# PowerShell

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/powershell/  
**Website:** https://microsoft.com/powershell  
**APIs profiled:** 7

PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation solution made up of a command-line shell, a scripting language, and a configuration management framework. The PowerShell ecosystem exposes APIs through the PowerShell Gallery (an OData-based package repository), the Runspace .NET hosting APIs, and PowerShell Remoting protocols (WS-Management and SSH).

## Kin Score — 38.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 55.1 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 44.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 38.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 22.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| 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 | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

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

## APIs (7)

- **PowerShell Gallery API** — The PowerShell Gallery is the central repository for PowerShell modules, scripts, and DSC resources. It exposes a public OData v2 API for searching, retrieving, and downloading ...
- **PowerShell Runspace API** — .NET APIs for creating, configuring, and managing PowerShell runspaces from host applications. Enables embedding PowerShell execution inside .NET programs.
- **PowerShell Remoting API** — APIs and protocols for remote PowerShell execution over WS-Management (WinRM) and SSH. Enables one-to-one and one-to-many remote command and session management.
- **PowerShell Metadata API** — OData service metadata.
- **PowerShell Packages API** — Browse and retrieve package entries from the Gallery feed.
- **PowerShell Search API** — Search and discovery operations.
- **PowerShell Updates API** — Find updates for installed packages.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Powershell Agentic Access** — 6 operations

## Security (4)

- **Powershell Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Powershell Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Powershell Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Powershell Trust Center** — GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Powershell Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Automation, Command Line, Cross-Platform, Scripting, Shell, Windows, DevOps

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