# KServe

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kserve/  
**Website:** https://kserve.github.io/website/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

KServe is a standard model inference platform on Kubernetes, built for highly scalable use cases. It provides performant, standardized inference protocol across ML frameworks including TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, XGBoost, and more.

## Kin Score — 29.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 29.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 44.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 19.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| 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 · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **KServe Inference API** — KServe's standardized model inference protocol for serving predictions across multiple ML frameworks on Kubernetes.
- **KServe Health API** — The Health API from KServe — 2 operation(s) for health.
- **KServe KServe Inference Protocol API** — The KServe Inference Protocol API from KServe — 1 operation(s) for kserve inference protocol.
- **KServe Models API** — The Models API from KServe — 7 operation(s) for models.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Kserve Agentic Access** — 10 operations · 3 acting

## Security (1)

- **Kserve Authentication** — http · 1 scheme

## Plans (1)

- **Kserve Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Inference, Kubernetes, Machine-Learning, MLOps, Model Serving

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