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Knative

Knative is a CNCF graduated platform that extends Kubernetes to provide serverless capabilities. It consists of Serving for deploying and scaling serverless workloads with automatic scale-to-zero, and Eventing for building event-driven architectures with declarative event routing and delivery. Knative abstracts away infrastructure complexity so developers can focus on writing code.

Knative publishes 11 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Apis API, Brokers API, Channels API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Auto-Scaling, Cloud Native, Event-Driven, Graduated, and Kubernetes.

The Knative catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Knative’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, and 9 more developer resources.

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59.0/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
13 APIs
Auto-ScalingCloud NativeEvent-DrivenGraduatedKubernetesServerless

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 59.0/100 · strong
Contract Quality 21.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 13

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

Knative Functions

Knative Functions enables developers to create, build, and deploy stateless, event-driven functions as Knative Services using the func CLI or the kn func plugin. Functions can b...

Knative CLI (kn)

The Knative CLI (kn) provides a command-line interface for creating and managing Knative resources including Services, Revisions, Routes, event sources, and Brokers. It simplifi...

Knative Apis API

The Apis API from Knative — 2 operation(s) for apis.

Knative Brokers API

Knative Broker resources collect pools of events that can be consumed using Triggers. Brokers provide event routing with filtering, guaranteed delivery, and dead-letter sink sup...

Knative Channels API

Knative Channel resources represent a generic pub/sub messaging channel. Channels receive events and fan them out to all Subscriptions. The default channel implementation uses a...

Knative Configurations API

Knative Configuration resources maintain the desired state for a deployment by capturing container templates. Each update to a Configuration creates a new immutable Revision.

Knative DomainMappings API

Knative DomainMapping resources map a custom domain name to a Knative Service, enabling services to be served under custom hostnames with automatic TLS certificate provisioning.

Knative EventSources API

Knative event source resources connect external event producers to the eventing mesh. Built-in sources include ApiServerSource for Kubernetes API events, PingSource for schedule...

Knative EventTypes API

Knative EventType resources maintain a catalog of event types that can be consumed from Brokers. EventTypes help consumers discover what events are available without inspecting ...

Knative Revisions API

Knative Revision resources are immutable snapshots of application code and configuration at a point in time. Revisions are created by Configuration updates and are the actual un...

Knative Routes API

Knative Route resources manage the network endpoints and traffic distribution across Revisions. Routes support percentage-based traffic splitting for canary deployments and name...

Knative Subscriptions API

Knative Subscription resources define a delivery destination for events sent to a Channel. Each Subscription routes events from a Channel to a subscriber destination with option...

Knative Triggers API

Knative Trigger resources define filtered delivery options for events arriving at a Broker. A Trigger selects events by attribute filters and routes matching events to a destina...

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Postman Collections 11

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Knative Eventing Apis API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis Brokers API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis Channels API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis Configurations API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis DomainMappings API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis EventSources API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis EventTypes API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis Revisions API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis Routes API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis Subscriptions API

POSTMAN

Knative Eventing Apis Triggers API

POSTMAN

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Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Knative Eventing API

OPEN COLLECTION

Knative Serving API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Knative Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Knative Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Knative Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Knative Eventing CloudEvents

Knative Eventing uses HTTP POST requests conforming to the CloudEvents specification to deliver events between event sources, Brokers, Triggers, Channels, and Subscriptions. Eve...

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Knative Context

2 classes · 21 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Knative API Rules

8 rules · 7 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Knative API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Knative Eventing Resources

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Knative Serving Resources

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Knative Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Knative Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Knative Agentic Access

42 operations · 20 acting

42 operations · 20 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Community
Community

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: knative
name: Knative
description: Knative is a CNCF graduated platform that extends Kubernetes to provide serverless capabilities. It consists
  of Serving for deploying and scaling serverless workloads with automatic scale-to-zero, and Eventing for building event-driven
  architectures with declarative event routing and delivery. Knative abstracts away infrastructure complexity so developers
  can focus on writing code.
url: https://knative.dev
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/knative.png
tags:
- Auto-Scaling
- Cloud Native
- Event-Driven
- Graduated
- Kubernetes
- Serverless
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
apis:
- aid: knative:knative-functions
  name: Knative Functions
  description: Knative Functions enables developers to create, build, and deploy stateless, event-driven functions as Knative
    Services using the func CLI or the kn func plugin. Functions can be written in multiple languages and are automatically
    deployed as auto-scaling Knative Services that respond to HTTP requests or CloudEvents.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/functions/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/functions/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/getting-started/about-knative-functions/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/func
  tags:
  - CLI
  - Event-Driven
  - Functions
  - Serverless
- aid: knative:knative-cli
  name: Knative CLI (kn)
  description: The Knative CLI (kn) provides a command-line interface for creating and managing Knative resources including
    Services, Revisions, Routes, event sources, and Brokers. It simplifies tasks like traffic splitting and autoscaling configuration
    without requiring direct YAML editing.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/client/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/client/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/client
  tags:
  - CLI
  - Developer Tools
  - Kubernetes
- aid: knative:knative-apis-api
  name: Knative Apis API
  description: The Apis API from Knative — 2 operation(s) for apis.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - Apis
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-apis-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-brokers-api
  name: Knative Brokers API
  description: Knative Broker resources collect pools of events that can be consumed using Triggers. Brokers provide event
    routing with filtering, guaranteed delivery, and dead-letter sink support. The default broker implementation uses an in-memory
    channel.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - Brokers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-brokers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-channels-api
  name: Knative Channels API
  description: Knative Channel resources represent a generic pub/sub messaging channel. Channels receive events and fan them
    out to all Subscriptions. The default channel implementation uses an in-memory channel.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - Channels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-channels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-configurations-api
  name: Knative Configurations API
  description: Knative Configuration resources maintain the desired state for a deployment by capturing container templates.
    Each update to a Configuration creates a new immutable Revision.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - Configurations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-configurations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-domainmappings-api
  name: Knative DomainMappings API
  description: Knative DomainMapping resources map a custom domain name to a Knative Service, enabling services to be served
    under custom hostnames with automatic TLS certificate provisioning.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - DomainMappings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-domainmappings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-eventsources-api
  name: Knative EventSources API
  description: Knative event source resources connect external event producers to the eventing mesh. Built-in sources include
    ApiServerSource for Kubernetes API events, PingSource for scheduled events, and SinkBinding for injecting sink URIs into
    workloads.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - EventSources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-eventsources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-eventtypes-api
  name: Knative EventTypes API
  description: Knative EventType resources maintain a catalog of event types that can be consumed from Brokers. EventTypes
    help consumers discover what events are available without inspecting Broker contents directly.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - EventTypes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-eventtypes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-revisions-api
  name: Knative Revisions API
  description: Knative Revision resources are immutable snapshots of application code and configuration at a point in time.
    Revisions are created by Configuration updates and are the actual units that are scaled.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - Revisions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-revisions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-routes-api
  name: Knative Routes API
  description: Knative Route resources manage the network endpoints and traffic distribution across Revisions. Routes support
    percentage-based traffic splitting for canary deployments and named route targets.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - Routes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-routes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-subscriptions-api
  name: Knative Subscriptions API
  description: Knative Subscription resources define a delivery destination for events sent to a Channel. Each Subscription
    routes events from a Channel to a subscriber destination with optional reply and dead-letter handling.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
- aid: knative:knative-triggers-api
  name: Knative Triggers API
  description: Knative Trigger resources define filtered delivery options for events arriving at a Broker. A Trigger selects
    events by attribute filters and routes matching events to a destination such as a Knative Service.
  humanURL: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  tags:
  - Triggers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/knative-triggers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/serving/reference/serving-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/serving
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-serving-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://knative.dev/docs/eventing/reference/eventing-api/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/knative/eventing
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/knative-cloudevents-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/knative-eventing-schema.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/knative/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/knative-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/knative-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/knative-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/knative
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/knative-context.jsonld
  name: Knative JSON-LD Context
  description: Linked data context mapping Knative resources to standard vocabularies.
- type: Website
  name: Knative Website
  description: Official Knative project website.
  url: https://knative.dev/
- type: Documentation
  name: Knative Documentation
  description: Official Knative documentation.
  url: https://knative.dev/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  name: Knative Getting Started
  description: Guide for installing and getting started with Knative.
  url: https://knative.dev/docs/getting-started/
- type: Blog
  name: Knative Blog
  description: Project blog and announcements.
  url: https://knative.dev/blog/
- type: ChangeLog
  name: Knative Release Notes
  description: Release notes and changelog for Knative.
  url: https://knative.dev/docs/reference/relnotes/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  name: Knative GitHub Organization
  description: GitHub organization hosting all Knative source code.
  url: https://github.com/knative
- type: GitHubRepository
  name: Knative Docs Repository
  description: Source repository for Knative documentation.
  url: https://github.com/knative/docs
- type: Community
  name: Knative Community
  description: Community resources, working groups, and how to get involved.
  url: https://knative.dev/community/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com