# Slate

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/slate/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Slate is an open-source tool for creating beautiful, three-panel API documentation from Markdown. Built on Ruby and Middleman, Slate renders a left-side navigation menu, a center documentation panel, and a right-side code sample panel. It supports multiple language tabs, full-text search, GitHub Pages deployment, and over 100 syntax-highlighted languages.

## Kin Score — 27.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 27.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 21.3 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 3.8 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Slate** — Slate is an open-source static site generator for creating beautiful, three-panel API documentation from Markdown files. Originally created by Robert Lord in 2013 at TripIt and ...

## Plans (1)

- **Slate Plans Pricing**

## Tags

API Documentation, Developer Tools, Documentation, Markdown, Ruby, Static Site Generator, Three-Panel

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