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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 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Automation, DevOps, Job Scheduling, Orchestration, and Workflow.

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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43.3/100 developing ▼ -6.0 Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
AutomationDevOpsJob SchedulingOrchestrationWorkflowRunbookOpen SourceIT Operations

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 43.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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 1

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

Rundeck API

The Rundeck REST API provides programmatic access to job execution, project management, node management, execution history, user management, ACL policies, system administration,...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rundeck Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

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.

Rundeck Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Rundeck Context

0 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Rundeck API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Rundeck API Rules

18 rules · 7 errors 11 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Rundeck Job

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rundeck Job Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Rundeck List Jobs Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Rundeck Run Job Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Rundeck Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

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
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Download
Download

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
- 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: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: rundeck:rundeck-api
  name: Rundeck API
  description: The Rundeck REST API provides programmatic access to job execution, project management, node management, execution
    history, user management, ACL policies, system administration, cluster operations, and log storage. The current API version
    is 58, with a base URL of $RUNDECK_SERVER_URL/api/58. Authentication is performed via X-Rundeck-Auth-Token header or authtoken
    query parameter. The API returns JSON responses and supports webhook integrations for event-driven automation workflows.
  humanURL: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  baseURL: http://localhost:4440/api
  tags:
  - Automation
  - DevOps
  - Job Scheduling
  - Orchestration
  - Workflow
  - Projects
  - Executions
  - Jobs
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rundeck.com/docs/api/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rundeck-openapi.yml
  - 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