# AWS Kinesis

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kinesis/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/  
**APIs profiled:** 100

Amazon Kinesis is a family of fully managed AWS services for collecting, processing, and analyzing real-time streaming data. The family includes Kinesis Data Streams for scalable record ingestion, Amazon Data Firehose (formerly Kinesis Data Firehose) for delivery to data lakes and analytics destinations, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (formerly Kinesis Data Analytics) for stateful stream processing, and Kinesis Video Streams for ingest and playback of media from connected devices.

## Kin Score — 38.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 55.2 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 54.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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 |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (100)

- **Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink API** — Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (formerly Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink) is a fully managed service for processing and analyzing streaming data using Ap...
- **AWS Kinesis CreateSignalingChannel API** — The CreateSignalingChannel API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for createsignalingchannel.
- **AWS Kinesis CreateStream API** — The CreateStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for createstream.
- **AWS Kinesis DeleteSignalingChannel API** — The DeleteSignalingChannel API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for deletesignalingchannel.
- **AWS Kinesis DeleteStream API** — The DeleteStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for deletestream.
- **AWS Kinesis DescribeEdgeConfiguration API** — The DescribeEdgeConfiguration API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for describeedgeconfiguration.
- **AWS Kinesis DescribeImageGenerationConfiguration API** — The DescribeImageGenerationConfiguration API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for describeimagegenerationconfiguration.
- **AWS Kinesis DescribeMappedResourceConfiguration API** — The DescribeMappedResourceConfiguration API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for describemappedresourceconfiguration.
- **AWS Kinesis DescribeMediaStorageConfiguration API** — The DescribeMediaStorageConfiguration API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for describemediastorageconfiguration.
- **AWS Kinesis DescribeNotificationConfiguration API** — The DescribeNotificationConfiguration API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for describenotificationconfiguration.
- **AWS Kinesis DescribeSignalingChannel API** — The DescribeSignalingChannel API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for describesignalingchannel.
- **AWS Kinesis DescribeStream API** — The DescribeStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for describestream.
- **AWS Kinesis GetDataEndpoint API** — The GetDataEndpoint API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for getdataendpoint.
- **AWS Kinesis GetSignalingChannelEndpoint API** — The GetSignalingChannelEndpoint API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for getsignalingchannelendpoint.
- **AWS Kinesis ListSignalingChannels API** — The ListSignalingChannels API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for listsignalingchannels.
- **AWS Kinesis ListStreams API** — The ListStreams API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for liststreams.
- **AWS Kinesis ListTagsForResource API** — The ListTagsForResource API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for listtagsforresource.
- **AWS Kinesis ListTagsForStream API** — The ListTagsForStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for listtagsforstream.
- **AWS Kinesis StartEdgeConfigurationUpdate API** — The StartEdgeConfigurationUpdate API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for startedgeconfigurationupdate.
- **AWS Kinesis TagResource API** — The TagResource API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for tagresource.
- **AWS Kinesis TagStream API** — The TagStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for tagstream.
- **AWS Kinesis UntagResource API** — The UntagResource API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for untagresource.
- **AWS Kinesis UntagStream API** — The UntagStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for untagstream.
- **AWS Kinesis UpdateDataRetention API** — The UpdateDataRetention API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for updatedataretention.
- **AWS Kinesis UpdateImageGenerationConfiguration API** — The UpdateImageGenerationConfiguration API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for updateimagegenerationconfiguration.
- **AWS Kinesis UpdateMediaStorageConfiguration API** — The UpdateMediaStorageConfiguration API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for updatemediastorageconfiguration.
- **AWS Kinesis UpdateNotificationConfiguration API** — The UpdateNotificationConfiguration API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for updatenotificationconfiguration.
- **AWS Kinesis UpdateSignalingChannel API** — The UpdateSignalingChannel API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for updatesignalingchannel.
- **AWS Kinesis UpdateStream API** — The UpdateStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for updatestream.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.CreateDeliveryStream API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.CreateDeliveryStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.createdeliverystream.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.DeleteDeliveryStream API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.DeleteDeliveryStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.deletedeliverystream.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.DescribeDeliveryStream API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.DescribeDeliveryStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.describedeliverystream.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.ListDeliveryStreams API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.ListDeliveryStreams API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.listdeliverystreams.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.ListTagsForDeliveryStream API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.ListTagsForDeliveryStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.listtagsfordeliverystream.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.PutRecord API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.PutRecord API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.putrecord.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.PutRecordBatch API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.PutRecordBatch API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.putrecordbatch.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.StartDeliveryStreamEncryption API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.StartDeliveryStreamEncryption API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.startdeliverystreamencryption.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.StopDeliveryStreamEncryption API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.StopDeliveryStreamEncryption API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.stopdeliverystreamencryption.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.TagDeliveryStream API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.TagDeliveryStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.tagdeliverystream.
- **AWS Kinesis #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.UntagDeliveryStream API** — The #X Amz Target=Firehose 20150804.UntagDeliveryStream API from AWS Kinesis — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=firehose 20150804.untagdeliverystream.
- …and 60 more, listed in full on the page.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Kinesis Agentic Access** — 99 operations · 99 acting · 4 human-in-the-loop

## Security (4)

- **Kinesis Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Kinesis Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Kinesis Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Kinesis Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Kinesis Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Analytics, Apache Flink, Big Data, Data Processing, Real-Time, Streaming, Video

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