# Kafka Connect

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kafka-connect/  
**Website:** https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#connect  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Kafka Connect is a tool for scalably and reliably streaming data between Apache Kafka and other systems. It makes it simple to quickly define connectors that move large collections of data into and out of Kafka.

## Kin Score — 25.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 25.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 37.4 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 17.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| 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 |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Kafka Connect Connector Plugins API** — The Connector Plugins API from Kafka Connect — 2 operation(s) for connector plugins.
- **Kafka Connect Connectors API** — The Connectors API from Kafka Connect — 14 operation(s) for connectors.
- **Kafka Connect Kafka Connect REST API API** — The Kafka Connect REST API API from Kafka Connect — 1 operation(s) for kafka connect rest api.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Kafka Connect Agentic Access** — 22 operations · 12 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Kafka Connect Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Kafka Connect Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Kafka Connect Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Apache Kafka, Connectors, Data Integration, ETL, Streaming

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