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 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Adjudication API, Candidates API, Documents API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Background Checks, Employment Screening, Identity Verification, Compliance, and HR Tech.

Accurate Background’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, signup flow, and 8 more developer resources.

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39.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

10 APIs

Background Checks Employment Screening Identity Verification Compliance HR Tech Screening

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 39.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Access Clarity 10.5 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · 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

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APIs 10

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

Open Collections 10

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Accurate Bg Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Accurate Bg Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

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 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

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.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/accurate-bg.png
tags:
- Background Checks
- Employment Screening
- Identity Verification
- Compliance
- HR Tech
- Screening
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
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:
- 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

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