APIs.io Cohorts API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: APIs.io Cohorts API
  description: |-
    Any scored population of providers — a tag, industry, region, area, or VC portfolio — with the distribution, rankings, facet scores, and capability matrix that a Trend or Portfolio Report is built from.

    This is the Cohorts surface of the [APIs.io API](https://apis.io/api/v1) — one of 17 contracts split from the full API by tag, each documented and governed on its own. See the APIs.json index for the whole set.
  version: 1.5.0
  contact:
    name: API Evangelist
    url: https://apis.io
  license:
    name: CC BY 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
servers:
  - url: https://apis.io/api/v1
    description: Production server.
tags:
  - name: Cohorts
    description: Any scored population of providers — a tag, industry, region, area, or VC portfolio — with the distribution, rankings, facet scores, and capability matrix that a Trend or Portfolio Report is built from.
paths:
  /cohorts:
    get:
      operationId: listCohorts
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: find_cohorts
      x-agent-skill: state-of-report
      security: []
      tags:
        - Cohorts
      summary: Every scored cohort in the catalog.
      description: Tags, industries, regions, areas and VC portfolios as one browsable index of scored populations. Each row carries its population, its promotion tier, and — for tags — the breadth that decides whether it is a market or a structural label. Pro.
      parameters:
        - name: kind
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - tag
              - industry
              - region
              - area
              - vc
          description: Restrict to one roster source.
        - name: min_providers
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            maximum: 1000000
          description: Only cohorts with at least this many providers.
        - name: tier
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - report
              - brief
              - data
          description: Promotion tier. `report` needs 100+ providers, `brief` 25+, and neither promotes a stale or structural roster.
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Q"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Page"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Format"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Every scored cohort in the catalog.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "400":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/BadRequest"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
  /cohorts/compare:
    get:
      operationId: compareCohorts
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: compare_cohorts
      security: []
      tags:
        - Cohorts
      summary: Two cohorts side by side (Pro).
      description: Both distributions on one rubric, plus the deltas on composite, agent readiness, every facet and every adoption rate. Pass each cohort as `<kind>:<slug>`. A question the report format cannot answer, because a report only ever covers one market.
      parameters:
        - name: a
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 1024
          example: tag:payments
          description: First cohort as <kind>:<slug>.
        - name: b
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 1024
          example: industry:banking
          description: Second cohort as <kind>:<slug>.
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Two cohorts side by side (Pro).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "400":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/BadRequest"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
  /cohorts/{kind}/{slug}:
    get:
      operationId: getCohort
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: get_cohort
      security: []
      tags:
        - Cohorts
      summary: One cohort and its member roster.
      description: Identity, population and every member with its Kin Score and agent readiness. Reports both the DECLARED roster size and the number actually resolved against the catalog — the gap is a coverage fact, not a rounding error. Pro.
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortKind"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortSlug"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: One cohort and its member roster.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "400":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/BadRequest"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
  /cohorts/{kind}/{slug}/stats:
    get:
      operationId: getCohortStats
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: cohort_stats
      x-agent-skill: state-of-report
      security: []
      tags:
        - Cohorts
      summary: The distribution for a whole market (Pro).
      description: Kin Score mean, median, min, max and population standard deviation; agent-readiness spread; band split; per-facet averages with the member count behind each; and artifact adoption rates. Always carries a `coverage` block stating how much of the roster is actually scored, because a mean over half a roster is a different claim from a mean over all of it.
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortKind"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortSlug"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: The distribution for a whole market (Pro).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
        "422":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/InsufficientPopulation"
  /cohorts/{kind}/{slug}/rankings:
    get:
      operationId: getCohortRankings
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: cohort_rankings
      x-agent-skill: state-of-report
      security: []
      tags:
        - Cohorts
      summary: The leaderboard, on two axes (Pro).
      description: Every scored member ranked by Kin Score composite AND, separately, by agent readiness. The two orders differ, and the distance between a provider's two ranks is usually the story.
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortKind"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortSlug"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Page"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Format"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: The leaderboard, on two axes (Pro).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
        "422":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/InsufficientPopulation"
  /cohorts/{kind}/{slug}/scores:
    get:
      operationId: getCohortScores
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: cohort_scores
      x-agent-skill: state-of-report
      security: []
      tags:
        - Cohorts
      summary: Facet-level scores, cohort-relative (Pro).
      description: One row per provider per facet, each carrying the cohort average and the delta against it. A 60 in governance means nothing until you know the market sits at 45.
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortKind"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortSlug"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Page"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Format"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: Facet-level scores, cohort-relative (Pro).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
        "422":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/InsufficientPopulation"
  /cohorts/{kind}/{slug}/capabilities:
    get:
      operationId: getCohortCapabilities
      x-tier: pro
      x-mcp-tool: cohort_capabilities
      x-agent-skill: state-of-report
      security: []
      tags:
        - Cohorts
      summary: What every member publishes (Pro).
      description: Per-member artifact counts by type plus the agent-readiness dimensions each one satisfies. Available even below the population floor, because a capability matrix is a list of facts rather than a statistic.
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortKind"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/CohortSlug"
      responses:
        "200":
          description: What every member publishes (Pro).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
          headers:
            ratelimit-policy:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
            x-ratelimit-tier:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
            x-ratelimit-limit:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
            x-ratelimit-window:
              $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
        "402":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/UpgradeRequired"
        "404":
          $ref: "#/components/responses/NotFound"
components:
  parameters:
    Format:
      name: format
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Set to `csv` for a spreadsheet-ready response on row-shaped endpoints. Defaults to JSON.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - csv
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: Items per page.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 25
    CohortSlug:
      name: slug
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The cohort slug within its kind.
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 1024
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      description: 1-based page number.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
        maximum: 1000000
    CohortKind:
      name: kind
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Which roster source the cohort comes from.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - tag
          - industry
          - region
          - area
          - vc
    Q:
      name: q
      in: query
      description: Free-text query over name and description (and tags where applicable).
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 1024
  schemas:
    Problem:
      type: object
      description: |
        A Problem Details object per [RFC 9457](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457).
        Served as `application/problem+json`. Extension members (e.g. `parameter`) may be
        added alongside the standard fields.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri
          default: about:blank
          description: A URI identifying the problem type; dereferences to human-readable docs.
          examples:
            - https://apis.io/problems/invalid-parameter
          maxLength: 2048
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
          examples:
            - Invalid parameter
          maxLength: 1024
        status:
          type: integer
          minimum: 100
          maximum: 599
          description: The HTTP status code, repeated for convenience.
          examples:
            - 400
        detail:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence.
          maxLength: 20000
          examples:
            - "`match` must be one of: any, all."
        instance:
          type: string
          format: uri-reference
          description: A URI reference identifying the specific occurrence (typically the request path).
          maxLength: 2048
          examples:
            - /v1/search
        parameter:
          type: string
          description: Extension member — the offending query/path parameter, when applicable.
          maxLength: 1024
          examples:
            - match
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
      additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    InsufficientPopulation:
      description: The cohort has too few scored members for distribution statistics to be meaningful. Carries `member_count`, `minimum` and `available` extension members; the roster and capability matrix remain available.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem"
          example:
            type: https://apis.io/problems/insufficient-population
            title: Insufficient population
            status: 422
            detail: This cohort holds 3 scored members; distribution statistics need 5.
            instance: /v1/cohorts/tag/quantum-computing/stats
            member_count: 3
            minimum: 5
            available:
              - roster
              - capabilities
      headers:
        ratelimit-policy:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
        x-ratelimit-tier:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
        x-ratelimit-limit:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
        x-ratelimit-window:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
    UpgradeRequired:
      description: Payment Required — this operation needs a paid tier. Send a plan key in `X-API-Key`.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem"
          example:
            type: https://apis.io/problems/upgrade-required
            title: Upgrade required
            status: 402
            detail: This endpoint requires the Understanding or Influence plan.
            instance: /v1/ratings
      headers:
        ratelimit-policy:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
        x-ratelimit-tier:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
        x-ratelimit-limit:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
        x-ratelimit-window:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem"
          example:
            type: https://apis.io/problems/not-found
            title: Resource not found
            status: 404
            detail: No API found with aid `twilio:nope`.
            instance: /v1/apis/twilio:nope
      headers:
        ratelimit-policy:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
        x-ratelimit-tier:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
        x-ratelimit-limit:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
        x-ratelimit-window:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
    BadRequest:
      description: Malformed request (bad parameter value).
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Problem"
          example:
            type: https://apis.io/problems/invalid-parameter
            title: Invalid parameter
            status: 400
            detail: "`match` must be one of: any, all."
            instance: /v1/search
            parameter: match
      headers:
        ratelimit-policy:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy"
        x-ratelimit-tier:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitTier"
        x-ratelimit-limit:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit"
        x-ratelimit-window:
          $ref: "#/components/headers/RateLimitWindow"
  headers:
    RateLimitPolicy:
      description: The quota and burst policy applied to this key, in the RFC 9745 RateLimit-Policy form.
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 1024
      example: "\"quota\";q=500;w=86400, \"burst\";q=5;w=1"
    RateLimitTier:
      description: The tier the call was served at. Keyless callers are served `free`.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - free
          - pro
          - business
      example: free
    RateLimitLimit:
      description: Requests allowed in the current quota window.
      schema:
        type: integer
        maximum: 1000000
      example: 500
    RateLimitWindow:
      description: Length of the quota window, in seconds.
      schema:
        type: integer
        maximum: 1000000
      example: 86400
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Send a plan key to be served above the free tier. Keyless callers get the free tier; a call that needs a paid tier answers 402 rather than refusing the connection.