Backbone

Backbone is a mobile gaming company that makes the Backbone One controller — a snap-on gamepad for iPhone and Android — and the Backbone app, a mobile gaming platform that unifies a player's game library across cloud gaming, console Remote Play, and streaming services with game discovery, capture, and social features. The company sells hardware and accessories through a Shopify-hosted storefront (backbone.com) that exposes an agent-commerce surface via the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) MCP endpoint and Shopify Customer Account OIDC. Backbone is a portfolio company of Index Ventures. This profile was enriched from Backbone's public web surface; the company publishes no first-party developer API.

Backbone is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Entertainment, Gaming, Mobile Gaming, and Gaming Controller.

Backbone’s developer surface includes support, authentication, and 7 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
15.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
0 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyEntertainmentGamingMobile GamingGaming ControllerConsumer ElectronicsHardwareEcommerce

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 15.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/backbone: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

backbone-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

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

Backbone Authentication

oauth2/openIdConnect · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Backbone Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 MCPServer
MCPServer

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: backbone
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/backbone.png
name: Backbone
description: Backbone is a mobile gaming company that makes the Backbone One controller — a snap-on gamepad for iPhone and
  Android — and the Backbone app, a mobile gaming platform that unifies a player's game library across cloud gaming, console
  Remote Play, and streaming services with game discovery, capture, and social features. The company sells hardware and accessories
  through a Shopify-hosted storefront (backbone.com) that exposes an agent-commerce surface via the Universal Commerce Protocol
  (UCP) MCP endpoint and Shopify Customer Account OIDC. Backbone is a portfolio company of Index Ventures. This profile was
  enriched from Backbone's public web surface; the company publishes no first-party developer API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backbone/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- index-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Entertainment
- Gaming
- Mobile Gaming
- Gaming Controller
- Consumer Electronics
- Hardware
- Ecommerce
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://backbone.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.backbone.com/hc/en-us
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://backbone.com/policies/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://backbone.com/policies/privacy-policy
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/backbone-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/backbone-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/backbone-mcp.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/backbone-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/backbone-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence