# GovInfo

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/govinfo/  
**Website:** https://www.govinfo.gov/developers  
**APIs profiled:** 5

The GovInfo API, provided by the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), provides services for developers and webmasters to access GovInfo content and metadata, including search, packages, granules, collections, related items, and published documents.

## Kin Score — 32.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 49.4 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 22.2 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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 · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **GovInfo Collections API** — Discover new and updated documents based on GovInfo lastModified date/time
- **GovInfo Packages API** — Return content and metadata for individual packages
- **GovInfo Published API** — Discover documents on GovInfo based on official publication date
- **GovInfo Related API** — Discover relationships between documents available on GovInfo
- **GovInfo Search API** — Discover documents on GovInfo using search queries and field operators available in the GovInfo UI

## Agentic access (1)

- **Govinfo Agentic Access** — 11 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **Govinfo Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Govinfo Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC

## Plans (1)

- **Govinfo Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Government Publishing, Documents, Open Data

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