Accurate Background

Accurate Background is an employment background screening and workforce compliance company. Its Accurate API (v3) lets HR platforms, ATS/HRIS vendors, and staffing tools embed background checks - criminal searches, SSN trace, employment and education verification, drug and health screening, driving records, identity/work authorization (Form I-9, E-Verify), and international screening - directly into their own applications. Integrators create candidates, order preset or custom screening packages, track order status and ETA, retrieve completed reports, adjudicate results, and receive status updates via webhooks. A free developer account and sandbox environment are available for testing; production access is provisioned under a screening services agreement.

Accurate Background publishes 10 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Adjudication API, Candidates API, Documents API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Background Checks, Employment Screening, Identity Verification, Compliance, and Human Resources.

The Accurate Background catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Accurate Background’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, API reference, signup flow, and 10 more developer resources.

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30.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 75/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract

Background Checks Employment Screening Identity Verification Compliance Human Resources Screening

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Human Capital Management

BC-300

AdjudicationCandidatesOrders

POST /order/{id}/adjudicate POST /order/{id}/reassess POST /candidate POST /order

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 30.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.7 / 15

Access Clarity 3.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.8 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.2 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Employment & Payroll regime (on an ambiguous tag, where no other regime matched), so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 21.1 — up to +15.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 44.1 — up to +14.0 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 31.0 — up to +13.8 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Biometrics Testing (biometric recognition vendors, identity verification depth)	builds-on	17.2 (thin)	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Accurate Webhooks

Webhook event notifications configured in the Accurate developer portal deliver order and report status updates (for example when an order completes) to a consumer-hosted HTTPS ...

Accurate Background Adjudication API

Pass/fail decisioning on completed orders.

Accurate Background Candidates API

Screening subjects that background checks are run against.

Accurate Background Documents API

Supporting documents attached to an order.

Accurate Background Notifications API

Candidate-facing notifications.

Accurate Background Orders API

Background-check orders placed against a candidate.

Accurate Background Packages API

Screening packages available on an account.

Accurate Background Reports API

Completed screening results and reports.

Accurate Background Utility API

Connectivity and health checks.

Accurate Background Verifications API

Employment and education verification attempts.

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Open Collections 9

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Accurate Background Adjudication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Accurate Background Adjudication Candidates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Accurate Background Adjudication Documents API

OPEN COLLECTION

Accurate Background Adjudication Notifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

Accurate Background Adjudication Orders API

OPEN COLLECTION

Accurate Background Adjudication Packages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Accurate Background Adjudication Reports API

OPEN COLLECTION

Accurate Background Adjudication Utility API

OPEN COLLECTION

Accurate Background Adjudication Verifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Accurate Background API pricing

Not yet checked against Accurate Background's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-07-03 from www.accurate.com/solutions/background-check-api/; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Developer / Sandbox free	—
Production (Screening Services Agreement) usage	—
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

API Requests: not published requests
Screening Volume: per agreement screenings
Document Upload Size: 15728640 bytes

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Accurate Background's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Accurate Bg Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Accurate Bg Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Accurate Background

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Accurate Bg Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Accurate Background API Rules

53 rules · 51 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Accurate Bg Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Accurate Bg Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Accurate Bg Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Accurate Bg Agentic Access

26 operations · 11 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: accurate-bg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/accurate-bg/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Accurate Background
kind: company
description: Accurate Background is an employment background screening and workforce compliance company. Its Accurate API
  (v3) lets HR platforms, ATS/HRIS vendors, and staffing tools embed background checks - criminal searches, SSN trace, employment
  and education verification, drug and health screening, driving records, identity/work authorization (Form I-9, E-Verify),
  and international screening - directly into their own applications. Integrators create candidates, order preset or custom
  screening packages, track order status and ETA, retrieve completed reports, adjudicate results, and receive status updates
  via webhooks. A free developer account and sandbox environment are available for testing; production access is provisioned
  under a screening services agreement.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/accurate-bg.png
tags:
- Background Checks
- Employment Screening
- Identity Verification
- Compliance
- Human Resources
- Screening
tags_raw:
- Background Checks
- Employment Screening
- Identity Verification
- Compliance
- HR Tech
- Screening
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-webhooks-api
  name: Accurate Webhooks
  tags:
  - Webhook
  - Event
  - Callbacks
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Callbacks
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
    type: APIReference
  description: Webhook event notifications configured in the Accurate developer portal deliver order and report status updates
    (for example when an order completes) to a consumer-hosted HTTPS endpoint, so integrators do not have to poll for status.
    Server-to-endpoint HTTP callbacks, configured per environment (sandbox and production).
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-adjudication-api
  name: Accurate Background Adjudication API
  description: Pass/fail decisioning on completed orders.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Adjudication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-adjudication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-candidates-api
  name: Accurate Background Candidates API
  description: Screening subjects that background checks are run against.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Candidates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-candidates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-documents-api
  name: Accurate Background Documents API
  description: Supporting documents attached to an order.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-notifications-api
  name: Accurate Background Notifications API
  description: Candidate-facing notifications.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Notification
  tags_raw:
  - Notifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-notifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-orders-api
  name: Accurate Background Orders API
  description: Background-check orders placed against a candidate.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-packages-api
  name: Accurate Background Packages API
  description: Screening packages available on an account.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Packages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-packages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-reports-api
  name: Accurate Background Reports API
  description: Completed screening results and reports.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-utility-api
  name: Accurate Background Utility API
  description: Connectivity and health checks.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Utility
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-utility-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- aid: accurate-bg:accurate-bg-verifications-api
  name: Accurate Background Verifications API
  description: Employment and education verification attempts.
  humanURL: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
  baseURL: https://api.accuratebackground.com/v3
  tags:
  - Verification
  tags_raw:
  - Verifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/accurate-bg-verifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
common:
- url: https://www.accurate.com/blog/
  type: Blog
- url: https://www.accurate.com/feed/
  type: BlogRSS
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/accurate-bg-capability-edges.yml
  name: Accurate Background Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/accurate-bg-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/accurate-bg-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/accurate-bg-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/accurate-bg-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accurate-background
- type: Website
  url: https://www.accurate.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://accurate.readme.io/reference
- type: SignUp
  url: https://developer.accuratebackground.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/accurate-bg-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/accurate-bg-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/accurate-bg-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Accurate Background API — frequently asked questions

Does Accurate Background have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from Accurate Background, including Accurate Webhooks, Accurate Background Adjudication API and Accurate Background Candidates API, and 7 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Accurate Background API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for Accurate Background, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Accurate Background API?

Accurate Background documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Accurate Bg Authentication.

How much does the Accurate Background API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Accurate Background, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Accurate Background API ready for AI agents?

Accurate Background has a Kin Score of 30.4 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 22.4 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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