
GitBook Imports API
Import content into spaces.
GitBook Integrations API
Install and manage third-party integrations.
GitBook Organization Members API
Manage members and their roles within an organization.
GitBook Organizations API
Create and configure organizations to group users, spaces, and collections.
GitBook Site Spaces API
Manage spaces within a docs site.
GitBook Space Content API
Manage pages and content within a space.
GitBook Spaces API
Manage spaces which are containers for documentation or knowledge base content.
GitBook URLs API
Resolve and manage content URLs.
GitBook Users API
Manage user accounts and profiles.
GitBook Agents API
The agents API from GitBook — 3 operation(s) for agents.
GitBook Billing API
Centralize billing activities here, including updating payment methods, adjusting subscriptions, or reviewing invoices. Simplify how you track and control costs.
GitBook Change Request Comments API
This API powers the inline discussion around any new or updated documentation. Participate in comment threads and resolve them after reaching consensus. {% openapi-schemas spec=...
GitBook Change Request Contributors API
Quickly access the full list of collaborators and their contributions within a change request for better traceability and communication. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schema...
GitBook Change Request Conversations API
The change-request-conversations API from GitBook — 2 operation(s) for change-request-conversations.
GitBook Change Requests Reviews API
The change-requests-reviews API from GitBook — 3 operation(s) for change-requests-reviews.
GitBook Collection Permissions API
Control which users and teams have access to a collection's spaces. This ensures only the right individuals can view or modify sensitive content.
GitBook Critical API
The critical API from GitBook — 12 operation(s) for critical.
GitBook Custom Fonts API
Upload and manage custom fonts for branding or aesthetic purposes. Once added, fonts can be applied to your spaces or sites to achieve a unique look. {% openapi-schemas spec="gi...
GitBook Git API
The git API from GitBook — 9 operation(s) for git.
GitBook Glossary API
Define terms and specify their translations for different languages to ensure consistent wording. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schemas="GlossaryEntry" grouped="false" %} Th...
GitBook Openapi Versions API
Keep a history of your OpenAPI specs, enabling you to compare different versions, revert, or maintain multiple concurrent versions for testing or documentation. {% openapi-schem...
GitBook Organization Ask API
Enhance your team's knowledge base with the Organization AI ask endpoint, which allows you to query AI models trained on your organization's GitBook content for quick, intellige...
GitBook Organization Invites API
Use this API to create and revoke invitations for new members. By automating invite flows, you can maintain a cohesive onboarding experience for collaborators and speed up team ...
GitBook Site Ads API
Manage the advertisement strategy within your docs. You can specify ad placements, track usage, and adjust settings to best fit your organization's needs.
GitBook Site Agent Feedback API
Collect structured feedback from AI agents about the tools, operations, commands and content they worked with, so you can see where agents struggle instead of only how often the...
GitBook Site Agent Settings API
Configure how site issue remediation should behave and provide site-specific instructions for the editing and topic analyst agents. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schemas="Si...
GitBook Site AI API
Build advanced conversational AI experiences within your docs site that go beyond basic Q&A.
GitBook Site Ask API
Give your users a way to ask content-aware AI queries that are scoped entirely to the site's published documents.
GitBook Site Change Requests API
A site change request groups changes to a site's structure and to the content of any number of its spaces into one review, with a single lifecycle and a single merge decision. {...
GitBook Site Channels API
Manage the channels used as origins for questions and answers in your site ask data. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schemas="SiteChannel" grouped="false" %} The SiteChannel o...
GitBook Site Context API
Manage the contextual records and topics used by your site to power AI experiences and insights. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schemas="ContextRecord,ContextConnection,SiteT...
GitBook Site Customization API
Update your site's branding, styling, and layout to match your organization's identity. This includes theming elements like color palette, logos, and more. {% openapi-schemas sp...
GitBook Site External Links API
External links add absolute HTTP or HTTPS destinations alongside sections and groups in a site's navigation. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schemas="SiteExternalLink" grouped...
GitBook Site Insights API
This API delivers insights about how visitors interact with your site, including page views and user engagement, helping you measure and optimize your content strategy.
GitBook Site MCP Servers API
Manage Model Context Protocol (Mcp) servers used by your site. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schemas="SiteMcpServer" grouped="false" %} The SiteMcpServer object {% endopenap...
GitBook Site Permissions API
Invite, remove, or update users and teams permissions for a site. This provides a way to tightly control collaboration and visibility among your teammates.
GitBook Site Preview API
Quickly generate a preview of how your site's content and layout will appear once published, allowing for final checks and refinement prior to going live.
GitBook Site Publishing Auth API
Configure the credentials or tokens required to publish documentation externally. This helps ensure your site is consistently kept up to date. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" ...
GitBook Site Questions API
Inspect the canonical questions asked on your site, the generated answers linked to each question, and the sources used for each answer. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schema...
GitBook Site Redirects API
Keep your site's content fresh without breaking old links. This API allows you to create and manage redirection rules. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" schemas="SiteRedirect" g...
GitBook Site Section Groups API
Section groups let you bundle multiple top-level sections together, offering additional structuring capabilities and simplifying navigation for your readers. {% openapi-schemas ...
GitBook Site Sections API
Sections help partition your site's content at the top level. They can be modified, deleted, or reorganized to reflect your site's changing structure. {% openapi-schemas spec="g...
GitBook Site Share Links API
Manage the lifecycle of share links for your published sites. This includes generating new links for external sharing and revoking or updating existing ones. {% openapi-schemas ...
GitBook Site Structure API
Provides a complete overview of how content is organized on a site. With this API, you can discover page nesting, identify sections, and reorder site elements as needed. {% open...
GitBook Site Users API
The site-users API from GitBook — 3 operation(s) for site-users.
GitBook Sites API
The Docs Sites API lets you programmatically manage published documentation sites within your organization. You can list and update all sites created under a specific organizati...
GitBook Space Comment API
The space-comment API from GitBook — 1 operation(s) for space-comment.
GitBook Space Comments API
Comments are a powerful way to gather feedback on your documentation. Use this API to post, list, update, or delete comments and keep conversations organized. {% openapi-schemas...
GitBook Space Embeds API
Automatically fetch metadata or previews for embedded resources such as videos, images, or external docs, enabling richer content experiences in your space.
GitBook Space Git API
Manage the linkage between your GitBook space and external Git repositories, enabling commits, merges, and pull requests directly tied to your documentation.
GitBook Space Integrations API
This API handles the registration and removal of integrations, automating how data flows between GitBook and your chosen external services.
GitBook Space Permissions API
Give your collaborators the right level of access for specific spaces, or assign entire teams to your spaces and streamline the process of granting or revoking access at scale, ...
GitBook SSO API
Tie GitBook into your corporate identity management and authentication providers (like SAML or OAuth). This centralizes user authentication and improves security. {% openapi-sch...
GitBook Storage API
Whether you're hosting images, documents, or other assets, Storage endpoints allow you to integrate those files into your documentation and spaces seamlessly.
GitBook Subdomains API
Provide a branded subdomain for each organization to create a consistent user experience. This API supports subdomain creation, DNS checks, and more. {% openapi-schemas spec="gi...
GitBook System API
Use these endpoints to monitor the overall health of GitBook's infrastructure or to retrieve version information for debugging and compliance purposes.
GitBook Team Members API
Easily add or remove users from teams, as well as fine-tune their specific roles within a team to ensure secure, well-organized collaboration. {% openapi-schemas spec="gitbook" ...
GitBook Teams API
Teams offer a convenient way to assign roles and access to multiple users at once. This helps maintain large-scale projects more efficiently by reducing overhead in user-by-user...
GitBook Translations API
The Translations API provides ways to localize your content into various languages. It supports custom strings, default language settings, and more.
GitBook Open API
The OpenAPI endpoints let you integrate your existing or newly generated OpenAPI definitions into GitBook. This includes uploading, updating, and retrieving specs. {% openapi-sc...
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Open Collections 19
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
GitBook Change Request Content API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Change Requests API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Collections API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Custom Hostnames API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Docs Sites API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Imports API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Integrations API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content OpenAPI Specs API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Organization Members API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Organization Teams API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Organizations API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Search API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Site Spaces API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Space Content API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Space Users API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Spaces API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content URLs API
OPEN COLLECTIONGitBook Change Request Content Users API
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Agent Skills 4
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
gitbook-collection-management
AGENT SKILLgitbook-create-and-list-spaces
AGENT SKILLgitbook-manage-docs-sites
AGENT SKILLgitbook-openapi-specs-workflow
AGENT SKILLGitBook API pricing
Prices published by GitBook, read 2026-10-28 from www.gitbook.com/pricing.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo per site Includes: 1 free user; GitBook Agent 10 message limit per week |
| Essential | $65/mo + $12 per user/mo per site/month Includes: Includes $20 of AI credits (2,000 credits) |
| Ultimate | $249/mo + $12 per user/mo per site/month Includes: Includes $100 of AI credits (10,000 credits) |
| Enterprise | Custom |
| AI credits bundle 5,000 | 5,000 AI credits — $47.50 p/m |
| AI credits bundle 10,000 | 10,000 AI credits — $90 p/m |
| AI credits bundle 15,000 | 15,000 AI credits — $127.50 p/m |
| AI credits bundle 40,000 | 40,000 AI credits — $300 p/m |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
- Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
- Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against GitBook's documentation. All 5 limits →
Billed by: site/month · FinOps profile →
Pricing Plans 2
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Gitbook Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
GitBook
SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Gitbook Finops
FINOPSEvent Specifications 2
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
GitBook Webhook Events
AsyncAPI specification for GitBook webhook events. GitBook emits webhook notifications when key events occur within organizations, spaces, pages, change requests, docs sites, co...
ASYNCAPIGitbook Webhooks
ASYNCAPISemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Gitbook Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 3
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
OpenAPI Overlays 1
Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.
Gitbook Openapi Overlay
UNRECORDEDJSON Schema 7
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
GitBook Change Request
JSON SCHEMAGitBook Collection
JSON SCHEMAGitBook Docs Site
JSON SCHEMAGitBook Organization
JSON SCHEMAGitBook Page
JSON SCHEMAGitBook Space
JSON SCHEMAGitBook User
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 3
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 5
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 10
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 4
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
GitBook API — frequently asked questions
Does GitBook have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 65 APIs from GitBook, including GitBook Change Request Content API, GitBook Change Request Reviewers API and GitBook Change Requests API, and 62 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the GitBook API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 65 OpenAPI specifications for GitBook, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the GitBook API?
GitBook documents its authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Gitbook Authentication.
How much does the GitBook API cost?
GitBook publishes its prices; its Free plan is $0/mo per site as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 8 pricing plans for GitBook, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does GitBook have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for GitBook: Remote MCP server at mcp.gitbook.com over HTTP.
Is the GitBook API ready for AI agents?
GitBook has a Kin Score of 61.9 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 52.1 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
Work with this as data
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