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Quay

Quay is a container image registry that enables you to build, store, distribute, and deploy container images with built-in security scanning, access controls, and automated build triggers. Available as a hosted service at Quay.io or as a self-hosted solution through Red Hat Quay.

Quay publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Build API, Manifest API, Organization API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Container Images, Containers, Red Hat, Registry, and Security Scanning.

The Quay catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Quay’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, pricing, engineering blog, signup flow, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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55.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
10 APIs 1 MCP Servers
Container ImagesContainersRed HatRegistrySecurity Scanning

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 55.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · 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 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
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APIs 10

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

Quay Build API

Manage Dockerfile builds, build logs, build triggers, and build configuration.

Quay Manifest API

Inspect image manifests, manifest layers, and labels associated with a pushed image.

Quay Organization API

Manage Quay organizations, organization members, billing, application tokens, and organization-wide settings.

Quay Permission API

Manage user and team permissions on repositories.

Quay Repository API

Manage container image repositories including create, list, update, delete, visibility, descriptions, and metadata.

Quay Robot API

Manage robot accounts used for automated repository access including credentials and permissions.

Quay Security API

Retrieve vulnerability scan results for repository images.

Quay Tag API

Manage repository image tags including listing, restoring, expiring, and deleting tags.

Quay Team API

Manage organization teams, team membership, team roles, and team permissions on repositories.

Quay User API

Manage Quay user accounts, profile, starred repositories, and personal OAuth tokens.

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Open Collections 1

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

Quay Container Registry API

OPEN COLLECTION

MCP Servers 1

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

MCP Server

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Quay Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Quay Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Quay Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Quay Context

5 classes · 2 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Quay API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Quay Manifest Security Scan

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Quay Repository

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Quay Tag

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Quay Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Quay Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Quay Scopes

6 scopes · authorizationCode

6 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Quay Agentic Access

16 operations · 8 acting

16 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 Signup
Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 MCPServer
MCPServer

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: quay
name: Quay
description: Quay is a container image registry that enables you to build, store, distribute, and deploy container images
  with built-in security scanning, access controls, and automated build triggers. Available as a hosted service at Quay.io
  or as a self-hosted solution through Red Hat Quay.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/quay.png
tags:
- Container Images
- Containers
- Red Hat
- Registry
- Security Scanning
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: quay:quay-build-api
  name: Quay Build API
  description: Manage Dockerfile builds, build logs, build triggers, and build configuration.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Build
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-build-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-manifest-api
  name: Quay Manifest API
  description: Inspect image manifests, manifest layers, and labels associated with a pushed image.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Manifest
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-manifest-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-organization-api
  name: Quay Organization API
  description: Manage Quay organizations, organization members, billing, application tokens, and organization-wide settings.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Organization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-organization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quay-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-repository-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-permission-api
  name: Quay Permission API
  description: Manage user and team permissions on repositories.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Permission
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-permission-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quay-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-repository-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-repository-api
  name: Quay Repository API
  description: Manage container image repositories including create, list, update, delete, visibility, descriptions, and metadata.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Repository
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-repository-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quay-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-repository-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-robot-api
  name: Quay Robot API
  description: Manage robot accounts used for automated repository access including credentials and permissions.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Robot
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-robot-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quay-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-repository-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-security-api
  name: Quay Security API
  description: Retrieve vulnerability scan results for repository images.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Security
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-security-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quay-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-repository-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-tag-api
  name: Quay Tag API
  description: Manage repository image tags including listing, restoring, expiring, and deleting tags.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Tag
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-tag-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quay-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-repository-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-team-api
  name: Quay Team API
  description: Manage organization teams, team membership, team roles, and team permissions on repositories.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Team
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-team-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quay-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-repository-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
- aid: quay:quay-user-api
  name: Quay User API
  description: Manage Quay user accounts, profile, starred repositories, and personal OAuth tokens.
  humanURL: https://quay.io/
  baseURL: https://quay.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/quay-user-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quay.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://quay.io/plans/
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-ld/quay-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-repository-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-tag-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quay/refs/heads/main/json-schema/quay-manifest-security-schema.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/quay-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/quay-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/quay-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/quay-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://quay.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.quay.io/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.quay.io/guides/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/quay
- type: Pricing
  url: https://quay.io/plans/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog
- type: Signup
  url: https://quay.io/signin/
- type: Support
  url: https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-quay/
- name: MCP Server
  url: https://github.com/quay/quay-mcp-server
  type: MCPServer
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com