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Slashdot

Slashdot is a technology news aggregation and community discussion site founded in 1997, focused on open source software, Linux, science, and technology topics. Known by its tagline "News for nerds, stuff that matters," Slashdot allows readers to submit and vote on stories, comment on articles, and follow developments across the technology landscape. The site offers RSS and Atom feeds for programmatic access to its content across multiple topic sections including developers, Linux, games, science, Apple, and more. Feed requests are rate-limited to one per 30 minutes.

Slashdot publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Apple API, Developers API, Feeds API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Media, Open Source, Technology News, and RSS.

The Slashdot catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Slashdot’s developer surface includes FAQ and 19 more developer resources.

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41.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
7 APIs
MediaOpen SourceTechnology NewsRSS

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 41.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 6.3 / 12
Discoverability 5.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 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 7

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

Slashdot Apple API

The Apple API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for apple.

Slashdot Developers API

The Developers API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for developers.

Slashdot Feeds API

The Feeds API from Slashdot — 8 operation(s) for feeds.

Slashdot Games API

The Games API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for games.

Slashdot Linux API

The Linux API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for linux.

Slashdot Rights API

The Rights API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for rights.

Slashdot Science API

The Science API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for science.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Slashdot RSS/Atom Feeds

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Slashdot Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Slashdot Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Slashdot Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Slashdot Context

0 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Slashdot API Rules

5 rules · 1 errors 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Slashdot Rss Feed Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Slashdot Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Slashdot Agentic Access

8 operations

8 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI
OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

FAQ
FAQ
 FAQ-Feeds
FAQ-Feeds

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 About
About

Other 8

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 RSS
RSS
 Firehose
Firehose

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: slashdot
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/slashdot/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Slashdot
tags:
- Media
- Open Source
- Technology News
- RSS
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
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/slashdot.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
segments:
- Media
- Technology News
description: Slashdot is a technology news aggregation and community discussion site founded in 1997, focused on open source
  software, Linux, science, and technology topics. Known by its tagline "News for nerds, stuff that matters," Slashdot allows
  readers to submit and vote on stories, comment on articles, and follow developments across the technology landscape. The
  site offers RSS and Atom feeds for programmatic access to its content across multiple topic sections including developers,
  Linux, games, science, Apple, and more. Feed requests are rate-limited to one per 30 minutes.
apis:
- aid: slashdot:slashdot-apple-api
  name: Slashdot Apple API
  description: The Apple API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for apple.
  humanURL: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
  tags:
  - Apple
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/slashdot-apple-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml
- aid: slashdot:slashdot-developers-api
  name: Slashdot Developers API
  description: The Developers API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for developers.
  humanURL: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
  tags:
  - Developers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/slashdot-developers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml
- aid: slashdot:slashdot-feeds-api
  name: Slashdot Feeds API
  description: The Feeds API from Slashdot — 8 operation(s) for feeds.
  humanURL: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
  tags:
  - Feeds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/slashdot-feeds-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml
- aid: slashdot:slashdot-games-api
  name: Slashdot Games API
  description: The Games API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for games.
  humanURL: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
  tags:
  - Games
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/slashdot-games-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml
- aid: slashdot:slashdot-linux-api
  name: Slashdot Linux API
  description: The Linux API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for linux.
  humanURL: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
  tags:
  - Linux
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/slashdot-linux-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml
- aid: slashdot:slashdot-rights-api
  name: Slashdot Rights API
  description: The Rights API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for rights.
  humanURL: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
  tags:
  - Rights
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/slashdot-rights-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml
- aid: slashdot:slashdot-science-api
  name: Slashdot Science API
  description: The Science API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for science.
  humanURL: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
  tags:
  - Science
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/slashdot-science-api-openapi.yml
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
  - type: RSS
    url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/slashdot-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/slashdot-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/slashdot-media
- type: Website
  url: https://slashdot.org/
- type: RSS
  url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
- type: RSS
  url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
- type: RSS
  url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
- type: RSS
  url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
- type: RSS
  url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
- type: RSS
  url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
- type: RSS
  url: https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
- type: About
  url: https://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml
- type: FAQ
  url: https://slashdot.org/faq/index.shtml
- type: FAQ-Feeds
  url: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
- type: Firehose
  url: https://slashdot.org/faq/firehose.shtml
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://slashdot.org/privacy
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/slashdot-rss-openapi.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://slashdot.org/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'