Microsoft Bicep

Microsoft Bicep is a domain-specific language (DSL) that uses declarative syntax to deploy Azure resources. It provides a transparent abstraction over ARM templates and offers a more concise syntax, improved type safety, and better support for modularity and code reuse.

Microsoft Bicep publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Deployments API, Template Spec Versions API, and Template Specs API. Tagged areas include ArmTemplates, Azure, Cloud, Deployment, and DevOps.

The Microsoft Bicep catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Microsoft Bicep’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, support, release notes, and 15 more developer resources.

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37.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 APIs

ArmTemplates Azure Cloud Deployment DevOps Infrastructure as Code

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 37.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.8 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.1 / 18

Access Clarity 2.8 / 18

Operational Transparency 4.3 / 12

Contract Governance 1.1 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 27/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 5

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

Bicep CLI

Command-line interface for compiling and deploying Bicep files.

Bicep Language Server

Language server implementation for Bicep providing IntelliSense and validation.

Microsoft Bicep Deployments API

Create, validate, and manage ARM/Bicep template deployments

Microsoft Bicep Template Spec Versions API

Manage versions of Template Spec resources

Microsoft Bicep Template Specs API

Manage Template Spec resources for reusable Bicep templates

Open Collections 6

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Microsoft Bicep Deployments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Microsoft Bicep Deployments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Microsoft Bicep Deployments Template Spec Versions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Microsoft Bicep Deployments Template Specs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Microsoft Bicep Template Specs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Bicep Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Bicep Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Bicep Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Microsoft Bicep Context

0 classes · 9 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Microsoft Bicep API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Microsoft Bicep Deployment

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Microsoft Bicep Template Spec

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

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

Microsoft Bicep Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Bicep Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Microsoft Bicep Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Bicep Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Microsoft Bicep Agentic Access

23 operations · 14 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Contributing Guide

Contributing Guide

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Bicep Examples

Bicep Examples

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Learning Resources

Learning Resources

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ReleaseNotes

ReleaseNotes

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

name: Microsoft Bicep
description: Microsoft Bicep is a domain-specific language (DSL) that uses declarative syntax to deploy Azure resources. It
  provides a transparent abstraction over ARM templates and offers a more concise syntax, improved type safety, and better
  support for modularity and code reuse.
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/media/bicep-logo.png
url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- ArmTemplates
- Azure
- Cloud
- Deployment
- DevOps
- Infrastructure as Code
tags_raw:
- ARM Templates
- Azure
- Cloud
- Deployment
- DevOps
- Infrastructure as Code
apis:
- name: Bicep CLI
  description: Command-line interface for compiling and deploying Bicep files.
  image: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/media/bicep-logo.png
  baseURL: https://github.com/Azure/bicep
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep
  - type: Installation Guide
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/install
  - type: Bicep Playground
    url: https://bicepdemo.z22.web.core.windows.net/
  contact:
  - type: GitHubIssues
    url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/issues
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/Azure
- name: Bicep Language Server
  description: Language server implementation for Bicep providing IntelliSense and validation.
  baseURL: https://github.com/Azure/bicep
  humanURL: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/tree/main/src/Bicep.LangServer
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/blob/main/docs/contributing/language-server.md
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/tree/main/src/Bicep.LangServer
  - type: VS Code Extension
    url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-bicep
- aid: microsoft-bicep:microsoft-bicep-deployments-api
  name: Microsoft Bicep Deployments API
  description: Create, validate, and manage ARM/Bicep template deployments
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/
  baseURL: https://github.com/Azure/bicep
  tags:
  - Deployment
  tags_raw:
  - Deployments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bicep-deployments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/deployments
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/authenticate-multi-tenant
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/template-specs
- aid: microsoft-bicep:microsoft-bicep-template-spec-versions-api
  name: Microsoft Bicep Template Spec Versions API
  description: Manage versions of Template Spec resources
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/
  baseURL: https://github.com/Azure/bicep
  tags:
  - Template Spec Versions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bicep-template-spec-versions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/deployments
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/authenticate-multi-tenant
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/template-specs
- aid: microsoft-bicep:microsoft-bicep-template-specs-api
  name: Microsoft Bicep Template Specs API
  description: Manage Template Spec resources for reusable Bicep templates
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/
  baseURL: https://github.com/Azure/bicep
  tags:
  - Template Specs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-bicep-template-specs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/deployments
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/authenticate-multi-tenant
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/template-specs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-bicep-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/microsoft-bicep-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-bicep-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-bicep-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-bicep-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Blog
  url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/
- type: Support
  url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/topics/azure-bicep.html
- type: Learning Resources
  url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/learn-bicep
- type: Bicep Examples
  url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/tree/main/docs/examples
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/releases
- type: Contributing Guide
  url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/Azure/bicep/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/microsoft-bicep-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/microsoft-bicep-deployment-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/microsoft-bicep-template-spec-schema.json
include:
- name: Azure Resource Manager APIs
  url: https://management.azure.com
- name: Azure Template Specs
  url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/template-specs
- name: Azure Container Registry (for Bicep modules)
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/container-registry/

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