# Gradle

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/gradle/  
**Website:** https://docs.develocity.ai/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Gradle Inc. (Gradle Technologies) is the company behind the open-source Gradle Build Tool, downloaded more than 25 million times a month across the Java, JVM, Android, Kotlin, C/C++, and native ecosystems, and Develocity (formerly Gradle Enterprise), its commercial Developer Productivity Engineering platform. Develocity adds Build Scan, Build Cache, Predictive Test Selection, and Test Distribution to accelerate and stabilize builds and tests. The Develocity API is a JSON REST API, described with OpenAPI, that provides programmatic access to build data, failures, tests, projects, project groups, Build Cache node configuration, Test Distribution agent pools, and short-lived access tokens on a self-hosted Develocity instance. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Berlin and Melbourne, Gradle raised a $27M Series C led by Triangle Peak Partners.

## Kin Score — 54.3 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-30 under rubric 0.17.2. Trend: flat (-0.6 from 54.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 58.9 |
| Governance | 4.5 |
| Contract Governance | 4.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 52.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 73.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 27.7 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (9)

- **Gradle Auth API** — Endpoints related to Develocity authentication and authorization. The permissions required for these endpoints vary. Consult the endpoint descriptions.
- **Gradle BuildCache API** — Endpoints related to configuring the Build Cache nodes of the Develocity instance. To access these endpoints the user requires the `Configure Build Caching` permission.
- **Gradle Builds API** — Endpoints related to retrieving details of a build from the Develocity instance. To access these endpoints the user requires the `Access build data via the API` permission.
- **Gradle Comparison API** — Endpoints for comparing two builds to identify differences in work unit inputs, dependencies, and other dimensions. To access these endpoints the user requires the `Access build...
- **Gradle Failures API** — Endpoints related to retrieving details about failures of builds from the Develocity instance. To access these endpoints the user requires the `Access build data via the API` pe...
- **Gradle Meta API** — Endpoints related to the Develocity installation and its state.
- **Gradle Projects API** — Endpoints related to the management of project-level access control in Develocity. To access these endpoints the user requires the `Administer Projects` permission. **<mark>Beta...
- **Gradle TestDistribution API** — Endpoints related to the management of Test Distribution resources. To access these endpoints the user requires the `Admin` permission.
- **Gradle Tests API** — Endpoints related to retrieving details of tests of the Develocity instance. To access these endpoints the user requires the `Access build data via the API` permission. The Deve...

## MCP servers (1)

- **Gradle MCP Server** — Develocity ships official Model Context Protocol servers that give AI agents access to Develocity build data and analytics. Because Develocity is self-hosted, the MCP server is ...

## Security (4)

- **Gradle Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Gradle Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Gradle Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Gradle Trust Center** — SOC 2 Type 1, SOC 2 Type 2

## Tags

Company, Developer Tools, Build Automation, Developer Productivity, CI/CD, Build Analytics, Testing, DevOps, Java, Build Cache

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