AppDynamics
AppDynamics, now part of Cisco, is an application performance monitoring (APM) and observability platform that provides full-stack visibility into application, business, and infrastructure performance. The platform offers REST APIs for controller management, metrics, alerts, analytics events, database monitoring, and the next-generation Cisco Cloud Observability platform.
Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps — the contract exists but is thin, or the portal is good while governance and commercial terms are absent.
API Evangelist profiles AppDynamics the way a machine reads it — 98 machine-readable artifacts across 25 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 — AppDynamics scores 58.4/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 55/100 (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 AppDynamics
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for AppDynamics. 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 25
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.
AppDynamics Actions API
Manage automated response actions triggered by policies including email notifications, HTTP requests, and custom scripts.
AppDynamics Actions Export/Import API
Export and import action configurations for alerting workflows.
AppDynamics Applications API
Retrieve business application names, IDs, and related metadata from the Controller.
AppDynamics Backends API
Retrieve registered backend components detected by the Controller including their properties and exit point types.
AppDynamics Business Transactions API
Retrieve business transaction information including names, IDs, entry points, and detection status.
AppDynamics Configurations API
Configure data collection settings for cloud connections including service selection, region filtering, and resource group scoping.
AppDynamics Connections API
Manage cloud provider connections for AWS, Azure, and GCP to enable automated cloud monitoring at scale.
AppDynamics Custom Dashboards Export/Import API
Export and import custom dashboard configurations.
AppDynamics Custom Metrics API
Upload custom metrics to the AppDynamics Controller through the Machine Agent HTTP listener. Metrics must be uploaded at least once every 300 seconds to remain active.
AppDynamics Database Collectors API
Manage database collectors that monitor performance and availability of database instances including creation, retrieval, update, and deletion.
AppDynamics Events API
Publish custom analytics events to the Events Service for storage and analysis.
AppDynamics Health Rules API
Manage health rules that define performance thresholds and violation conditions for monitored applications.
AppDynamics Health Rules Export/Import API
Export and import health rule configurations for backup, migration, and provisioning across Controller instances.
AppDynamics Metrics API
Retrieve metric hierarchy and metric data for monitored applications with configurable time ranges and aggregation.
AppDynamics Nodes API
Retrieve node information for monitored applications including node names, IDs, machine details, and agent versions.
AppDynamics OAuth Tokens API
Generate and manage OAuth 2.0 access tokens for authenticating against AppDynamics APIs using the Client Credentials Grant flow.
AppDynamics Policies API
Manage alerting policies that connect health rule violations to automated response actions.
AppDynamics Queries API
Query stored events using the AppDynamics Analytics Query Language (ADQL) for custom analytics and reporting.
AppDynamics Query Service API
Query MELT observation data using the Cisco AppDynamics domain-specific query language.
AppDynamics Reference Data API
Retrieve lists of supported cloud regions and services for connection configuration.
AppDynamics Schemas API
Manage custom event schemas that define the structure and data types for custom analytics events.
AppDynamics Server Status API
Check the status of the AppDynamics Controller server.
AppDynamics Snapshots API
Retrieve transaction request snapshots for detailed performance analysis of individual requests.
AppDynamics Tiers API
Retrieve tier information for monitored applications including tier names and IDs.
AppDynamics Transaction Detection Export/Import API
Export and import business transaction detection rule configurations.
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Open Collections 9
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).
AppDynamics Alert and Respond API
OPEN COLLECTIONAppDynamics Analytics Events API
OPEN COLLECTIONAppDynamics OAuth Authentication API
OPEN COLLECTIONCisco Cloud Observability API
OPEN COLLECTIONAppDynamics Configuration API
OPEN COLLECTIONAppDynamics Controller REST API
OPEN COLLECTIONAppDynamics Database Agent API
OPEN COLLECTIONAppDynamics Machine Agent API
OPEN COLLECTIONAppDynamics Metric and Snapshot API
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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.
Appdynamics 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.
Appdynamics 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.
Application Performance Monitoring
Full-stack APM with code-level visibility into Java, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, Go, and Ruby applications.
Business Transaction Monitoring
End-to-end transaction tracing correlating application performance with business outcomes.
AI-Powered Anomaly Detection
Automatic baselining and AI-driven anomaly detection to identify performance degradation.
Infrastructure Monitoring
Server, container, and Kubernetes infrastructure monitoring via Machine Agent.
Database Monitoring
Database performance monitoring for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle, and more.
Analytics Events API
Custom analytics events ingestion for correlating business data with application performance.
Cloud Observability
Next-generation Cisco Cloud Observability platform with OpenTelemetry support and cloud provider connections.
Health Rules and Alerting
Configurable health rules and automated alerting with policy-based response actions.
Configuration Management API
Import/export configuration for backup, restore, and migration between Controller instances.
OAuth 2.0 Authentication
Short-lived OAuth 2.0 access tokens for secure API authentication via Cisco platform.
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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.
Appdynamics Context
JSON-LDSpectral 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.
AppDynamics API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 24
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.
AccessTokenResponse
JSON SCHEMAAction
JSON SCHEMAAppDynamics Analytics Event
JSON SCHEMAAppDynamics Application Model
JSON SCHEMAApplication
JSON SCHEMABackend
JSON SCHEMABusinessTransaction
JSON SCHEMACloudConnection
JSON SCHEMACloudHealthRule
JSON SCHEMAConnectionConfiguration
JSON SCHEMACustomMetric
JSON SCHEMAAppDynamics Database Collector
JSON SCHEMADatabaseCollector
JSON SCHEMAEventSchema
JSON SCHEMAAppDynamics Health Rule
JSON SCHEMAHealthRule
JSON SCHEMAMetricData
JSON SCHEMAMetricFolder
JSON SCHEMAMetricValue
JSON SCHEMANode
JSON SCHEMAPolicy
JSON SCHEMAQueryResult
JSON SCHEMARequestSnapshot
JSON SCHEMATier
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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.
Appdynamics Analytics Event Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAppdynamics Application Model Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAppdynamics Database Collector Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAppdynamics Health Rule Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAppdynamics Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 4
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.
Security 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.
Application Performance Optimization
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks at the code level before they impact end users.
DevOps Integration
Integrate performance monitoring into CI/CD pipelines using the Controller REST API.
Cloud Migration Monitoring
Monitor application performance during and after cloud migration using Cloud Observability.
Business Impact Analysis
Correlate application performance data with business metrics using the Analytics Events API.
Automated Incident Response
Automate incident response workflows by integrating AppDynamics alerting with ticketing systems.
Integrations 8
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Cisco Full-Stack Observability
Integration with Cisco FSO platform and Thousand Eyes for end-to-end observability.
OpenTelemetry
Support for OpenTelemetry metrics ingestion via Cisco Cloud Observability common ingestion pipeline.
Splunk
Integration with Splunk for log correlation and SIEM.
ServiceNow
ITSM integration for automated incident and change management.
PagerDuty
Alerting integration for automated on-call notification and incident management.
AWS
Amazon Web Services cloud connection for infrastructure and application monitoring.
Azure
Microsoft Azure cloud connection for cloud-native observability.
GCP
Google Cloud Platform connection for multi-cloud observability.
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Resources
Every other property we hold for AppDynamics — 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 2
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 5
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 5
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 1
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
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