Micro-Service Architecture

An architectural style that structures an application as a collection of loosely coupled, independently deployable services, each running in its own process and communicating through lightweight mechanisms like HTTP APIs. Modern development teams rely on it to improve code quality and delivery speed.

Micro-Service Architecture is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices, and Scalability.

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5.5/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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ArchitectureDistributed SystemsMicroservicesScalability

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Composite quality — 5.5/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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aid: micro-service-architecture
name: Micro-Service Architecture
description: An architectural style that structures an application as a collection of loosely coupled, independently deployable
  services, each running in its own process and communicating through lightweight mechanisms like HTTP APIs. Modern development
  teams rely on it to improve code quality and delivery speed.
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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tags:
- Architecture
- Distributed Systems
- Microservices
- Scalability
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com