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# API Evangelist

> 16 years of independent research on the technology, business, policies, and people of HTTP APIs — by Kin Lane.

API Evangelist is a federated network of knowledge bases built on 5,000+ blog posts spanning 2010–2026. The research covers every aspect of API operations, from design and governance to AI agents and the programmable enterprise. Run by Kin Lane.

## Core Content

- [Blog](https://apievangelist.com/2026/): Current writing on APIs, AI agents, governance, and the API industry
- [Conversations](https://conversations.apievangelist.com): Transcripts and summaries of conversations with API practitioners
- [Rules](https://rules.apievangelist.com): Machine-readable API governance rules (Spectral/OpenAPI)
- [Guidance](https://guidance.apievangelist.com): Guidance for API producers and consumers
- [Policies](https://policies.apievangelist.com): API policies for enterprise operations
- [Standards](https://standards.apievangelist.com): API standards landscape
- [Strategies](https://strategies.apievangelist.com): API strategy patterns
- [Vocabularies](https://vocabularies.apievangelist.com): API vocabulary and terminology
- [Schema](https://schema.apievangelist.com): API-related schema definitions
- [Properties](https://properties.apievangelist.com): API property patterns
- [Experiences](https://experiences.apievangelist.com): API consumer experience patterns
- [Videos](https://video.apievangelist.com): Video content on APIs

## Topic Areas

Focused subsites, each cataloging the services, tools, features, and use cases for one corner of the API landscape. Full directory: https://apievangelist.com/areas/
{% for a in site.data.network_areas.areas %}
- [{{ a.name }}]({{ a.url }}): {{ a.description | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 140 }}{% endfor %}

## Reference Timelines

- [API Timeline](https://apievangelist.com/timeline/api/): 320 moments in the evolution of APIs, from pre-historic communication through the AI agent protocols of 2025
- [People Timeline](https://apievangelist.com/timeline/people/): 146 people behind computing, cybernetics, networks, the web, APIs, and AI — from Ada Lovelace to today
- [Industry Timeline](https://apievangelist.com/timeline/industry/): 40 milestones in the regulation of railroads, telecommunications, electricity, radio, the Internet, and now AI
- [Resources Timeline](https://apievangelist.com/timeline/resources/): 59 digital resources made available via APIs, from Salesforce contacts in 2000 to MCP tools and context in 2024

## API & MCP

The whole network is programmable — every resource above is available via a REST API and an MCP server.

- [Developer Portal](https://developer.apievangelist.com/): documentation, quickstarts, and the API reference
- [Network API](https://api.apievangelist.com/v1): REST over stories, areas, building blocks, papers, conversations, services, and vocabulary — keyless free tier (5 req/s, 1,000/day)
- [OpenAPI](https://developer.apievangelist.com/apis/apievangelist-v1-openapi.yml): the machine-readable contract
- [MCP Server](https://mcp.apievangelist.com/mcp): Streamable HTTP, 17 tools including get_overview and guide_topic concierge tools ([server card](https://apievangelist.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json))
- [API Catalog](https://developer.apievangelist.com/.well-known/api-catalog): RFC 9727 linkset of every machine-readable surface

## Ask & Chat

- [Ask Kin](https://apievangelist.com/): AI assistant trained on API Evangelist content — answers questions, cites sources from the full blog archive

## About

- [About API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com/about/api-evangelist): What this site is and why it exists
- [About Kin Lane](https://apievangelist.com/about/kin-lane): Background, experience, and current work
- [Contact](https://apievangelist.com/contact): Reach Kin directly

## Optional

- [Atom Feed](https://apievangelist.com/atom.xml): RSS/Atom feed of all posts
- [Sitemap](https://apievangelist.com/sitemap.xml): Full sitemap of all content