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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 13 more developer resources.

50.8/100 developing ▼ -5.1 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
9 APIs
Continuous DeliveryContainersDevOpsMulti-CloudPipelines

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 50.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 7.5 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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.

Spinnaker Applications API

Application management operations for Spinnaker application lifecycle including creation, retrieval, and pipeline access

Spinnaker Build Services API

CI build service integration for discovering build masters, jobs, and build artifacts

Spinnaker Clusters API

Cloud cluster and server group operations for managing deployment targets across cloud providers

Spinnaker Images API

Cloud image discovery and management across cloud providers and regions

Spinnaker Load Balancers API

Load balancer management operations for cloud load balancing resources across supported cloud providers

Spinnaker Pipelines API

Pipeline definition and execution management including saving pipeline configurations, triggering runs, and controlling execution state

Spinnaker Projects API

Spinnaker project management for grouping applications and pipelines into organizational units

Spinnaker Search API

Cross-entity search for finding applications, clusters, and other Spinnaker-managed resources

Spinnaker Tasks API

Task management for tracking long-running Spinnaker operations and checking their completion status

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Open Collections 1

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

Spinnaker Gate API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

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.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Spinnaker Context

8 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Spinnaker API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Spinnaker API Rules

8 rules · 2 errors 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Spinnaker Pipeline Execution

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Spinnaker Pipeline Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 2

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

Spinnaker Authentication

mutualTLS/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Spinnaker Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Spinnaker Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Spinnaker Agentic Access

23 operations · 7 acting

23 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
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: '0.19'
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:
  - 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:
  - 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:
  - 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 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:
  - 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:
  - 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: 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/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