Observable

Observable is a data-exploration, analysis, and visualization platform that helps data analysts and their cross-functional stakeholders make sense of data. Its products include Observable Canvases (a collaborative, canvas-based data-exploration tool) and Observable Notebooks (reactive JavaScript notebooks for building interactive data visualizations with code). Observable also creates and maintains widely used open-source visualization tooling — D3.js, Observable Plot, Observable Framework, Observable Inputs, and the reactive Observable runtime — published as first-party npm packages. Backed by Menlo Ventures.

Observable is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, and Notebooks.

Observable’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, pricing, engineering blog, support, changelog, CLI, and 13 more developer resources.

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28.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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Composite quality — 28.2/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 9.5 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 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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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conformance

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

Compliance

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: observable
name: Observable
description: Observable is a data-exploration, analysis, and visualization platform that helps data analysts and their cross-functional
  stakeholders make sense of data. Its products include Observable Canvases (a collaborative, canvas-based data-exploration
  tool) and Observable Notebooks (reactive JavaScript notebooks for building interactive data visualizations with code). Observable
  also creates and maintains widely used open-source visualization tooling — D3.js, Observable Plot, Observable Framework,
  Observable Inputs, and the reactive Observable runtime — published as first-party npm packages. Backed by Menlo Ventures.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/observable/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- menlo-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
image: https://github.com/observablehq.png
tags:
- Company
- Data Visualization
- Data Analysis
- Business Intelligence
- Notebooks
- Dashboards
- Developer Tools
- JavaScript
- D3
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://observablehq.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://observablehq.com/documentation/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://observablehq.com/framework/getting-started
- type: Pricing
  url: https://observablehq.com/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://observablehq.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://talk.observablehq.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/observablehq
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://observablehq.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://observablehq.com/privacy-policy
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/observable-changelog.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/observable-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/observable-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/observable-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/observable-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/observable-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://observablehq.com/security
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/observable-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/observable-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://observablehq.com/responsible-disclosure
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/observable-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 9
  pass: local-v1