# 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, co-founder of Naftiko (naftiko.io), where this work feeds directly into governed AI capabilities.

## 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

## Reference Timelines

- [People Timeline](https://apievangelist.com/timeline/people/): Historical figures in computing, cybernetics, and APIs
- [API Timeline](https://apievangelist.com/timeline-api/): History of the API industry
- [Industry Timeline](https://apievangelist.com/timeline-industry/): Regulatory history of technology industries

## Ask & Chat

- [Ask Kin](https://apievangelist.com/): AI assistant trained on API Evangelist content — answers questions, cites sources from the full blog archive
- [MCP Server](https://chat-api.apievangelist.com/mcp): Connect via Model Context Protocol — tools: search_posts, ask_kin

## 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, current work at Naftiko
- [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