Tekton

aid: tekton
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tekton/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Tekton
x-type: opensource
description: >-
  Tekton is a cloud-native CI/CD framework implemented as a set of Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions and controllers under the tekton.dev API group. Tekton is a CNCF Incubating project. Its primary API surface is Kubernetes-native — Tasks, Pipelines, PipelineRuns, TaskRuns, EventListeners, Triggers, etc. — accessed through the Kubernetes API server (kubectl, client-go, the tkn CLI, and the Tekton Dashboard). Tekton itself is open-source under Apache 2.0; commercial offerings layered on Tekton (Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines, Jenkins X, Google Cloud Build private preview integrations, IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery, Pipelines-as-Code on GitOps platforms) are out of scope of the upstream project.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - DevOps
  - CI/CD
  - Kubernetes
  - CNCF
  - Pipelines
  - Open Source
  - CRD
  - Operator
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: tekton:tekton-task-crd
    name: Tekton Task CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - Tasks
      - Steps
      - Build
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/tasks/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/config/300-task.yaml
        type: Source
      - url: openapi/tekton-pipeline-openapi.json
        type: OpenAPI
    description: >-
      tekton.dev/v1 kind=Task — defines a series of steps that launch specific build or delivery tools, ingest specific inputs (params, workspaces, resources), and produce specific outputs (results). Tasks are the reusable unit of execution in Tekton.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-taskrun-crd
    name: Tekton TaskRun CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - TaskRuns
      - Execution
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/taskruns/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      tekton.dev/v1 kind=TaskRun — instantiates a Task with specific inputs, workspace bindings, and execution parameters. The TaskRun controller runs the steps as Kubernetes pods and surfaces status, logs, and results.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-pipeline-crd
    name: Tekton Pipeline CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - Pipelines
      - Workflows
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/pipelines/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/config/300-pipeline.yaml
        type: Source
    description: >-
      tekton.dev/v1 kind=Pipeline — defines an ordered/parallelized series of Tasks that accomplish a specific build or delivery goal. Pipelines compose Tasks via params, workspaces, results, and finally tasks.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-pipelinerun-crd
    name: Tekton PipelineRun CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - PipelineRuns
      - Execution
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/pipelineruns/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      tekton.dev/v1 kind=PipelineRun — instantiates a Pipeline with specific param values, workspace bindings, service accounts, and timeouts. The PipelineRun controller orchestrates the underlying TaskRuns.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-clustertask-crd
    name: Tekton ClusterTask CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - ClusterTasks
      - Cluster-Scoped
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/tasks/#tekton-clustertasks
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=ClusterTask — cluster-scoped variant of Task, allowing a single definition to be referenced from any namespace. Marked deprecated in favor of remote resolution but still widely used.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-stepaction-crd
    name: Tekton StepAction CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - StepActions
      - Reusable
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/stepactions/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=StepAction — reusable, parameterizable step definition that can be referenced from multiple Tasks, enabling tighter sharing than copy-pasting step blocks.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-customrun-crd
    name: Tekton CustomRun CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - CustomRun
      - Extension
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/customruns/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=CustomRun — generic execution resource that custom controllers reconcile, enabling third-party orchestrators to extend Tekton with non-Pod-based execution semantics.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-resolver-api
    name: Tekton Resolver Framework
    tags:
      - Resolution
      - Resolvers
      - Remote
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/resolution/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/tree/main/pkg/resolution
        type: Source
    description: >-
      The Tekton Resolution API (tekton.dev/v1alpha1 kind=ResolutionRequest) and built-in resolvers (Git, Hub, Bundles, Cluster, HTTP) fetch Tasks and Pipelines from remote sources at run time, so PipelineRuns can reference versioned remote definitions without bundling them in-cluster.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-eventlistener-crd
    name: Tekton EventListener CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - EventListener
      - Triggers
      - Webhooks
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/eventlisteners/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/triggers
        type: Source
    description: >-
      triggers.tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=EventListener — runs an HTTP server (Sink) that receives webhooks (e.g., GitHub push events), applies interceptors, and creates Pipeline/TaskRun objects via TriggerTemplates.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-trigger-crd
    name: Tekton Trigger CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - Trigger
      - TriggerBinding
      - TriggerTemplate
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/triggers/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      triggers.tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=Trigger — combines TriggerBindings (extracting fields from incoming events) and a TriggerTemplate (instantiating PipelineRuns/TaskRuns) used by EventListeners.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-triggerbinding-crd
    name: Tekton TriggerBinding CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - TriggerBinding
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/triggerbindings/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      triggers.tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=TriggerBinding (and ClusterTriggerBinding) — extracts fields from event payloads and binds them to params used by TriggerTemplates.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-triggertemplate-crd
    name: Tekton TriggerTemplate CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - TriggerTemplate
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/triggertemplates/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      triggers.tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=TriggerTemplate — declares the PipelineRun/TaskRun resources that should be instantiated when a matching event is received, parameterized by TriggerBindings.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-clusterinterceptor-crd
    name: Tekton ClusterInterceptor CRD
    tags:
      - CRD
      - Interceptor
      - Filtering
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/clusterinterceptors/
        type: Documentation
    description: >-
      triggers.tekton.dev/v1alpha1 kind=ClusterInterceptor (and namespace-scoped Interceptor) — pluggable webhook handler that filters, validates, and mutates incoming events before they reach a TriggerTemplate (built-in interceptors include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, CEL).
  - aid: tekton:tekton-results-api
    name: Tekton Results API
    tags:
      - Results
      - History
      - Storage
      - GRPC
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/results/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/results
        type: Source
    description: >-
      Tekton Results provides a long-term store and a gRPC + REST API for completed PipelineRun/TaskRun records and their logs, freeing the Kubernetes etcd from acting as a CI history database.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-chains-api
    name: Tekton Chains
    tags:
      - Supply Chain
      - Provenance
      - SLSA
      - Signing
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/chains/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/chains
        type: Source
    description: >-
      Tekton Chains observes completed TaskRuns/PipelineRuns and emits signed in-toto/SLSA provenance attestations to OCI registries, transparency logs (Rekor), or storage backends — supplying the supply-chain integrity surface for Tekton CI/CD.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-pipelines-as-code
    name: Tekton Pipelines as Code
    tags:
      - Pipelines as Code
      - GitOps
      - GitHub
      - GitLab
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelinesascode/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code
        type: Source
    description: >-
      Pipelines as Code lets you store Tekton Pipeline definitions inside the same Git repository as your application code (.tekton/) and runs them on PR/push events from GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket/Gitea, providing a Git-native CI/CD experience.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-dashboard-api
    name: Tekton Dashboard API
    tags:
      - Dashboard
      - UI
      - Backend
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/dashboard/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/dashboard
        type: Source
    description: >-
      The Tekton Dashboard exposes a web UI and a thin proxy/HTTP API over the Tekton CRDs and Tekton Results, providing browsing, log streaming, and run management capabilities.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-cli-tkn
    name: Tekton CLI (tkn)
    tags:
      - CLI
      - tkn
      - Operations
    properties:
      - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/cli/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/cli
        type: Source
    description: >-
      tkn is the official Tekton command-line tool wrapping the Kubernetes API for Tekton resources — start runs, stream logs, list/describe Tasks and Pipelines, manage triggers, and bootstrap projects.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-operator-crd
    name: Tekton Operator CRDs
    tags:
      - CRD
      - Operator
      - Lifecycle
      - TektonConfig
    properties:
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/operator
        type: Source
    description: >-
      operator.tekton.dev kinds (TektonConfig, TektonPipeline, TektonTrigger, TektonChain, TektonHub, TektonAddon, TektonDashboard, TektonResult) — the Tekton Operator installs and lifecycle-manages all Tekton subprojects on a cluster.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-hub-api
    name: Tekton Hub API
    tags:
      - Hub
      - Catalog
      - Discovery
    properties:
      - url: https://hub.tekton.dev/
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/hub
        type: Source
    description: >-
      Tekton Hub is a public catalog of reusable Tasks and Pipelines exposed via REST API — search, fetch, and resolve community-published resources for use via the Hub resolver.
  - aid: tekton:tekton-catalog-api
    name: Tekton Catalog
    tags:
      - Catalog
      - Library
      - Reusable
    properties:
      - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/catalog
        type: Source
    description: >-
      The Tekton Catalog hosts community-curated, versioned Task and Pipeline definitions consumed via the Hub or directly by the Git resolver.
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://tekton.dev/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tekton.dev/docs/
  - type: Getting Started
    url: https://tekton.dev/docs/getting-started/
  - type: GitHub Organization
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd
  - type: Source
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
  - type: Triggers
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/triggers
  - type: Chains
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/chains
  - type: Results
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/results
  - type: Operator
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/operator
  - type: CLI
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/cli
  - type: Dashboard
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/dashboard
  - type: Catalog
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/catalog
  - type: Hub
    url: https://hub.tekton.dev/
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/LICENSE
  - type: CNCF Project
    url: https://www.cncf.io/projects/tekton/
  - type: Slack Community
    url: https://tektoncd.slack.com/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://tekton.dev/blog/
  - type: X (Twitter)
    url: https://x.com/tektoncd
  - type: YouTube
    url: https://www.youtube.com/c/TektonCD
  - type: Releases
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/releases
  - type: Roadmap
    url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/roadmap.md
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/tekton-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/tekton-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/tekton-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]