Specific

Specific is an infrastructure-as-code platform built for coding agents, positioned as "AWS for coding agents." Any coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) defines its whole system in a single specific.hcl file — services, managed Postgres, S3-compatible object storage, Redis, real-time Postgres sync (powered by Electric), Temporal workflows, crons, secrets, volumes, custom domains, preview environments and environments — then runs it locally with `specific dev` and ships it to production with `specific deploy`. Everything is reached through the Specific CLI and a hosted docs MCP server rather than proprietary SDKs, so agents can build backends from natural-language prompts and deploy production infrastructure in minutes.

Specific publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Platform as a Service, and Backend as a Service.

Specific’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, changelog, CLI, and 15 more developer resources.

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30.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyInfrastructureInfrastructure as CodePlatform as a ServiceBackend as a ServiceCoding AgentsDeploymentPostgreSQLDeveloper ToolsCloudCLIMCP

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 30.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 13.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 1

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

Specific Platform

The Specific control plane and CLI that builds, deploys and runs agent-defined infrastructure from a single specific.hcl file, spanning local development and production on Speci...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Conventions

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: specific
name: Specific
description: Specific is an infrastructure-as-code platform built for coding agents, positioned as "AWS for coding agents."
  Any coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) defines its whole system in a single specific.hcl file — services, managed
  Postgres, S3-compatible object storage, Redis, real-time Postgres sync (powered by Electric), Temporal workflows, crons,
  secrets, volumes, custom domains, preview environments and environments — then runs it locally with `specific dev` and ships
  it to production with `specific deploy`. Everything is reached through the Specific CLI and a hosted docs MCP server rather
  than proprietary SDKs, so agents can build backends from natural-language prompts and deploy production infrastructure in
  minutes.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/specific/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
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  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
image: https://specific.dev/opengraph-image?2b9073564a4e0222
tags:
- Company
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure as Code
- Platform as a Service
- Backend as a Service
- Coding Agents
- Deployment
- PostgreSQL
- Developer Tools
- Cloud
- CLI
- MCP
apis:
- name: Specific Platform
  description: The Specific control plane and CLI that builds, deploys and runs agent-defined infrastructure from a single
    specific.hcl file, spanning local development and production on Specific Cloud.
  humanURL: https://docs.specific.dev
  baseURL: https://api.specific.dev
  tags:
  - Infrastructure as Code
  - Deployment
  - PostgreSQL
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
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  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.specific.dev/quickstart
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v1
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://specific.dev
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.specific.dev
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.specific.dev
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.specific.dev/quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://specific.dev/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://specific.dev/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://dashboard.specific.dev
- type: Login
  url: https://dashboard.specific.dev
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/specific-dev
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://specific.dev/changelog
- type: Packages
  url: packages/specific-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/specific-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/specific-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/specific-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/specific-llms.txt
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/specific-changelog.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/specific-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/specific-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/specific-lifecycle.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/specific-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/specific-domain-security.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml