JFrog Artifactory
JFrog Artifactory is a universal artifact repository manager supporting all major package formats and build tools including Maven, Gradle, npm, NuGet, PyPI, Docker, Helm, RubyGems, CocoaPods, and more. As the central hub of the JFrog Platform, Artifactory stores, manages, and distributes binary artifacts across the entire software development lifecycle. It integrates with CI/CD pipelines through native plugins for Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and other tools. Artifactory provides comprehensive REST APIs for managing repositories, artifacts, builds, security, and system configuration programmatically.
Reference-quality API operations across every facet — a rich contract, published governance, transparent operations, and machine-readable commercial terms.
API Evangelist profiles JFrog Artifactory the way a machine reads it — 65 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 — JFrog Artifactory scores 77.3/100 (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 JFrog Artifactory
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for JFrog Artifactory. 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.
JFrog Artifactory AQL Search API
Execute AQL queries to search for artifacts, builds, and entries
JFrog Artifactory Artifactory Extensions API
Artifactory-specific Docker API extensions
JFrog Artifactory Artifacts & Storage API
Deploy, retrieve, copy, move, and delete artifacts
JFrog Artifactory Base API
API version check and health
JFrog Artifactory Blobs API
Push and pull image layers (blobs)
JFrog Artifactory Build Diff API
Compare build versions
JFrog Artifactory Build Info API
Publish and retrieve build information
JFrog Artifactory Build Management API
List, delete, and manage builds
JFrog Artifactory Build Promotion API
Promote builds between repositories
JFrog Artifactory Catalog API
List available repositories
JFrog Artifactory Manifests API
Push and pull image manifests
JFrog Artifactory Replication API
Repository replication configuration and management
JFrog Artifactory Repositories API
Create, read, update, and delete repositories
JFrog Artifactory Search API
Search for artifacts using various criteria
JFrog Artifactory Security API
Users, groups, permissions, and tokens
JFrog Artifactory System & Configuration API
System health, version, and configuration management
JFrog Artifactory Tags API
The Tags API from JFrog Artifactory — 1 operation(s) for 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).
JFrog Artifactory Query Language (AQL) API
OPEN COLLECTIONJFrog Artifactory Docker Registry API
OPEN COLLECTIONJFrog Artifactory REST API
OPEN COLLECTIONArazzo Workflows 18
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.
Artifactory AQL Find and Delete Artifact
Run an AQL query to find an artifact, then delete the first match if any.
ARAZZOArtifactory Checksum Search and Retrieve
Find an artifact by its SHA-256 checksum, then read its storage info.
ARAZZOArtifactory Compare Build Versions
Confirm a build exists, then diff it against a previous build number.
ARAZZOArtifactory Configure Repository Replication
Create a local repository then set up scheduled push replication for it.
ARAZZOArtifactory Create Group-Scoped Access Token
Create a group, then mint an access token scoped to that group for a user.
ARAZZOArtifactory Create User and Verify Membership
Create a group, create a user in that group, then read the user back to verify.
ARAZZOArtifactory Decommission Repository
Read a repository's config, confirm it exists, then delete it.
ARAZZOArtifactory Deploy, Tag, and Search Artifact
Deploy an artifact, attach metadata properties to it, then find it by property.
ARAZZOArtifactory GAVC Search and Tag
Find a Maven artifact by GAVC coordinates, then set properties on it.
ARAZZOArtifactory Inspect Docker Image Manifest
List an image's tags, then fetch the manifest for the first tag found.
ARAZZOArtifactory Move Artifact and Clean Up
Move an artifact to a new repository path and verify the destination.
ARAZZOArtifactory Onboard User with Group and Permission
Create a user, create a group, and grant the group repository permissions.
ARAZZOArtifactory Promote Artifact Across Repositories
Copy an artifact from a staging repository to a release repository and verify it.
ARAZZOArtifactory Promote Docker Image
Promote a Docker image to a target repository, then list its tags to verify.
ARAZZOArtifactory Provision Repository and Deploy Artifact
Create a local repository, deploy an artifact into it, and verify the deployment.
ARAZZOArtifactory Publish Build and Set Retention
Publish build info, list the build runs, then apply a retention policy.
ARAZZOArtifactory Publish and Promote Build
Publish build info to Artifactory and promote the build to a release repository.
ARAZZOArtifactory Rename Build and Verify
Confirm a build exists, rename it, then read the runs under its new name.
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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.
artifactory-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.
Artifactory 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.
Artifactory Finops
FINOPSFeatures 6
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.
Universal Package Management
Single repository manager supporting 30+ package formats including Maven, npm, NuGet, PyPI, Docker, Helm, Conda, Conan, and more.
Artifact Metadata and Search
Rich metadata tagging and AQL query language for finding artifacts based on properties, statistics, dates, and custom attributes.
Build Integration
Native CI/CD integration publishing build information to track which artifacts were produced by which build, enabling full artifact traceability.
Security and Permissions
Fine-grained permission targets, LDAP/SAML/SSO integration, API key management, and access tokens for secure artifact access control.
Replication
Push and pull replication across multiple Artifactory instances for geo-distributed teams and disaster recovery.
Docker Registry
Full Docker Registry v2 API compliance for pushing, pulling, and managing Docker images with automated vulnerability scanning.
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.
JFrog Artifactory API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 4
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.
Artifactory Build Info
JSON SCHEMAArtifactory File Info
JSON SCHEMAArtifactory Permission Target
JSON SCHEMAArtifactory Repository Configuration
JSON SCHEMASecurity 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.
Artifactory Trust Center
SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, ISO/IEC 27017:2014, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, FedRAMP, CSA STAR
SECURITYAgentic 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.
CI/CD Pipeline Integration
Development teams integrate Artifactory with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and other CI/CD tools to store, version, and distribute build artifacts.
Container Registry
Platform engineering teams use Artifactory as an enterprise Docker registry with security scanning, access controls, and promotion workflows.
Dependency Proxy
Organizations proxy public package registries (npm, PyPI, Maven Central) through Artifactory to cache dependencies, apply security policies, and ensure build reproducibility.
Release Management
Release engineers promote artifacts through staging environments using build promotion, managing the lifecycle from snapshot to release.
Resources
Every other property we hold for JFrog Artifactory — 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 23
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 5
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 6
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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