Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy is a continuous delivery and release orchestration platform for managing deployments across development, test, and production environments to virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud services. The platform handles environments, tenants, runbooks, release promotion, and approvals for both regulated and high-velocity teams. The Octopus REST API provides programmatic access to projects, environments, releases, deployments, runbooks, variables, accounts, and tasks via API-key authentication.

Octopus Deploy publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, Environments API, Feeds API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include DevOps, Continuous Delivery, Deployment Automation, Release Management, and Runbooks.

Octopus Deploy’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, support, engineering blog, CLI, and 13 more developer resources.

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36.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 38/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessSelf serve

7 APIs 1 MCP Servers

DevOpsContinuous DeliveryDeployment AutomationRelease ManagementRunbooksCI/CD

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 36.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 7

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

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Octopus Deploy Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Octopus Deploy Agentic Access

6 operations

6 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

API Documentation

API Documentation

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

MCPServer

MCPServer

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

CLI

CLI

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: octopus-deploy
name: Octopus Deploy
description: Octopus Deploy is a continuous delivery and release orchestration platform for managing deployments across development,
  test, and production environments to virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud services. The platform handles
  environments, tenants, runbooks, release promotion, and approvals for both regulated and high-velocity teams. The Octopus
  REST API provides programmatic access to projects, environments, releases, deployments, runbooks, variables, accounts, and
  tasks via API-key authentication.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/octopus-deploy.png
tags:
- DevOps
- Continuous Delivery
- Deployment Automation
- Release Management
- Runbooks
- CI/CD
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/octopus-deploy/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: octopus-deploy:rest-api
  name: Octopus Deploy REST API
  description: REST API exposing projects, environments, releases, deployments, runbooks, accounts, certificates, tenants,
    variables, packages, and tasks managed by an Octopus Deploy server or Octopus Cloud instance. Authentication uses an API
    key passed via the X-Octopus-ApiKey header.
  humanURL: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-octopus.example/api
  tags:
  - Deployments
  - Releases
  - Projects
  - Environments
  - Runbooks
  - Variables
  - API Key
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api/getting-started-with-the-octopus-rest-api
  - type: API Key
    url: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api/how-to-create-an-api-key
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
- aid: octopus-deploy:octopus-deploy-accounts-api
  name: Octopus Deploy Accounts API
  description: The Accounts API from Octopus Deploy — 1 operation(s) for accounts.
  humanURL: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-octopus.example/api
  tags:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/octopus-deploy-accounts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: octopus-deploy:octopus-deploy-environments-api
  name: Octopus Deploy Environments API
  description: The Environments API from Octopus Deploy — 1 operation(s) for environments.
  humanURL: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-octopus.example/api
  tags:
  - Environments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/octopus-deploy-environments-api-openapi.yml
- aid: octopus-deploy:octopus-deploy-feeds-api
  name: Octopus Deploy Feeds API
  description: The Feeds API from Octopus Deploy — 1 operation(s) for feeds.
  humanURL: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-octopus.example/api
  tags:
  - Feeds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/octopus-deploy-feeds-api-openapi.yml
- aid: octopus-deploy:octopus-deploy-machines-api
  name: Octopus Deploy Machines API
  description: The Machines API from Octopus Deploy — 1 operation(s) for machines.
  humanURL: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-octopus.example/api
  tags:
  - Machines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/octopus-deploy-machines-api-openapi.yml
- aid: octopus-deploy:octopus-deploy-projects-api
  name: Octopus Deploy Projects API
  description: The Projects API from Octopus Deploy — 1 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-octopus.example/api
  tags:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/octopus-deploy-projects-api-openapi.yml
- aid: octopus-deploy:octopus-deploy-root-api
  name: Octopus Deploy Root API
  description: The Root API from Octopus Deploy — 1 operation(s) for root.
  humanURL: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
  baseURL: https://your-octopus.example/api
  tags:
  - Root
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/octopus-deploy-root-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/octopus-deploy-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/octopus-deploy-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/octopus-deploy-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/octopus-deploy-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/octopus-deploy-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/octopus-deploy-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/octopus-deploy
- type: Website
  url: https://octopus.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://octopus.com/docs
- type: API Documentation
  url: https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api
- type: Pricing
  url: https://octopus.com/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://octopus.com/start
- type: Login
  url: https://octopus.com/login
- type: Support
  url: https://octopus.com/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://octopus.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/OctopusDeploy
- type: CLI
  url: https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/cli
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusClients
- name: MCP Server
  url: https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/mcp-server
  type: MCPServer
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://octopus.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Octopus Deploy

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APIs 7

Octopus Deploy REST API

Octopus Deploy Accounts API

Octopus Deploy Environments API

Octopus Deploy Feeds API

Octopus Deploy Machines API

Octopus Deploy Projects API

Octopus Deploy Root API

Open Collections 1