Amazon S3
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is an object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.
Reference-quality API operations across every facet — a rich contract, published governance, transparent operations, and machine-readable commercial terms.
API Evangelist profiles Amazon S3 the way a machine reads it — 239 machine-readable artifacts across 17 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 S3 scores 77.4/100 (exemplar), with a separate agent-readiness read of 74/100 (agent native). 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 S3
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Amazon S3. 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 17
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 S3 Tables API
Amazon S3 Tables API provides operations for managing table buckets and tables stored in Apache Iceberg format, enabling structured tabular data storage in Apache Parquet format...
Amazon S3 Access Control API
Operations for managing bucket and object access control lists (ACLs)
Amazon S3 Access Grants API
Operations for S3 Access Grants management
Amazon S3 Access Points API
Operations for creating and managing S3 access points
Amazon S3 Batch Operations API
Operations for creating and managing S3 Batch Operations jobs
Amazon S3 Bucket Configuration API
Operations for managing bucket-level configuration such as versioning, lifecycle, CORS, and encryption
Amazon S3 Buckets API
Operations for creating, listing, and managing S3 buckets
Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points API
Operations for Multi-Region Access Points
Amazon S3 Multipart Upload API
Operations for multipart upload of large objects
Amazon S3 Namespaces API
Operations for managing namespaces within table buckets
Amazon S3 Objects API
Operations for uploading, downloading, copying, and deleting objects
Amazon S3 Public Access Block API
Operations for managing public access block settings
Amazon S3 Storage Lens API
Operations for S3 Storage Lens configurations
Amazon S3 Table Buckets API
Operations for creating and managing S3 table buckets
Amazon S3 Table Maintenance API
Operations for managing table maintenance configurations
Amazon S3 Table Policy API
Operations for managing table and table bucket policies
Amazon S3 Tagging API
Operations for managing bucket and object tags
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Postman Collections 3
A runnable collection turns the contract into something a developer can execute in seconds. We profile them because the fastest way to trust an API is to make a real call against it.
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Open Collections 3
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Amazon S3 Control API
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon S3 REST API
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon S3 Tables API
OPEN COLLECTIONArazzo Workflows 21
Real integrations are rarely a single call. Arazzo describes the multi-step sequences — auth, then create, then confirm — so both a human and an agent can follow the choreography, not just the endpoints.
Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.
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ARAZZOAmazon S3 Start and Abort a Multipart Upload
Initiate a multipart upload then abort it to release any staged storage.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Archive an Object to a Cold Storage Class
Copy an object into an archival storage class then delete the hot original.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Conditional Download of an Object
HEAD an object to read its ETag, then GET it only when it is present.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Copy Object Between Keys
Confirm a source object exists, copy it to a destination, and verify the copy.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Create Bucket and Store an Object
Create a bucket, confirm it exists, upload an object, and read it back.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Delete Object and Confirm Removal
Delete an object then HEAD it to confirm it is gone.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Empty and Delete a Bucket
List the bucket, batch-delete its objects, then delete the empty bucket.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Enable Versioning Then Store an Object
Turn on bucket versioning, confirm it, then write a versioned object.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Get Object or Create It
Check whether an object exists with HEAD and upload it only if missing.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 List and Batch Delete Objects
List objects under a prefix then delete a batch of keys in one request.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Multipart Upload a Large Object
Initiate a multipart upload, upload a part, and complete the upload.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Paginate Through Bucket Objects
List a first page of objects then fetch the next page by continuation token.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Provision a Secure Bucket
Create a bucket, enable versioning, and apply default encryption.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Upload and List Objects
Upload an object then list the bucket contents to confirm it appears.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Apply and Verify a Bucket ACL
Set a bucket access control policy then read it back to confirm.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Configure and Verify Bucket CORS
Put a bucket CORS configuration then read it back to confirm.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Configure and Verify Default Encryption
Put a bucket default-encryption configuration then read it back.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Apply and Verify a Lifecycle Configuration
Put a bucket lifecycle configuration then read it back to confirm.
ARAZZOAmazon S3 Set and Verify Bucket Tags
Write a bucket tag set then read it back to confirm it was stored.
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
amazon-s3-mcp.yml
MCP SERVERPricing 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 S3 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.
Amazon S3 Finops
FINOPSFeatures 10
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.
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Semantic Vocabularies 4
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.
Amazon S3 Context
JSON-LDAmazon S3 Control Context
JSON-LDAmazon S3 Rest Context
JSON-LDAmazon S3 Tables Context
JSON-LDSpectral 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 S3 API Rules
SPECTRALAmazon S3 API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 56
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.
Amazon S3 Bucket
JSON SCHEMAAccessGrantsInstance
JSON SCHEMACreateAccessPointRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateJobRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateMultiRegionAccessPointRequest
JSON SCHEMAError
JSON SCHEMAGetAccessPointResult
JSON SCHEMAJobDescriptor
JSON SCHEMAListAccessPointsResult
JSON SCHEMAListJobsResult
JSON SCHEMAListMultiRegionAccessPointsResult
JSON SCHEMAListStorageLensConfigurationsResult
JSON SCHEMAMultiRegionAccessPointReport
JSON SCHEMAPublicAccessBlockConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAS3Tag
JSON SCHEMAStorageLensConfiguration
JSON SCHEMAAmazon S3 Object
JSON SCHEMAAccessControlPolicy
JSON SCHEMABucketLifecycleConfiguration
JSON SCHEMABucket
JSON SCHEMACommonPrefix
JSON SCHEMACompleteMultipartUploadResult
JSON SCHEMACompleteMultipartUpload
JSON SCHEMACopyObjectResult
JSON SCHEMACORSConfiguration
JSON SCHEMACreateBucketConfiguration
JSON SCHEMADeleteResult
JSON SCHEMADelete
JSON SCHEMAError
JSON SCHEMAGrant
JSON SCHEMAInitiateMultipartUploadResult
JSON SCHEMALifecycleRule
JSON SCHEMAListAllMyBucketsResult
JSON SCHEMAListBucketResult
JSON SCHEMAObject
JSON SCHEMAOwner
JSON SCHEMAServerSideEncryptionConfiguration
JSON SCHEMATag
JSON SCHEMATagging
JSON SCHEMAVersioningConfiguration
JSON SCHEMACreateTableBucketRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateTableRequest
JSON SCHEMAError
JSON SCHEMAListNamespacesResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTableBucketsResponse
JSON SCHEMAListTablesResponse
JSON SCHEMANamespaceDetail
JSON SCHEMAPutTableMaintenanceConfigurationRequest
JSON SCHEMATableBucketMaintenanceConfiguration
JSON SCHEMATableBucket
JSON SCHEMATableBucketSummary
JSON SCHEMATableDetail
JSON SCHEMATableMaintenanceConfiguration
JSON SCHEMATableMaintenanceJobStatus
JSON SCHEMATableSummary
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JSON Structure 54
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.
Amazon S3 Control Access Grants Instance Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control Create Access Point Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control Create Job Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control Get Access Point Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control Job Descriptor Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control List Access Points Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control List Jobs Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control S3 Tag Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Control Storage Lens Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Access Control Policy Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Bucket Lifecycle Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Bucket Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Common Prefix Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Complete Multipart Upload Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Copy Object Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Cors Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Create Bucket Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Delete Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Delete Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Grant Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Lifecycle Rule Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest List All My Buckets Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest List Bucket Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Object Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Owner Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Tag Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Tagging Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Rest Versioning Configuration Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Create Table Bucket Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Create Table Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Error Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables List Namespaces Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables List Table Buckets Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables List Tables Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Namespace Detail Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Table Bucket Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Table Bucket Summary Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Table Detail Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Table Maintenance Job Status Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon S3 Tables Table Summary Structure
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Examples 54
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.
Amazon S3 Rest Error Example
EXAMPLEAmazon S3 Rest Grant Example
EXAMPLEAmazon S3 Rest Owner Example
EXAMPLEAmazon S3 Rest Tag 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 6
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.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Amazon S3 — 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 4
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 25
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 7
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
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Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 6
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
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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