GovTube

GovTube is a searchable platform that indexes official U.S. government video content, allowing users to find every instance where a word or phrase was spoken by officials. The service provides free, ad‑free access with citations and playback from any point in the video.

GovTube publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Citations API, Coverage API, Healthz API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Search, Government, Video, and Free.

The GovTube catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

GovTube’s developer surface includes API reference and 14 more developer resources.

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23.7/100 emerging Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract 1 MCP Servers

Search Government Video Free

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 23.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 11.1 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.2 / 17

Access Clarity 1.8 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11

Contract Governance 2.2 / 10

Discoverability 4.8 / 9

Regulatory Posture 0.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey) Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 Ask about this →
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented) Ask about this →
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link Ask about this →
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 7.1 — up to +18.6 composite points Ask about this →
Access Clarity scores 10.6 — up to +17.9 composite points Ask about this →
Operational Transparency scores 0.0 — up to +13.0 composite points Ask about this →

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Standards implemented 2

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.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 6

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

GovTube Citations API

The Citations API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for citations.

GovTube Coverage API

The Coverage API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for coverage.

GovTube Healthz API

The Healthz API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for healthz.

GovTube Search API

The Search API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for search.

GovTube Speakers API

The Speakers API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for speakers.

GovTube Videos API

The Videos API from GovTube — 3 operation(s) for videos.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

GovTube MCP Server

Remote MCP server at api.govtube.us.

MCP SERVER

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Govtube Us Context

45 classes · 209 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

GovTube API Rules

35 rules · 33 error-severity 1 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

CitationResult

28 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CoverageInfo

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SearchResponse

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SpeakerProfile

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VideoDetail

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VideoResult

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 1

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

GovTube Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

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

GovTube Agentic Access

8 operations

8 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

MCPServer

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: govtube-us
name: GovTube
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://govtube.us/opengraph-image.png?opengraph-image.1z1mkqk93w8rq.png
description: GovTube is a searchable platform that indexes official U.S. government video content, allowing users to find
  every instance where a word or phrase was spoken by officials. The service provides free, ad‑free access with citations
  and playback from any point in the video.
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/govtube-us/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:mcp-registry
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-11-11 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-11-10'
modified: '2026-11-10'
tags:
- Search
- Government
- Video
- Free
tags_raw:
- Search
- Government
- Video
- API
- Free
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/govtube-us-agentic-access.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/govtube-us-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/govtube-us-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/govtube-us-vocabulary.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/govtube-us-data-model.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/govtube-us-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/govtube-us-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/govtube-us-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/govtube-us-mcp.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/govtube-us-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/govtube-us-vendors.yml
- type: Login
  url: https://govtube.us/sign-in
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.govtube.us/docs
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/govtube-us-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://govtube.us/
apis:
- aid: govtube-us:govtube-us-citations-api
  name: GovTube Citations API
  description: The Citations API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for citations.
  humanURL: https://api.govtube.us/docs
  baseURL: https://api.govtube.us
  tags:
  - Citations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govtube-us-citations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/govtube-us-citation-result-schema.json
- aid: govtube-us:govtube-us-coverage-api
  name: GovTube Coverage API
  description: The Coverage API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for coverage.
  humanURL: https://api.govtube.us/docs
  baseURL: https://api.govtube.us
  tags:
  - Coverage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govtube-us-coverage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/govtube-us-coverage-info-schema.json
- aid: govtube-us:govtube-us-healthz-api
  name: GovTube Healthz API
  description: The Healthz API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for healthz.
  humanURL: https://api.govtube.us/docs
  baseURL: https://api.govtube.us
  tags:
  - Healthz
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govtube-us-healthz-api-openapi.yml
- aid: govtube-us:govtube-us-search-api
  name: GovTube Search API
  description: The Search API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://api.govtube.us/docs
  baseURL: https://api.govtube.us
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govtube-us-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/govtube-us-search-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/govtube-us-video-result-schema.json
- aid: govtube-us:govtube-us-speakers-api
  name: GovTube Speakers API
  description: The Speakers API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for speakers.
  humanURL: https://api.govtube.us/docs
  baseURL: https://api.govtube.us
  tags:
  - Speakers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govtube-us-speakers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/govtube-us-speaker-profile-schema.json
- aid: govtube-us:govtube-us-videos-api
  name: GovTube Videos API
  description: The Videos API from GovTube — 3 operation(s) for videos.
  humanURL: https://api.govtube.us/docs
  baseURL: https://api.govtube.us
  tags:
  - Video
  tags_raw:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govtube-us-videos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/govtube-us-video-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/govtube-us-video-detail-schema.json
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-11'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

GovTube API — frequently asked questions

Does GovTube have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from GovTube, including GovTube Citations API, GovTube Coverage API and GovTube Healthz API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the GovTube API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for GovTube, each linked for download from this page.

Does GovTube have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for GovTube: Remote MCP server at api.govtube.us.

Is the GovTube API ready for AI agents?

GovTube has a Kin Score of 23.7 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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