# Outline **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/outline/ **APIs profiled:** 18 Outline is an open-source team knowledge base and wiki with a fully featured RPC-style REST API for programmatically managing documents, collections, teams, users, groups, comments, shares, attachments, and importing or exporting organizational knowledge. The main application itself is built on the same API it exposes publicly. ## Kin Score — 42.7 / 100 (developing) Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 42.7). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 74.1 | | Contract Quality | 63.8 | | Governance | 9.8 | | Contract Governance | 9.8 | | Operational Transparency | 26.3 | | Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 | | Commercial Clarity | 50.0 | | Access Clarity | 50.0 | ## Agent readiness — 35.6 (agent-ready) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | Reversibility Documented | verified | | MCP Server | no | | Auth Clarity | bearer | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | no | | OpenAPI Examples | partial | | Rate Limit Signal | verified | | Event Surface Described | yes | | Agent Skills | no | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | | Delegated Identity | documented | | Protected Resource Metadata | no | | Dynamic Client Registration | no | | Agentic Commerce | no | ## Access Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high). ## APIs (18) - **Outline AccessRequests API** — `AccessRequests` represent a request by a user for access to a document they do not currently have permission to view. The request can be approved or dismissed by a user with pe... - **Outline Attachments API** — `Attachments` represent a file uploaded to cloud storage. They are created before the upload happens from the client and store all the meta information such as file type, size, ... - **Outline Auth API** — `Auth` represents the current API Keys authentication details. It can be used to check that a token is still valid and load the IDs for the current user and workspace. - **Outline Collections API** — `Collections` represent grouping of documents in the knowledge base, they offer a way to structure information in a nested hierarchy and a level at which read and write permissi... - **Outline Comments API** — `Comments` represent a comment either on a selection of text in a document or on the document itself. - **Outline DataAttributes API** — `DataAttributes` represent custom metadata fields that can be attached to documents. They allow workspaces to add structured data like status, priority, or any other custom prop... - **Outline Documents API** — `Documents` are what everything else revolves around. A document represents a single page of information and always returns the latest version of the content. Documents are stor... - **Outline Events API** — `Events` represent an artifact of an action. Whether it is creating a user, editing a document, changing permissions, or any other action – an event is created that can be used ... - **Outline FileOperations API** — `FileOperations` represent background jobs for importing or exporting files. You can query the file operation to find the state of progress and any resulting output. - **Outline Groups API** — `Groups` represent a list of users that logically belong together, for example there might be groups for each department in your organization. Groups can be granted access to co... - **Outline OAuthAuthentications API** — `OAuthAuthentications` represent individual scoped authentications between Outline and an `OAuthClient`. - **Outline OAuthClients API** — `OAuthClients` represent OAuth clients that can be used to authenticate users with third-party services. - **Outline Revisions API** — `Revisions` represent a snapshot of a document at a point in time. They are used to keep track of editing and collaboration history – a document can also be restored to a previo... - **Outline Shares API** — `Shares` represent authorization to view a document without being a member of the workspace. Shares are created in order to give access to documents publicly. Each user that sha... - **Outline Stars API** — `Stars` represent a favorited document or collection in the application sidebar. Each user has their own collection of starred items. - **Outline Templates API** — `Templates` represent reusable document templates that can be used as a starting point when creating new documents. Templates can be scoped to a specific collection or available... - **Outline Users API** — `Users` represent an individual with access to the knowledge base. Users can be created automatically when signing in with SSO or when a user is invited via email. - **Outline Views API** — `Views` represent a compressed record of an individual users views of a document. Individual views are not recorded but a first, last and total is kept per user. ## Agentic access (1) - **Outline Agentic Access** — 112 operations · 112 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop ## Security (2) - **Outline Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 2 schemes - **Outline Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC ## Plans (1) - **Outline Plans Pricing** ## Tags Knowledge Base, Wiki, Documents, Collaboration, Open-Source, Team --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/outline/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.