National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives Catalog API is a read-write web API for the National Archives Catalog. This API can be used to perform fielded search of archival metadata, bulk export of metadata and digital media, and post contributions to records.

National Archives and Records Administration publishes 16 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, Announcements API, Comments API, and 13 more. Tagged areas include Archives, Federal Government, Records, and Catalog.

The National Archives and Records Administration catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

National Archives and Records Administration’s developer surface includes developer portal and 9 more developer resources.

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26.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

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Archives Federal Government Records Catalog

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 26.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 2.9 / 15

Access Clarity 1.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.3 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 4.8 / 8

Regulatory Posture 0.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Government & Public Sector regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

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.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 19.0 — up to +16.2 composite points
Contract Quality scores 45.4 — up to +13.7 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
US Federal API Programs (api.data.gov, Login.gov, GSA MAS, FedRAMP)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 16

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

National Archives and Records Administration Accounts API

The Accounts API from National Archives and Records Administration — 4 operation(s) for accounts.

National Archives and Records Administration Announcements API

For important announcements

National Archives and Records Administration Comments API

Comment search and data retrieval

National Archives and Records Administration Contributions API

Contribution search and data retrieval; Contributions include Tags, Transcriptions, and Comments - search/retrieve contributions when you want to return any contribution type.

National Archives and Records Administration Extracted Text API

The Extracted Text API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for extracted text.

National Archives and Records Administration Justifications API

The Justifications API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for justifications.

National Archives and Records Administration Metadata API

The Metadata API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for metadata.

National Archives and Records Administration Online Availability API

Information about record online availability

National Archives and Records Administration Other Extracted Text API

The Other Extracted Text API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for other extracted text.

National Archives and Records Administration Partner API

The Partner API from National Archives and Records Administration — 5 operation(s) for partner.

National Archives and Records Administration Records API

Record description search and data retrieval

National Archives and Records Administration Statistics API

The Statistics API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for statistics.

National Archives and Records Administration Tags API

Tag search and data retrieval

National Archives and Records Administration Transcriptions API

Transcription search and data retrieval

National Archives and Records Administration Users API

The Users API from National Archives and Records Administration — 3 operation(s) for users.

National Archives and Records Administration Utilities API

The Utilities API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for utilities.

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Open Collections 17

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

NextGen Catalog Accounts API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Announcements API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Comments API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Contributions API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Extracted Text API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Justifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Metadata API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Online Availability API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Other Extracted Text API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Partner API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Records API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Statistics API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Tags API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Transcriptions API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog Accounts Utilities API

OPEN COLLECTION

NextGen Catalog API

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National Archives and Records Administration API pricing

Not yet checked against National Archives and Records Administration's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against National Archives and Records Administration's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

National Archives And Records Administration Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

National Archives And Records Administration Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

National Archives and Records Administration

SLA

FinOps 1

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

National Archives And Records Administration Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

National Archives and Records Administration API Rules

50 rules · 33 errors 13 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 1

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

National Archives And Records Administration Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

National Archives And Records Administration Agentic Access

64 operations · 20 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: national-archives-and-records-administration
name: National Archives and Records Administration
description: The National Archives Catalog API is a read-write web API for the National Archives Catalog. This API can be
  used to perform fielded search of archival metadata, bulk export of metadata and digital media, and post contributions to
  records.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - usnationalarchives/catalog-api
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/national-archives-and-records-administration.png
url: https://www.archives.gov/developer
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Archives
- Federal Government
- Records
- Catalog
tags_raw:
- Archives
- Federal Government
- Records
- Catalog
- Federal-Government
apis:
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-accounts-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Accounts API
  description: The Accounts API from National Archives and Records Administration — 4 operation(s) for accounts.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Account
  tags_raw:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-announcements-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Announcements API
  description: For important announcements
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Announcements
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-announcements-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-comments-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Comments API
  description: Comment search and data retrieval
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Comments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-contributions-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Contributions API
  description: Contribution search and data retrieval; Contributions include Tags, Transcriptions, and Comments - search/retrieve
    contributions when you want to return any contribution type.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Contributions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-contributions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-extracted-text-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Extracted Text API
  description: The Extracted Text API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for extracted text.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Extracted Text
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-extracted-text-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-justifications-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Justifications API
  description: The Justifications API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for justifications.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Justifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-justifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-metadata-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Metadata API
  description: The Metadata API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for metadata.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-online-availability-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Online Availability API
  description: Information about record online availability
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Online Availability
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-online-availability-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-other-extracted-text-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Other Extracted Text API
  description: The Other Extracted Text API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for other extracted
    text.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Other Extracted Text
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-other-extracted-text-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-partner-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Partner API
  description: The Partner API from National Archives and Records Administration — 5 operation(s) for partner.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Partners
  tags_raw:
  - Partner
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-partner-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-records-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Records API
  description: Record description search and data retrieval
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Records
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-records-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-statistics-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Statistics API
  description: The Statistics API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for statistics.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Statistics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-statistics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-tags-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Tags API
  description: Tag search and data retrieval
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-transcriptions-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Transcriptions API
  description: Transcription search and data retrieval
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Transcriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-transcriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-users-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Users API
  description: The Users API from National Archives and Records Administration — 3 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
- aid: national-archives-and-records-administration:national-archives-and-records-administration-utilities-api
  name: National Archives and Records Administration Utilities API
  description: The Utilities API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for utilities.
  humanURL: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  baseURL: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Utilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-utilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/national-archives-and-records-administration-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/national-archives-and-records-administration-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/national-archives-and-records-administration-finops.yml
- url: https://www.archives.gov/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API/issues
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/national-archives-and-records-administration-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/national-archives-and-records-administration-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usnatarchives
- type: Website
  url: https://www.archives.gov/
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.archives.gov/developer
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

National Archives and Records Administration API — frequently asked questions

Does National Archives and Records Administration have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 16 APIs from National Archives and Records Administration, including National Archives and Records Administration Accounts API, National Archives and Records Administration Announcements API and National Archives and Records Administration Comments API, and 13 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the National Archives and Records Administration API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 16 OpenAPI specifications for National Archives and Records Administration, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the National Archives and Records Administration API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for National Archives and Records Administration, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the National Archives and Records Administration API ready for AI agents?

National Archives and Records Administration has a Kin Score of 26.9 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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9 MCP tools reach this

find_providersBrowse and filter every provider in the catalog.
get_provider_artifactsEvery artifact this provider publishes, grouped by type.
get_provider_operationsEvery operation across all of their OpenAPIs — one call instead of parsing every spec.
get_provider_toolsEvery MCP tool they ship, with the operation each wraps.
get_provider_evidenceHow each part of their score was established. Free — the basis for a claim should not sit behind it.
get_provider_ratingPRO — composite, band, trend and facet scores.
apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.

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Call it yourself

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This provider

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/national-archives-and-records-administration"

All providers

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers?limit=25"

Every operation they expose

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/national-archives-and-records-administration/operations?limit=25"

How their score was established

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/national-archives-and-records-administration/evidence"

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