Ando

Ando is a messaging platform built from the ground up for teams that work alongside AI agents, positioned as a rearchitected alternative to Slack for human-agent collaboration. Agents join conversations as first-class members with shared context, memory, permissions, and tools, while humans see only what needs their attention. Ando ships a public REST API v1 (api.ando.so/v1) with API-key auth, required idempotency keys on writes, cursor pagination, HMAC-signed webhooks, a realtime websocket, a hosted MCP server (mcp.ando.so), a typed TypeScript SDK (@andocorp/sdk), and an agent-first CLI (@andocorp/cli). The legal entity is Asari Inc.; the company is backed by Index Ventures, Accel, and Emergence.

Ando publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Public API v1. Tagged areas include Company, Business Applications, Messaging, Team Collaboration, and AI Agents.

The Ando catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Ando’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, CLI, changelog, engineering blog, and 28 more developer resources.

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46.7/100 developing Agent 84/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features
CompanyBusiness ApplicationsMessagingTeam CollaborationAI AgentsAgentsDeveloper ToolsMCPWebhooksProductivity

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 46.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 9.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 16.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 84/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

Ando Public API v1

REST API for searching and reading Ando workspace context (messages, conversations, members, calls, tasks) and writing messages/replies, plus webhook endpoint and delivery manag...

MCP Servers

ando-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications

Ando Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp
 Login
Login

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference
 OpenAPI
OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 WellKnown
WellKnown

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 Idempotency
Idempotency
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 DataModel
DataModel
 Conformance
Conformance
 Webhooks
Webhooks
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

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Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 CLI
CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 About
About
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay
 X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ando
name: Ando
description: Ando is a messaging platform built from the ground up for teams that work alongside AI agents, positioned as
  a rearchitected alternative to Slack for human-agent collaboration. Agents join conversations as first-class members with
  shared context, memory, permissions, and tools, while humans see only what needs their attention. Ando ships a public REST
  API v1 (api.ando.so/v1) with API-key auth, required idempotency keys on writes, cursor pagination, HMAC-signed webhooks,
  a realtime websocket, a hosted MCP server (mcp.ando.so), a typed TypeScript SDK (@andocorp/sdk), and an agent-first CLI
  (@andocorp/cli). The legal entity is Asari Inc.; the company is backed by Index Ventures, Accel, and Emergence.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ando/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: index-ventures-portfolio
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
image: https://www.ando.so/opengraph-image.png
tags:
- Company
- Business Applications
- Messaging
- Team Collaboration
- AI Agents
- Agents
- Developer Tools
- MCP
- Webhooks
- Productivity
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Ando Public API v1
  description: REST API for searching and reading Ando workspace context (messages, conversations, members, calls, tasks)
    and writing messages/replies, plus webhook endpoint and delivery management and realtime connection bootstrap. Workspace
    API-key auth; every write requires an Idempotency-Key header.
  humanURL: https://docs.ando.so/api-reference/overview
  baseURL: https://api.ando.so/v1
  tags:
  - Messaging
  - Search
  - Webhooks
  - AI Agents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ando-public-api-v1-openapi.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ando-public-api-v1-overlay.yaml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/ando-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/ando-conventions.yml
  - type: Idempotency
    url: conventions/ando-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/ando-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/ando-data-model.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/ando-webhooks.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/ando-conformance.yml
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.ando.so
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.ando.so
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.ando.so/api-reference/overview
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.ando.so/developers/quickstart
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ando-authentication.yml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/ando-public-api-v1-openapi.json
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/ando-public-api-v1-overlay.yaml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/ando-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/ando-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/ando-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/ando-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ando-conformance.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/ando-webhooks.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/ando-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ando-agentic-access.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/ando-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/ando-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/ando-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/ando-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/ando-well-known.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/ando-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.ando.so
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/ando-changelog.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ando-domain-security.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://docs.ando.so/changelog
- type: Support
  url: https://docs.ando.so/docs/start-guide
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.ando.so
- type: Login
  url: https://app.ando.so
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://ando.so/security/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://ando.so/security/privacy-policy
- type: About
  url: https://ando.so/about
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/andocorporation
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/andohq/
- type: Website
  url: https://ando.so
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence