# Microsoft Bicep

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-bicep/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 35.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 58.7 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 35.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| 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

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

## APIs (5)

- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Microsoft Bicep Agentic Access** — 23 operations · 14 acting

## Security (3)

- **Microsoft Bicep Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Microsoft Bicep Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Microsoft Bicep Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Microsoft Bicep Plans Pricing**

## Tags

ArmTemplates, Azure, Cloud, Deployment, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code

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