Messaging API

A template and concept entry for messaging APIs. This represents the pattern and structure for messaging API implementations used in storytelling, training, and knowledge bases.

Messaging API publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Messages API. Tagged areas include API Pattern, Messaging, and Template.

Messaging API’s developer surface includes authentication and 1 more developer resources.

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30.4/100 thin ▼ -6.5 Agent 40/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
API PatternMessagingTemplate

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 30.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 40/100 · 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 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 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 1

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

Messaging API Messages API

Managing, sending, and receiving of messages via SMS and other channels.

Open Collections 1

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

Messaging API Messages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Messaging Api Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Messaging Api Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Messaging Api Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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

Messaging Api Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Messaging Api Agentic Access

6 operations · 4 acting

6 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: messaging-api
name: Messaging API
description: A template and concept entry for messaging APIs. This represents the pattern and structure for messaging API
  implementations used in storytelling, training, and knowledge bases.
type: Index
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/messaging-api.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/messaging-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- API Pattern
- Messaging
- Template
created: '2024-12-29'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: messaging-api:messaging-api-messages-api
  name: Messaging API Messages API
  description: Managing, sending, and receiving of messages via SMS and other channels.
  humanURL: https://example.com/messages
  baseURL: https://api.example.com
  tags:
  - Messages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/messaging-api-messages-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/messaging-api-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/messaging-api-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com