Amazon MediaTailor
AWS Elemental MediaTailor is a channel assembly and personalized ad-insertion service that enables you to monetize your video content with server-side targeted advertising while maintaining broadcast-quality.
Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.
API Evangelist profiles Amazon MediaTailor the way a machine reads it — 490 machine-readable artifacts across 10 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Amazon MediaTailor scores 64.8/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 48/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Amazon MediaTailor
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Amazon MediaTailor. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 10
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Amazon MediaTailor Alerts#resourceArn API
The Alerts#resourceArn API from Amazon MediaTailor — 1 operation(s) for alerts#resourcearn.
Amazon MediaTailor Channel API
The Channel API from Amazon MediaTailor — 6 operation(s) for channel.
Amazon MediaTailor Channels API
The Channels API from Amazon MediaTailor — 1 operation(s) for channels.
Amazon MediaTailor ConfigureLogs API
The ConfigureLogs API from Amazon MediaTailor — 2 operation(s) for configurelogs.
Amazon MediaTailor PlaybackConfiguration API
The PlaybackConfiguration API from Amazon MediaTailor — 2 operation(s) for playbackconfiguration.
Amazon MediaTailor PlaybackConfigurations API
The PlaybackConfigurations API from Amazon MediaTailor — 1 operation(s) for playbackconfigurations.
Amazon MediaTailor PrefetchSchedule API
The PrefetchSchedule API from Amazon MediaTailor — 2 operation(s) for prefetchschedule.
Amazon MediaTailor SourceLocation API
The SourceLocation API from Amazon MediaTailor — 5 operation(s) for sourcelocation.
Amazon MediaTailor SourceLocations API
The SourceLocations API from Amazon MediaTailor — 1 operation(s) for sourcelocations.
Amazon MediaTailor Tags API
The Tags API from Amazon MediaTailor — 2 operation(s) for tags.
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Pricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Amazon Mediatailor Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Features 5
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Server-Side Ad Insertion
Seamless ad replacement at the server side for consistent viewer experience across devices.
Personalized Ad Targeting
Insert targeted ads based on viewer demographics, geography, and behavioral data.
Channel Assembly
Create linear channels from VOD assets and live streams with automated ad scheduling.
Ad Decision Server Integration
Connect to any VAST/VPAID-compliant ad decision server for programmatic advertising.
Playback Configuration
Configure ad insertion parameters, slate, and CDN settings per playback session.
Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Spectral Rules 2
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
Amazon MediaTailor API Rules
SPECTRALAmazon MediaTailor API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 152
Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AccessConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAAccessType
JSON SCHEMAAdBreak
JSON SCHEMAAdMarkerPassthrough
JSON SCHEMAAlert
JSON SCHEMAAvailMatchingCriteria
JSON SCHEMAAvailSuppression
JSON SCHEMABumper
JSON SCHEMACdnConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAChannel
JSON SCHEMAChannelState
JSON SCHEMAClipRange
JSON SCHEMAConfigurationAliasesRequest
JSON SCHEMAConfigurationAliasesResponse
JSON SCHEMAConfigureLogsForChannelRequest
JSON SCHEMAConfigureLogsForChannelResponse
JSON SCHEMAConfigureLogsForPlaybackConfigurationRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateChannelRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateChannelResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateLiveSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateLiveSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMACreatePrefetchScheduleRequest
JSON SCHEMACreatePrefetchScheduleResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateProgramRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateProgramResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateSourceLocationRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateSourceLocationResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateVodSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateVodSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMADashConfigurationForPut
JSON SCHEMADashConfiguration
JSON SCHEMADashPlaylistSettings
JSON SCHEMADefaultSegmentDeliveryConfiguration
JSON SCHEMADeleteChannelPolicyRequest
JSON SCHEMADeleteChannelPolicyResponse
JSON SCHEMADeleteChannelRequest
JSON SCHEMADeleteChannelResponse
JSON SCHEMADeleteLiveSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMADeleteLiveSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMADeletePlaybackConfigurationRequest
JSON SCHEMADeletePlaybackConfigurationResponse
JSON SCHEMADeletePrefetchScheduleRequest
JSON SCHEMADeletePrefetchScheduleResponse
JSON SCHEMADeleteProgramRequest
JSON SCHEMADeleteProgramResponse
JSON SCHEMADeleteSourceLocationRequest
JSON SCHEMADeleteSourceLocationResponse
JSON SCHEMADeleteVodSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMADeleteVodSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMADescribeChannelRequest
JSON SCHEMADescribeChannelResponse
JSON SCHEMADescribeLiveSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMADescribeLiveSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMADescribeProgramRequest
JSON SCHEMADescribeProgramResponse
JSON SCHEMADescribeSourceLocationRequest
JSON SCHEMADescribeSourceLocationResponse
JSON SCHEMADescribeVodSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMADescribeVodSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMAGetChannelPolicyRequest
JSON SCHEMAGetChannelPolicyResponse
JSON SCHEMAGetChannelScheduleRequest
JSON SCHEMAGetChannelScheduleResponse
JSON SCHEMAGetPlaybackConfigurationRequest
JSON SCHEMAGetPlaybackConfigurationResponse
JSON SCHEMAGetPrefetchScheduleRequest
JSON SCHEMAGetPrefetchScheduleResponse
JSON SCHEMAHlsConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAHlsPlaylistSettings
JSON SCHEMAHttpConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAHttpPackageConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAHttpPackageConfigurations
JSON SCHEMAInteger
JSON SCHEMAListAlertsRequest
JSON SCHEMAListAlertsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListChannelsRequest
JSON SCHEMAListChannelsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListLiveSourcesRequest
JSON SCHEMAListLiveSourcesResponse
JSON SCHEMAListPlaybackConfigurationsRequest
JSON SCHEMAListPlaybackConfigurationsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListPrefetchSchedulesRequest
JSON SCHEMAListPrefetchSchedulesResponse
JSON SCHEMAListSourceLocationsRequest
JSON SCHEMAListSourceLocationsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTagsForResourceRequest
JSON SCHEMAListTagsForResourceResponse
JSON SCHEMAListVodSourcesRequest
JSON SCHEMAListVodSourcesResponse
JSON SCHEMALivePreRollConfiguration
JSON SCHEMALiveSource
JSON SCHEMALogConfigurationForChannel
JSON SCHEMALogConfiguration
JSON SCHEMALogType
JSON SCHEMALogTypes
JSON SCHEMALong
JSON SCHEMAManifestProcessingRules
JSON SCHEMAMaxResults
JSON SCHEMAMessageType
JSON SCHEMAMode
JSON SCHEMAOperator
JSON SCHEMAOriginManifestType
JSON SCHEMAPlaybackConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAPlaybackMode
JSON SCHEMAPrefetchConsumption
JSON SCHEMAPrefetchRetrieval
JSON SCHEMAPrefetchSchedule
JSON SCHEMAPutChannelPolicyRequest
JSON SCHEMAPutChannelPolicyResponse
JSON SCHEMAPutPlaybackConfigurationRequest
JSON SCHEMAPutPlaybackConfigurationResponse
JSON SCHEMARelativePosition
JSON SCHEMARequestOutputItem
JSON SCHEMARequestOutputs
JSON SCHEMAResponseOutputItem
JSON SCHEMAResponseOutputs
JSON SCHEMAScheduleAdBreak
JSON SCHEMAScheduleConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAScheduleEntry
JSON SCHEMAScheduleEntryType
JSON SCHEMASecretsManagerAccessTokenConfiguration
JSON SCHEMASegmentDeliveryConfiguration
JSON SCHEMASegmentationDescriptorList
JSON SCHEMASegmentationDescriptor
JSON SCHEMASlateSource
JSON SCHEMASourceLocation
JSON SCHEMASpliceInsertMessage
JSON SCHEMAStartChannelRequest
JSON SCHEMAStartChannelResponse
JSON SCHEMAStopChannelRequest
JSON SCHEMAStopChannelResponse
JSON SCHEMAString
JSON SCHEMATagResourceRequest
JSON SCHEMATier
JSON SCHEMATimeSignalMessage
JSON SCHEMATransition
JSON SCHEMAType
JSON SCHEMAUntagResourceRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateChannelRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateChannelResponse
JSON SCHEMAUpdateLiveSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateLiveSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMAUpdateProgramRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateProgramResponse
JSON SCHEMAUpdateProgramScheduleConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAUpdateProgramTransition
JSON SCHEMAUpdateSourceLocationRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateSourceLocationResponse
JSON SCHEMAUpdateVodSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateVodSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMAVodSource
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JSON Structure 152
JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Mediatailor Api Access Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Access Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Ad Break Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Ad Marker Passthrough Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Alert Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Avail Matching Criteria Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Avail Suppression Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Bumper Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Cdn Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Channel State Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Channel Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Clip Range Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Configuration Aliases Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Configuration Aliases Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Channel Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Channel Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Live Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Live Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Program Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Program Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Source Location Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Vod Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Create Vod Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Dash Configuration For Put Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Dash Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Dash Playlist Settings Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Channel Policy Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Channel Policy Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Channel Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Channel Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Live Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Live Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Program Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Program Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Source Location Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Vod Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Delete Vod Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Describe Channel Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Describe Channel Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Describe Live Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Describe Live Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Describe Program Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Describe Program Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Describe Vod Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Describe Vod Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Get Channel Policy Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Get Channel Policy Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Get Channel Schedule Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Get Channel Schedule Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Get Prefetch Schedule Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Get Prefetch Schedule Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Hls Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Hls Playlist Settings Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Http Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Http Package Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Http Package Configurations Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Integer Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Alerts Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Alerts Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Channels Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Channels Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Live Sources Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Live Sources Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Source Locations Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Source Locations Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Tags For Resource Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Vod Sources Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api List Vod Sources Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Live Pre Roll Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Live Source Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Log Configuration For Channel Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Log Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Log Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Log Types Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Long Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Manifest Processing Rules Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Max Results Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Message Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Mode Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Operator Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Origin Manifest Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Playback Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Playback Mode Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Prefetch Consumption Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Prefetch Retrieval Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Prefetch Schedule Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Put Channel Policy Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Put Channel Policy Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Relative Position Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Request Output Item Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Request Outputs Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Response Output Item Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Response Outputs Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Schedule Ad Break Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Schedule Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Schedule Entry Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Schedule Entry Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Segment Delivery Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Segmentation Descriptor List Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Segmentation Descriptor Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Slate Source Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Source Location Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Splice Insert Message Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Start Channel Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Start Channel Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Stop Channel Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Stop Channel Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api String Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Tag Resource Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Tier Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Time Signal Message Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Transition Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Type Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Untag Resource Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Channel Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Channel Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Live Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Live Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Program Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Program Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Program Transition Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Source Location Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Vod Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Update Vod Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREMediatailor Api Vod Source Structure
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Examples 152
Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Mediatailor Api Long Example
EXAMPLEMediatailor Api Mode Example
EXAMPLEMediatailor Api Tier Example
EXAMPLEMediatailor Api Type Example
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 4
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
VOD Monetization
Insert targeted ads into video-on-demand content for revenue generation.
Live Stream Advertising
Replace live ad markers with personalized ads during live events.
FAST Channel Creation
Build free ad-supported streaming TV channels from VOD libraries.
Addressable Advertising
Deliver personalized ad experiences to individual viewers at scale.
Integrations 4
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
AWS Elemental MediaPackage
Ingest packaged live streams for ad insertion.
Amazon CloudFront
Deliver ad-inserted content via CloudFront with low latency.
Amazon S3
Store VOD source content and slate media assets in S3.
Amazon CloudWatch
Monitor ad insertion metrics and playback session data.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Amazon MediaTailor — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
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 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
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