# linode

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/linode/  
**APIs profiled:** 23

Linode is a cloud hosting provider offering virtual private servers, managed databases, object storage, Kubernetes, and other infrastructure-as-a-service products to developers and businesses.

## Kin Score — 30.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 69.3 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (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 | 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 |

## Access

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

## APIs (23)

- **Linode CLI** — The Linode CLI is a command-line interface that wraps the Linode API v4, allowing developers and system administrators to manage Akamai Connected Cloud resources directly from t...
- **Linode Python SDK** — The Linode Python SDK (linode_api4) is the official Python client library for interacting with the Linode API v4. It provides a Pythonic interface for managing all Akamai Connec...
- **Linode Go SDK** — The Linode Go SDK (linodego) is the official Go client library for the Linode API v4. It provides idiomatic Go interfaces for managing Akamai Connected Cloud infrastructure prog...
- **Linode Terraform Provider** — The Linode Terraform Provider enables infrastructure-as-code management of Akamai Connected Cloud resources using HashiCorp Terraform. It supports provisioning and managing comp...
- **linode Account API** — Manage your account settings, users, billing information, OAuth clients, service transfers, and payment methods.
- **linode Databases API** — Manage Managed Database instances including MySQL and PostgreSQL clusters, backups, credentials, and maintenance windows.
- **linode Domains API** — Manage DNS domains and their associated resource records including A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV, CAA, and NS records.
- **linode Images API** — Manage custom images for deploying Linode instances, including creating images from disks, uploading images, and managing image metadata.
- **linode Linode Instances API** — Create and manage Linode compute instances, including configuration profiles, disks, backups, networking, migration, resize, and rebuild operations.
- **linode Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) API** — Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters, node pools, and cluster configurations through the Linode Kubernetes Engine.
- **linode Longview API** — Manage Longview clients and subscriptions for system-level monitoring and metrics collection on Linode instances.
- **linode Managed API** — Manage Linode Managed services including monitored contacts, credentials, issues, service monitors, and SSH access settings.
- **linode Networking API** — Manage networking resources including IP addresses, IPv6 ranges and pools, firewalls, VLANs, and IP address sharing and assignment.
- **linode NodeBalancers API** — Create and manage NodeBalancer load balancers, their configurations, and backend nodes for distributing traffic across Linode instances.
- **linode Object Storage API** — Manage Object Storage buckets, access keys, clusters, and endpoints for S3-compatible object storage.
- **linode Placement Groups API** — Create and manage placement groups for controlling the physical placement of Linode instances within a data center.
- **linode Profile API** — Manage your user profile settings, SSH keys, authorized applications, personal access tokens, and two-factor authentication.
- **linode Regions API** — List available data center regions and their capabilities for deploying Linode services.
- **linode StackScripts API** — Create and manage StackScripts for automating the deployment and configuration of Linode instances.
- **linode Support API** — Create and manage support tickets and view replies for getting help from the Linode support team.
- **linode Tags API** — The Tags API from linode — 2 operation(s) for tags.
- **linode Volumes API** — Create and manage Block Storage volumes that can be attached to Linode instances for persistent data storage.
- **linode VPCs API** — Create and manage Virtual Private Clouds for isolated network environments and subnets for Linode instances.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Linode Agentic Access** — 116 operations · 56 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Linode Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Linode Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Linode Plans Pricing**

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