# Micro-Service Architecture

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/micro-service-architecture/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 4.1 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 4.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 40.7 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

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

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Scalability

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