# Temporal

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/temporal/  
**Website:** https://temporal.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Temporal is an open-source durable execution platform for building reliable long-running distributed workflows and microservices.

## Kin Score — 59.4 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 59.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 59.4 |
| Governance | 26.5 |
| Contract Governance | 26.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 52.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 78.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 61.8 |
| Access Clarity | 61.8 |

## Agent readiness — 35.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | yes |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | yes |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **Temporal Server Frontend API** — The Temporal Server Frontend API provides gRPC services for interacting with the Temporal Server, including WorkflowService for managing workflow executions, OperatorService for...
- **Temporal API Keys API** — The API Keys API from Temporal — 2 operation(s) for api keys.
- **Temporal Async Operations API** — The Async Operations API from Temporal — 1 operation(s) for async operations.
- **Temporal Namespaces API** — The Namespaces API from Temporal — 3 operation(s) for namespaces.
- **Temporal Regions API** — The Regions API from Temporal — 1 operation(s) for regions.
- **Temporal Service Accounts API** — The Service Accounts API from Temporal — 2 operation(s) for service accounts.
- **Temporal Users API** — The Users API from Temporal — 2 operation(s) for users.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Temporal MCP Server** — Candidate MCP tool surface derived one-to-one from the Temporal Cloud Ops API operations. Temporal does not publish a first-party hosted MCP server for the Cloud Ops control pla...

## Agentic access (1)

- **Temporal Agentic Access** — 19 operations · 9 acting

## Security (4)

- **Temporal Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Temporal Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Temporal Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Temporal Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Temporal Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Microservice Orchestration** — Coordinate complex multi-service transactions with automatic retries, compensation logic, and timeout handling.
- **Data Pipeline Processing** — Build reliable ETL and data processing pipelines that handle failures gracefully and resume from the last checkpoint.
- **Order Fulfillment Workflows** — Automate end-to-end order processing including payment, inventory, shipping, and notification steps with guaranteed completion.
- **Infrastructure Provisioning** — Orchestrate cloud infrastructure deployment and configuration management with durable state tracking.
- **Subscription and Billing Management** — Manage recurring billing cycles, subscription renewals, and payment processing with long-running timer-based workflows.

## Tags

Pro-Code-API-Composition, Workflows

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