backstitch

backstitch is a Techstars-backed Kansas City company that operates an employee and total-rewards communications platform (drag-and-drop newsletters, a branded mobile employee app, and personalized total-compensation statements) alongside a developer-facing content-curation API. The backstitch API lets applications build and manage "topics" that aggregate and filter content from social, RSS, video, deals, and custom sources, then retrieve normalized result objects (articles, statuses, photos, videos, products, services, hotels) or embed them with a drop-in JavaScript widget. The API is offered in a legacy v1 and a recommended v2 over REST/JSON, authenticated with an Organization Key plus per-topic tokens.

backstitch publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Content Curation, Employee Communications, Internal Communications, and Total Rewards.

backstitch’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, support, engineering blog, authentication, and 12 more developer resources.

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21.9/100 emerging Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features
CompanyContent CurationEmployee CommunicationsInternal CommunicationsTotal RewardsContent AggregationNewslettersWidgetsREST

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 21.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 3.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 29/100 · 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 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

backstitch Content Curation API

RESTful JSON API to build and manage backstitch topics — content feeds assembled from social, RSS, video, deals, subreddit, and custom sources with include/exclude/NSFW filters ...

MCP Servers

backstitch-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conventions
Conventions
 DataModel
DataModel
 Components
Components

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: backstitch
name: backstitch
description: backstitch is a Techstars-backed Kansas City company that operates an employee and total-rewards communications
  platform (drag-and-drop newsletters, a branded mobile employee app, and personalized total-compensation statements) alongside
  a developer-facing content-curation API. The backstitch API lets applications build and manage "topics" that aggregate and
  filter content from social, RSS, video, deals, and custom sources, then retrieve normalized result objects (articles, statuses,
  photos, videos, products, services, hotels) or embed them with a drop-in JavaScript widget. The API is offered in a legacy
  v1 and a recommended v2 over REST/JSON, authenticated with an Organization Key plus per-topic tokens.
image: https://www.backstitch.io/hs-fs/hubfs/backstitch_logo_purple_2020.png?width=170&height=36&name=backstitch_logo_purple_2020.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backstitch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: profile
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-public-developer-surface
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Content Curation
- Employee Communications
- Internal Communications
- Total Rewards
- Content Aggregation
- Newsletters
- Widgets
- REST
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: backstitch Content Curation API
  description: RESTful JSON API to build and manage backstitch topics — content feeds assembled from social, RSS, video, deals,
    subreddit, and custom sources with include/exclude/NSFW filters — and to retrieve normalized result objects or embed them
    via a JavaScript widget. Available as legacy v1 and recommended v2.
  humanURL: https://docs.backstit.ch/api/
  baseURL: https://api.backstit.ch/v2
  tags:
  - Content Curation
  - Aggregation
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.backstit.ch/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.backstit.ch/api/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/backstitch-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.backstitch.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.backstit.ch/api/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.backstit.ch/api/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/backstitch
- type: Support
  url: https://www.backstitch.io/help
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.backstitch.io/blog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.backstitch.io/website-privacy-policy
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.backstitch.io/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/backstitch-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/backstitch-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/backstitch-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/backstitch-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/backstitch-data-model.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/backstitch-components.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/backstitch-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/backstitch-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence