Apollo Config
Apollo is a reliable, open-source configuration management system suitable for microservice configuration management scenarios, providing centralized configuration management, real-time updates, versioning, and multi-environment support. Originally developed by Ctrip, now maintained by the apolloconfig community under Apache 2.0 license.
Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.
API Evangelist profiles Apollo Config the way a machine reads it — 58 machine-readable artifacts across 5 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 — Apollo Config scores 60.4/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 60/100 (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 Apollo Config
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Apollo Config. 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 5
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.
Apollo Config Apps API
Application management
Apollo Config Clusters API
Cluster management
Apollo Config Items API
Configuration item management
Apollo Config Namespaces API
Namespace management
Apollo Config Releases API
Release and publish management
Open Collections 1
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).
Apollo Config Open API
OPEN COLLECTIONAgent Skills 9
An agent skill packages the how-to for driving these APIs from an assistant — the prompts, the sequence, the guardrails — so the knowledge to use the API travels with it.
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
apollo-community-review
AGENT SKILLapollo-contributor-promotion-review
AGENT SKILLapollo-helm-chart-release
AGENT SKILLapollo-issue-review
AGENT SKILLapollo-issue-to-pr
AGENT SKILLapollo-java-release
AGENT SKILLapollo-pr-review
AGENT SKILLapollo-quick-start-release
AGENT SKILLapollo-release
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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.
Apollo Config 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.
Apollo Config 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.
Centralized Configuration Management
Centralize configuration for all microservices in one place with real-time push updates.
Real-Time Configuration Updates
Push configuration changes to all clients instantly without application restarts.
Multi-Environment Support
Manage configurations across DEV, FAT, UAT, and PRO environments independently.
Versioning and History
Track configuration changes with full version history and rollback capability.
Gray Release Support
Gradually roll out configuration changes to a subset of instances.
Namespace Management
Organize configurations into namespaces supporting properties, JSON, YAML, XML, and text formats.
Cluster Management
Manage configuration at the cluster level for multi-cluster deployments.
Open API
REST API for programmatic configuration management and automation.
Kubernetes Operator
Kubernetes Operator for automated Apollo deployment in container environments.
Helm Chart Deployment
Official Helm chart for Kubernetes deployments.
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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 1
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.
Apollo Config API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 5
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.
JSON Structure 5
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.
Apollo Open Api App Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApollo Open Api Cluster Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApollo Open Api Item Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApollo Open Api Namespace Structure
JSON STRUCTUREApollo Open Api Release Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 5
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.
Apollo Open Api App Example
EXAMPLEApollo Open Api Item Example
EXAMPLESecurity Posture 2
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 5
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.
Microservice Configuration
Manage centralized configuration for distributed microservice architectures.
Multi-Environment Configuration
Maintain separate configurations for development, testing, staging, and production.
Dynamic Configuration Updates
Update application configuration at runtime without redeployment.
Configuration Audit
Track who changed what configuration and when with full audit trail.
Kubernetes Configuration Management
Manage configuration for containerized applications deployed on Kubernetes.
Integrations 5
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Java
Official Java client library via apollo-java SDK.
.NET
Official .NET client library via apollo.net SDK.
Go
Go client library via agollo SDK.
Kubernetes
Apollo Operator and Helm chart for Kubernetes deployment.
Spring Boot
Spring Boot integration via Java SDK for auto-configuration refresh.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Apollo Config — 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 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 1
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 7
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
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