Spinnaker

Spinnaker is an open source multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high velocity and confidence. Originally developed at Netflix and Google, Spinnaker provides a deployment platform supporting AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, and other cloud providers. The Gate API is the primary REST interface for all Spinnaker operations.

Spinnaker publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Applications API, Build Services API, Clusters API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Continuous Delivery, Containers, DevOps, Multi-Cloud, and Pipelines.

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

Spinnaker’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, changelog, and 14 more developer resources.

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34.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

9 APIs

Continuous Delivery Containers DevOps Multi-Cloud Pipelines

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 34.6/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13

Contract Governance 3.5 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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 9

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

Open Collections 11

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spinnaker 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.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Spinnaker Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Slack

RoadMap

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: spinnaker
name: Spinnaker
description: Spinnaker is an open source multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high
  velocity and confidence. Originally developed at Netflix and Google, Spinnaker provides a deployment platform supporting
  AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, and other cloud providers. The Gate API is the primary REST interface for all Spinnaker operations.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/spinnaker.png
tags:
- Continuous Delivery
- Containers
- DevOps
- Multi-Cloud
- Pipelines
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spinnaker/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-applications-api
  name: Spinnaker Applications API
  description: Application management operations for Spinnaker application lifecycle including creation, retrieval, and pipeline
    access
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Applications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-applications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-build-services-api
  name: Spinnaker Build Services API
  description: CI build service integration for discovering build masters, jobs, and build artifacts
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Build Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-build-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-clusters-api
  name: Spinnaker Clusters API
  description: Cloud cluster and server group operations for managing deployment targets across cloud providers
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Cluster
  tags_raw:
  - Clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-images-api
  name: Spinnaker Images API
  description: Cloud image discovery and management across cloud providers and regions
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Image
  tags_raw:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-load-balancers-api
  name: Spinnaker Load Balancers API
  description: Load balancer management operations for cloud load balancing resources across supported cloud providers
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Load Balancer
  tags_raw:
  - Load Balancers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-load-balancers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-pipelines-api
  name: Spinnaker Pipelines API
  description: Pipeline definition and execution management including saving pipeline configurations, triggering runs, and
    controlling execution state
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Pipelines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-pipelines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-projects-api
  name: Spinnaker Projects API
  description: Spinnaker project management for grouping applications and pipelines into organizational units
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-search-api
  name: Spinnaker Search API
  description: Cross-entity search for finding applications, clusters, and other Spinnaker-managed resources
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- aid: spinnaker:spinnaker-tasks-api
  name: Spinnaker Tasks API
  description: Task management for tracking long-running Spinnaker operations and checking their completion status
  humanURL: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  tags:
  - Task
  tags_raw:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spinnaker-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/reference/api/docs.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
common:
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/spinnaker/gate/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/spinnaker-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spinnaker-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/spinnaker-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/spinnaker-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spinnaker-cd
- type: Website
  url: https://spinnaker.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://spinnaker.io/docs/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spinnaker
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/spinnaker/spinnaker
- type: Community
  url: https://spinnaker.io/community/
- type: Slack
  url: https://join.spinnaker.io/
- type: Blog
  url: https://spinnaker.io/blog/
- type: RoadMap
  url: https://github.com/spinnaker/governance/tree/master/rfc
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://spinnaker.io/changelogs/
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/spinnaker-gate-openapi.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/spinnaker-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spinnaker-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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