Instill AI

Instill AI (INSTILL AI LTD.) builds Instill Core, an open-source, full-stack AI infrastructure platform for data, pipeline and model orchestration: ETL processing of unstructured data, AI-readiness, open-source LLM hosting and RAG in one platform. It publishes a ReadMe-hosted developer reference at docs.instill-ai.com documenting a REST API at api.instill-ai.com (v1beta), plus Python and TypeScript SDKs, an Instill CLI, a Helm chart and its protobuf API definitions on GitHub. As of 2026-10-09 www.instill-ai.com answers HTTP 503 DEPLOYMENT_PAUSED and the docs guide pages return 404, while the API reference, GitHub org and trust center remain live.

Instill AI publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Artifact API, Connection API, Integration API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Company, Artificial Intelligence, Unstructured Data, Data Pipelines, and RAG.

The Instill AI catalog on APIs.io includes 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Instill AI’s developer surface includes CLI, authentication, documentation, API reference, and 52 more developer resources.

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39.4/100 developing Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-09 · rubric v0.23.0
2 published contracts 1 MCP Servers
CompanyArtificial IntelligenceUnstructured DataData PipelinesRAGOpen SourceLLM

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-10-09 · rubric v0.23.0
Composite quality — 39.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 10.7 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 8.4 / 17
Access Clarity 1.3 / 17
Operational Transparency 0.6 / 11
Contract Governance 6.4 / 10
Discoverability 5.5 / 9
Regulatory Posture 3.0 / 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 10 / 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 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 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
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.
The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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APIs 7

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

Instill AI Artifact API

Data orchestration for unified unstructured data representation.

Instill AI Connection API

Connections to 3rd party apps for use in pipelines.

Instill AI Integration API

Integration definitions for creating connections.

Instill AI Metrics API

Resource usage metrics.

Instill AI Model API

AI Model orchestration

Instill AI Namespace API

Namespaces (e.g. User, Organization) that structure the resource hierarchy.

Instill AI Pipeline API

Pipeline orchestration.

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MCP Servers 1

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

Instill Core Developer Platform (docs MCP server)

ReadMe-hosted MCP server attached to the Instill Core developer docs (docs.instill-ai.com). It exposes the published API reference (list/search/get endpoint) plus a generic exec...

MCP SERVER

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Instill AI API Rules

0 rules ·

SPECTRAL

Instill AI API Rules

13 rules · 11 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

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.

Instill Ai Openapi Overlay

5 actions · update · instill-ai-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Security Posture 2

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

Instill Ai Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Instill Ai Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Instill Ai Agentic Access

102 operations · 50 acting

102 operations · 50 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
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Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

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MCPServer
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Design & Contract 9

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

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Vocabulary
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DataModel
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Conventions
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Lifecycle
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ErrorCatalog
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Conformance
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Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

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CLI
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SDKs
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GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
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DomainSecurity
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TrustCenter

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Discord
Discord

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

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Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: instill-ai
name: Instill AI
description: 'Instill AI (INSTILL AI LTD.) builds Instill Core, an open-source, full-stack AI infrastructure platform for
  data, pipeline and model orchestration: ETL processing of unstructured data, AI-readiness, open-source LLM hosting and RAG
  in one platform. It publishes a ReadMe-hosted developer reference at docs.instill-ai.com documenting a REST API at api.instill-ai.com
  (v1beta), plus Python and TypeScript SDKs, an Instill CLI, a Helm chart and its protobuf API definitions on GitHub. As of
  2026-10-09 www.instill-ai.com answers HTTP 503 DEPLOYMENT_PAUSED and the docs guide pages return 404, while the API reference,
  GitHub org and trust center remain live.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instill-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66143470?s=280&v=4
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:spectral-ruleset-github
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-10-09 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-09'
modified: '2026-10-09'
tags:
- Company
- Artificial Intelligence
- Unstructured Data
- Data Pipelines
- RAG
- Open Source
- LLM
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/instill-ai-agentic-access.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/instill-ai-rules.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/instill-ai-protobufs-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/instill-ai-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/instill-ai-data-model.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/instill-ai-cli.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/instill-ai-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/instill-ai-lifecycle.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/instill-ai-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/instill-ai-conformance.yml
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-usage-v1beta-usage.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-secret.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-pipeline_private_service.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-pipeline.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-integration.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-component_definition.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-common.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-model-v1alpha-model_private_service.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-model-v1alpha-model_definition.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-model-v1alpha-model.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-model-v1alpha-common.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-model-ray-v1alpha-user_defined.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-model-ray-serve.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-mgmt_private_service.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-mgmt.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-metric.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-integration.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-auth.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-common-healthcheck-v1beta-healthcheck.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-update.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-system.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-object.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-knowledge_base.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-file.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-chunk.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-artifact_private_service.proto
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-artifact.proto
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/instill-ai-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/instill-ai-llms.txt
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/instill-ai-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/instill-ai-mcp.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/instill-ai-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/instill-ai-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/instill-ai-vendors.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/instill-ai-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/instill-ai-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/instill-ai-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instill-ai-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.instill-ai.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/instill-ai
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.instill-ai.com
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/sevxWsqpGh
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://github.com/instill-ai/protobufs/blob/196f236ed9af8f57c672ad730a445de5daef5299/.spectral.yaml
apis:
- aid: instill-ai:instill-ai-artifact-api
  name: Instill AI Artifact API
  description: Data orchestration for unified unstructured data representation.
  humanURL: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.instill-ai.com
  tags:
  - Artifact
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instill-ai-artifact-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-pipeline_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-mgmt_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-model-v1alpha-model_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-artifact_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-usage-v1beta-usage_service.proto
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
- aid: instill-ai:instill-ai-connection-api
  name: Instill AI Connection API
  description: Connections to 3rd party apps for use in pipelines.
  humanURL: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.instill-ai.com
  tags:
  - Connection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instill-ai-connection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-pipeline_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-mgmt_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-model-v1alpha-model_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-artifact_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-usage-v1beta-usage_service.proto
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
- aid: instill-ai:instill-ai-integration-api
  name: Instill AI Integration API
  description: Integration definitions for creating connections.
  humanURL: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.instill-ai.com
  tags:
  - Integration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instill-ai-integration-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-pipeline_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-mgmt_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-model-v1alpha-model_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-artifact_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-usage-v1beta-usage_service.proto
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
- aid: instill-ai:instill-ai-metrics-api
  name: Instill AI Metrics API
  description: Resource usage metrics.
  humanURL: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.instill-ai.com
  tags:
  - Metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instill-ai-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-pipeline_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-mgmt-v1beta-mgmt_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-model-v1alpha-model_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-artifact-v1alpha-artifact_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-usage-v1beta-usage_service.proto
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
- aid: instill-ai:instill-ai-model-api
  name: Instill AI Model API
  description: AI Model orchestration
  humanURL: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.instill-ai.com
  tags:
  - Model
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instill-ai-model-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-pipeline-v1beta-pipeline_public_service.proto
  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-usage-v1beta-usage_service.proto
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
- aid: instill-ai:instill-ai-namespace-api
  name: Instill AI Namespace API
  description: Namespaces (e.g. User, Organization) that structure the resource hierarchy.
  humanURL: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.instill-ai.com
  tags:
  - Namespace
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instill-ai-namespace-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
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  name: Instill AI Pipeline API
  description: Pipeline orchestration.
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  baseURL: https://api.instill-ai.com
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  properties:
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
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  - type: Protobuf
    url: grpc/instill-ai-usage-v1beta-usage_service.proto
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.instill-ai.com/reference
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