Rundeck

Rundeck is an open source runbook automation service with a web console, command line tools, and a REST WebAPI. It enables IT teams to easily run automation tasks across a set of nodes, providing self-service operations, job scheduling, and execution history. Rundeck is developed by PagerDuty and supports enterprise runbook automation with role-based access control, multi-tenant project management, and integrations with popular DevOps tools including Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet. The REST API is versioned and supports authentication via API tokens, password-based session tokens, and JWT (commercial).

Rundeck publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including ACL Policies API, Executions API, Jobs API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Automation, DevOps, Job Scheduling, Orchestration, and Workflows.

The Rundeck catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Rundeck’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, support, pricing, and 7 more developer resources.

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30.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 18/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemium

8 APIs

AutomationDevOpsJob SchedulingOrchestrationWorkflowsRunbookOpen-SourceIT Operations

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 30.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.3 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 1.2 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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 8

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rundeck Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 1

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

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Community

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Download

Download

Source (apis.yml)

aid: rundeck
name: Rundeck
description: Rundeck is an open source runbook automation service with a web console, command line tools, and a REST WebAPI.
  It enables IT teams to easily run automation tasks across a set of nodes, providing self-service operations, job scheduling,
  and execution history. Rundeck is developed by PagerDuty and supports enterprise runbook automation with role-based access
  control, multi-tenant project management, and integrations with popular DevOps tools including Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, and
  Puppet. The REST API is versioned and supports authentication via API tokens, password-based session tokens, and JWT (commercial).
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://www.rundeck.com/hubfs/Assets/Images/logos/rundeck-logo-black.png
tags:
- Automation
- DevOps
- Job Scheduling
- Orchestration
- Workflows
- Runbook
- Open-Source
- IT Operations
tags_raw:
- Automation
- DevOps
- Job Scheduling
- Orchestration
- Workflow
- Runbook
- Open Source
- IT Operations
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rundeck/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-acl-policies-api
  name: Rundeck ACL Policies API
  description: Manage Access Control List (ACL) policies for fine-grained permission control.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - ACL Policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-acl-policies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#authentication
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#api-versioning
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-api-specs
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rundeck-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rundeck-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rundeck-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rundeck-job-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rundeck-context.jsonld
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-executions-api
  name: Rundeck Executions API
  description: Monitor running executions, retrieve execution history, and manage execution state.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - Execution
  tags_raw:
  - Executions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-executions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#authentication
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#api-versioning
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-api-specs
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rundeck-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rundeck-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rundeck-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rundeck-job-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rundeck-context.jsonld
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-jobs-api
  name: Rundeck Jobs API
  description: List, create, import, export, run, and delete automation jobs.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - Job
  tags_raw:
  - Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-jobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#authentication
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#api-versioning
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-api-specs
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rundeck-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rundeck-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rundeck-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rundeck-job-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rundeck-context.jsonld
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-nodes-api
  name: Rundeck Nodes API
  description: Query and manage nodes (target machines) associated with Rundeck projects.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-nodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#authentication
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#api-versioning
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-api-specs
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rundeck-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rundeck-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rundeck-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rundeck-job-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rundeck-context.jsonld
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-projects-api
  name: Rundeck Projects API
  description: Create and manage Rundeck projects which organize jobs and node configurations.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#authentication
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#api-versioning
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-api-specs
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rundeck-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rundeck-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rundeck-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rundeck-job-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rundeck-context.jsonld
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-system-api
  name: Rundeck System API
  description: Access system information, health checks, execution modes, metrics, and configuration.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - System
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-system-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#authentication
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#api-versioning
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-api-specs
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rundeck-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rundeck-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rundeck-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rundeck-job-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rundeck-context.jsonld
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-tokens-api
  name: Rundeck Tokens API
  description: Create, list, and delete API authentication tokens.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - Tokens
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#authentication
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#api-versioning
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-api-specs
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rundeck-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rundeck-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rundeck-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rundeck-job-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rundeck-context.jsonld
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-users-api
  name: Rundeck Users API
  description: Manage user profiles, roles, and API token generation.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#authentication
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/#api-versioning
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck-api-specs
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/rundeck-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rundeck-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rundeck-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rundeck-job-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rundeck-context.jsonld
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rundeck-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rundeck
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rundeck.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.rundeck.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/rundeck
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/rundeck/rundeck
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.rundeck.com/blog
- type: Community
  url: https://community.rundeck.com
- type: Download
  url: https://www.rundeck.com/downloads
- type: Support
  url: https://www.rundeck.com/support
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.rundeck.com/pricing
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com