# ReadMe

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/readme/  
**Website:** https://readme.com  
**APIs profiled:** 14

ReadMe is a developer hub platform that helps companies design, document, and operate their APIs. The platform combines hosted API reference (OpenAPI-driven), guides and changelog, bi-directional Git sync (GitHub and GitLab), interactive API explorer, Try-It console, Developer Dashboard with real-time API logs, and a deep layer of AI tooling — including the ReadMe Agent for multi-page editing, Inline AI rewrites, the AI Linter for style-guide enforcement, Docs Audit, GitHub AI Writer for PR-triggered doc updates, Ask AI for end users, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for both ReadMe itself and each customer project so AI tools can search, read, update docs, and call APIs.

## Kin Score — 53.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 53.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 72.2 |
| Contract Quality | 64.7 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 56.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 53.9 |
| Access Clarity | 53.9 |

## Agent readiness — 30.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| 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 (14)

- **ReadMe MCP Server** — ReadMe operates a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI tools (Claude, Cursor, IDEs, CI pipelines) search, read, and update ReadMe documentation through natura...
- **ReadMe Personalized Docs Webhook** — ReadMe's Personalized Docs Webhook is the outbound, customer-hosted webhook the developer hub calls at user sign-in to look up a reader's account data. ReadMe POSTs a JSON body ...
- **ReadMe Analytics API** — Page view, quality, and search analytics
- **ReadMe API Keys API** — Manage ReadMe API keys
- **ReadMe APIs API** — Manage API definitions and reference pages
- **ReadMe Branches API** — Manage versions and branches
- **ReadMe Categories API** — Manage sidebar groupings
- **ReadMe Changelog API** — Manage changelog posts
- **ReadMe Custom Pages API** — Manage custom documentation pages
- **ReadMe Guides API** — Manage knowledge base guide pages
- **ReadMe Images API** — Upload and manage images
- **ReadMe Metrics API** — Send API request metrics from server-side SDKs
- **ReadMe Recipes API** — Manage interactive recipe content
- **ReadMe Search API** — Search knowledge base content

## Agentic access (1)

- **Readme Agentic Access** — 44 operations · 25 acting

## Security (2)

- **Readme Authentication** — http · 2 schemes
- **Readme Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Readme Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Documentation, Developer Hub, API Reference, Portal, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, MCP, Bi-Directional Sync

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