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Uptrace

Uptrace is an open source APM and distributed tracing platform powered by OpenTelemetry for monitoring application traces, metrics, and logs. The Uptrace API provides programmatic access to annotations, Prometheus metrics ingestion, PromQL querying, alert rules, project management, and dashboards.

Uptrace publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Alerts API, Annotations API, Dashboards API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include APM, Observability, OpenTelemetry, Distributed Tracing, and Monitoring.

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

Uptrace’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

49.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs 1 MCP Servers
APMObservabilityOpenTelemetryDistributed TracingMonitoring

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 49.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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 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 5

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

Uptrace Alerts API

Alert rule management and notifications

Uptrace Annotations API

Chart annotation management

Uptrace Dashboards API

Dashboard management

Uptrace Metrics API

Prometheus metrics ingestion and querying

Uptrace Projects API

Project and DSN management

Open Collections 1

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

Uptrace API

OPEN COLLECTION

MCP Servers 1

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

MCP Server

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Uptrace Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Uptrace 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.

Uptrace Context

5 classes · 19 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Uptrace API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Uptrace API Rules

7 rules · 4 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Uptrace Alert

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Uptrace Annotation

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Uptrace Annotation 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.

Uptrace Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Uptrace Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Uptrace Agentic Access

19 operations · 11 acting

19 operations · 11 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: uptrace
name: Uptrace
description: Uptrace is an open source APM and distributed tracing platform powered by OpenTelemetry for monitoring application
  traces, metrics, and logs. The Uptrace API provides programmatic access to annotations, Prometheus metrics ingestion, PromQL
  querying, alert rules, project management, and dashboards.
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/uptrace.png
tags:
- APM
- Observability
- OpenTelemetry
- Distributed Tracing
- Monitoring
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uptrace/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: uptrace:uptrace-alerts-api
  name: Uptrace Alerts API
  description: Alert rule management and notifications
  humanURL: https://uptrace.dev
  baseURL: https://api.uptrace.dev
  tags:
  - Alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uptrace-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uptrace.dev/get/get-started.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace
- aid: uptrace:uptrace-annotations-api
  name: Uptrace Annotations API
  description: Chart annotation management
  humanURL: https://uptrace.dev
  baseURL: https://api.uptrace.dev
  tags:
  - Annotations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uptrace-annotations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uptrace.dev/get/get-started.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace
- aid: uptrace:uptrace-dashboards-api
  name: Uptrace Dashboards API
  description: Dashboard management
  humanURL: https://uptrace.dev
  baseURL: https://api.uptrace.dev
  tags:
  - Dashboards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uptrace-dashboards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uptrace.dev/get/get-started.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace
- aid: uptrace:uptrace-metrics-api
  name: Uptrace Metrics API
  description: Prometheus metrics ingestion and querying
  humanURL: https://uptrace.dev
  baseURL: https://api.uptrace.dev
  tags:
  - Metrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uptrace-metrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uptrace.dev/get/get-started.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace
- aid: uptrace:uptrace-projects-api
  name: Uptrace Projects API
  description: Project and DSN management
  humanURL: https://uptrace.dev
  baseURL: https://api.uptrace.dev
  tags:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/uptrace-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uptrace.dev/get/get-started.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/uptrace-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/uptrace-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/uptrace-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uptracedev
- type: Website
  url: https://uptrace.dev
- type: Documentation
  url: https://uptrace.dev/get/get-started.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/uptrace/uptrace
- type: Docker Hub
  url: https://hub.docker.com/r/uptrace/uptrace
- name: MCP Server
  url: https://github.com/uptrace/mcp
  type: MCPServer
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://uptrace.dev/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com