Kestrel
Kestrel AI is a YC-backed startup building an AI-native cloud incident response platform. Founded by former Illumio Kubernetes Security engineers, Kestrel uses autonomous AI agents to detect, investigate, and remediate infrastructure incidents across Kubernetes and cloud environments. The platform provides continuous monitoring, root cause analysis, and automated remediation through GitOps workflows, integrating with Slack, PagerDuty, GitHub, GitLab, AWS, and major observability platforms.
Kestrel is listed with 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include AI Agents, Cloud Security, Incident Response, Kubernetes, and Observability.
The Kestrel catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Kestrel’s developer surface includes documentation, signup flow, changelog, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Standards implemented 1
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.
APIs 2
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Kestrel Platform
Kestrel AI provides an AI-native cloud incident response platform that uses autonomous agents to detect, investigate, and remediate Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure incidents...
Kestrel Kubernetes Operator
The Kestrel Kubernetes Operator is an open-source Go-based operator that connects Kubernetes clusters to the Kestrel AI platform. It communicates via bidirectional gRPC streamin...
MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Kestrel API pricing
Not yet checked against Kestrel's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free freemium | Free |
| Professional paid | Free |
| Enterprise enterprise | — |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
- Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
- Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Kestrel's documentation. All 5 limits →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Kestrel Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Kestrel Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Kestrel Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Kestrel — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 1
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Kestrel Incident
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 1
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 1
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Kestrel API — frequently asked questions
Does Kestrel have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 2 APIs from Kestrel, including Kestrel Platform and Kestrel Kubernetes Operator.
How much does the Kestrel API cost?
APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Kestrel, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Kestrel have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Kestrel: Remote MCP server at docs.usekestrel.ai over HTTP; 3 tools listed.
Is the Kestrel API ready for AI agents?
Kestrel has a Kin Score of 25.0 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 13.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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