# Instapaper

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/instapaper/  
**Website:** https://instapaper.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Instapaper is a read‑it‑later service that lets users save web articles to read later across devices such as iOS, Android, desktop browsers, and e‑readers. Founded in 2008, it offers a clean, distraction‑free reading experience, supports offline access, highlights, notes, and integrates with services like Pocket, Flipboard, and Twitter. The service provides a simple HTTP API for developers to add, retrieve, and manage saved items, documented at https://www.instapaper.com/api/1.

## Kin Score — 29.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.1 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 70.7 |
| Access Clarity | 31.6 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 29.4 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 11.5 (agent-aware)

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

## APIs (1)

- **Instapaper API** — Instapaper API v2 provides endpoints to manage bookmarks, folders, tags, highlights, and account information.

## Security (2)

- **Instapaper Authentication** — 1 scheme
- **Instapaper Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, read-it-later, productivity, web-service, bookmarking, API

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