--- title: The Volatile and Selfish API Specification Landscape description: A veteran API analyst reflects on the crowded and politically charged API specification landscape after cataloging major specs in APIs.io. The post examines... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-volatile-and-selfish-api-specification-landscape-eaj13bymj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Volatile and Selfish API Specification Landscape | daily.dev og:description: A veteran API analyst reflects on the crowded and politically charged API specification landscape after cataloging major specs in APIs.io. The post examines... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-volatile-and-selfish-api-specification-landscape-eaj13bymj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eAJ13bYMj.png og:image:alt: The Volatile and Selfish API Specification Landscape og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Volatile and Selfish API Specification Landscape **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A veteran API analyst reflects on the crowded and politically charged API specification landscape after cataloging major specs in APIs.io. The post examines the motivations behind specs like OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, JSON Schema, Arazzo, MCP, and Agent Skills, questioning whether new specs genuinely solve unmet needs or are driven by power and control. The author expresses cautious interest in MCP and Agent Skills but is skeptical about their long-term impact, noting that personalities and business politics tend to shape outcomes more than technical merit. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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