# Regulations.gov

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/regulations-gov/  
**Website:** https://www.regulations.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Regulations.gov is the US federal government's central portal for public participation in the rulemaking process, operated by the General Services Administration. Its REST API enables programmatic access to regulatory dockets, proposed rules, final rules, supporting documents, and public comments submitted to federal agencies. Developers can search and filter content across all federal agencies, retrieve full document and comment details with attachments, and submit public comments programmatically. The API is managed through api.data.gov and uses API key authentication.

## Kin Score — 39.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 39.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 64.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 34.2 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 46.4 (agent-native)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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 |

## Access

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

## APIs (4)

- **Regulations.gov comment submission utilities API** — Utilities to support submitting public comments
- **Regulations.gov comments API** — Public comments submitted on regulatory documents
- **Regulations.gov dockets API** — Regulatory dockets grouping related documents
- **Regulations.gov documents API** — Federal regulatory documents including notices, rules, and proposed rules

## Agentic access (1)

- **Regulations Gov Agentic Access** — 7 operations

## Security (2)

- **Regulations Gov Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Regulations Gov Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Regulations Gov Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Government, Federal Rulemaking, Public Comments, Regulatory, Dockets, GSA, Open Data

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