# Kubernetes

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kubernetes/  
**Website:** https://kubernetes.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community.

## Kin Score — 56.0 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 56.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 82.5 |
| Governance | 28.0 |
| Contract Governance | 28.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 47.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 59.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

## Agent readiness — 33.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

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

## APIs (7)

- **Kubernetes Autoscaling API** — Autoscaling resources including HorizontalPodAutoscalers for automatically scaling workloads based on observed metrics.
- **Kubernetes Cluster API** — Cluster-level resources including Namespaces, Nodes, ServiceAccounts, and RBAC resources for cluster administration.
- **Kubernetes Config API** — Configuration and storage resources including ConfigMaps, Secrets, PersistentVolumes, and PersistentVolumeClaims.
- **Kubernetes Events API** — Event resources capturing occurrences within the cluster such as pod scheduling, container restarts, and resource state changes.
- **Kubernetes Namespaces API** — The Namespaces API from Kubernetes — 2 operation(s) for namespaces.
- **Kubernetes RBAC API** — Role-based access control resources including Roles, RoleBindings, ClusterRoles, and ClusterRoleBindings for managing authorization.
- **Kubernetes Workloads API** — Workload resources including Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, ReplicaSets, Jobs, and CronJobs for managing containerized applications.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Kubernetes MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Kubernetes Agentic Access** — 34 operations · 17 acting

## Security (3)

- **Kubernetes Authentication** — http/mutualTLS · 2 schemes
- **Kubernetes Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS
- **Kubernetes Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published

## Plans (1)

- **Kubernetes Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Automation, Cloud-Native, CNCF, Containers, Deployment, Open-Source, Orchestration, Scaling

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