Linkerd
Service mesh without the mess. Linkerd adds security, observability, and reliability to any Kubernetes cluster without the complexity of bloat of other meshes.
Linkerd publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Discovery API, Edges API, Gateways API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Kubernetes, mTLS, Observability, Security, and Service Mesh.
The Linkerd catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Linkerd’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, support, release notes, Stack Overflow tag, and 21 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Native (Kubernetes, CNCF, FinOps) | standard | 35.8 (thin) | - | 1 |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
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 11
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Linkerd Proxy Control Plane API
The Linkerd Proxy Control Plane gRPC API defines the protobuf service contracts used by the data-plane proxy to communicate with the control plane. It includes the Destination A...
Linkerd Multicluster API
The Linkerd Multicluster extension provides Kubernetes CRDs and a gateway component that enables transparent, secure cross-cluster service communication. It uses mTLS to authent...
Linkerd Discovery API
API resource discovery
Linkerd Edges API
Connection topology between resources
Linkerd Gateways API
Multicluster gateway metrics
Linkerd Health API
Health and readiness check endpoints
Linkerd Lifecycle API
Proxy lifecycle management endpoints
Linkerd Metrics API
Prometheus metrics endpoints
Linkerd Routes API
Per-route metrics
Linkerd Statistics API
Resource statistics and golden metrics
Linkerd Tap API
Real-time traffic inspection
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Open Collections 13
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery Edges API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery Gateways API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery Health API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery Lifecycle API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery Metrics API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery Routes API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery Statistics API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Proxy Admin Discovery Tap API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Tap API
OPEN COLLECTIONLinkerd Viz Metrics API
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Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Linkerd Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Linkerd Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Linkerd Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Linkerd — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 5
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Linkerd Edge
JSON SCHEMALinkerd Gateway
JSON SCHEMALinkerd ServiceProfile
JSON SCHEMALinkerd Stat Summary
JSON SCHEMALinkerd Tap Event
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 1
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 3
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 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 8
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
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Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
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