{"@type":"Article","url":"https://www.launchboard.dev/blog/routebase-living-spec-docs-mocks-tests","title":"Routebase: One Living Spec for Docs, Mocks & Tests","tldr":"Routebase is a DevTools platform that keeps your API design, docs, mocks, contract tests, and drift monitoring in sync from one living OpenAPI spec. It’s for teams shipping APIs (often with 10+ auth schemes) who want CI-ready contract testing and AI agent access. Pricing ranges from $0 to $39.","primary_topic":"Routebase","key_takeaways":["Routebase treats one OpenAPI spec version as the source of truth for docs, mocks, tests, and monitoring.","It catches contract drift by replaying live responses against the published spec and producing field-level diffs.","Specs are managed like code: branch, review, merge, with breaking-change detection before shipping.","A built-in MCP server lets AI agents read and act on the same spec under your team permissions."],"facts":["Routebase has a free plan with no credit card required.","Routebase lists Pro trial access as a 14-day Pro trial, no credit card required.","Routebase pricing tiers shown on the site include $0, $9, $19, and $39.","Routebase is based on OpenAPI 3.1 (the example spec uses OpenAPI 3.1).","A Routebase example shows a published spec version labeled v1.4.0.","A Routebase example shows 12 endpoints and 9 schemas in the OpenAPI spec."],"entities":[{"url":"https://routebase.dev","name":"Routebase","type":"Product"},{"url":null,"name":"Denny","type":"Person"},{"url":"https://www.openapis.org/","name":"OpenAPI","type":"SoftwareApplication"},{"url":"https://www.postman.com/","name":"Postman","type":"SoftwareApplication"},{"url":"https://swagger.io/tools/swaggerhub/","name":"SwaggerHub","type":"SoftwareApplication"},{"url":"https://insomnia.rest/","name":"Insomnia","type":"SoftwareApplication"}],"author":{},"product":{"name":"Routebase","url":"https://www.launchboard.dev/launch/routebase-1368","sameAs":["https://routebase.dev"],"category":"DevTools","image":"https://qilgtmphmnjbgvkbrmrc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/product-images/1788961891609-frh10quvrt.png"},"published":"2026-09-09T13:53:27.307+00:00","modified":"2026-09-09T13:53:27.307+00:00","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}