# Quay

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/quay/  
**Website:** https://quay.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

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.

## Kin Score — 42.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 42.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 64.3 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 33.2 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| 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 | no |

## Access

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

## APIs (10)

- **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.

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Quay Agentic Access** — 16 operations · 8 acting

## Security (2)

- **Quay Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Quay Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Quay Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Container Images, Containers, Red Hat, Registry, Security Scanning

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