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Bird

Bird (formerly MessageBird) is an omnichannel CRM for marketing, service, and payments. Its REST APIs at https://api.bird.com let businesses send and receive messages across SMS, WhatsApp, email, and voice through a unified Channels and Conversations interface, manage contacts and phone numbers, and migrate from the legacy MessageBird REST API at https://rest.messagebird.com.

Bird publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Channels API, Contacts API, Conversations API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include CRM, Messaging, SMS, WhatsApp, and Email.

Bird’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 10 more developer resources.

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37.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
6 APIs
CRMMessagingSMSWhatsAppEmailVoiceOmnichannelCPaaS

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 37.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 9.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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 6

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

Bird Channels API

Manage workspace channels and channel media.

Bird Contacts API

Manage workspace contacts and lists.

Bird Conversations API

Manage threaded omnichannel conversations.

Bird Legacy MessageBird API

Predecessor MessageBird REST API (rest.messagebird.com).

Bird Messaging API

Send and receive messages across channels.

Bird Numbers API

Discover, purchase, and manage phone numbers.

Open Collections 1

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

Bird API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bird Com Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bird Com Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Bird Com Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 4

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

Bird Com Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Bird Com Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Bird Com Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Bird Com Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Bird Com Agentic Access

21 operations · 10 acting

21 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

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
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bird-com
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bird-com/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bird
kind: company
description: Bird (formerly MessageBird) is an omnichannel CRM for marketing, service, and payments. Its REST APIs at https://api.bird.com
  let businesses send and receive messages across SMS, WhatsApp, email, and voice through a unified Channels and Conversations
  interface, manage contacts and phone numbers, and migrate from the legacy MessageBird REST API at https://rest.messagebird.com.
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/bird-com.png
tags:
- CRM
- Messaging
- SMS
- WhatsApp
- Email
- Voice
- Omnichannel
- CPaaS
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: bird-com:bird-com-channels-api
  name: Bird Channels API
  description: Manage workspace channels and channel media.
  humanURL: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  baseURL: https://api.bird.com
  tags:
  - Channels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bird-com-channels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api/api-reference/messaging
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bird-com.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api/api-reference/manage-workspace-contacts
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/quickstarts/conversations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/conversations-api/api-reference/conversations-messaging/get-conversation-message
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api/api-reference/list-your-numbers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/sms-messaging/
- aid: bird-com:bird-com-contacts-api
  name: Bird Contacts API
  description: Manage workspace contacts and lists.
  humanURL: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  baseURL: https://api.bird.com
  tags:
  - Contacts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bird-com-contacts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api/api-reference/messaging
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bird-com.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api/api-reference/manage-workspace-contacts
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/quickstarts/conversations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/conversations-api/api-reference/conversations-messaging/get-conversation-message
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api/api-reference/list-your-numbers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/sms-messaging/
- aid: bird-com:bird-com-conversations-api
  name: Bird Conversations API
  description: Manage threaded omnichannel conversations.
  humanURL: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  baseURL: https://api.bird.com
  tags:
  - Conversations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bird-com-conversations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api/api-reference/messaging
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bird-com.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api/api-reference/manage-workspace-contacts
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/quickstarts/conversations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/conversations-api/api-reference/conversations-messaging/get-conversation-message
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api/api-reference/list-your-numbers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/sms-messaging/
- aid: bird-com:bird-com-legacy-messagebird-api
  name: Bird Legacy MessageBird API
  description: Predecessor MessageBird REST API (rest.messagebird.com).
  humanURL: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  baseURL: https://api.bird.com
  tags:
  - Legacy MessageBird
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bird-com-legacy-messagebird-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api/api-reference/messaging
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bird-com.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api/api-reference/manage-workspace-contacts
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/quickstarts/conversations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/conversations-api/api-reference/conversations-messaging/get-conversation-message
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api/api-reference/list-your-numbers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/sms-messaging/
- aid: bird-com:bird-com-messaging-api
  name: Bird Messaging API
  description: Send and receive messages across channels.
  humanURL: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  baseURL: https://api.bird.com
  tags:
  - Messaging
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bird-com-messaging-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api/api-reference/messaging
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bird-com.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api/api-reference/manage-workspace-contacts
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/quickstarts/conversations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/conversations-api/api-reference/conversations-messaging/get-conversation-message
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api/api-reference/list-your-numbers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/sms-messaging/
- aid: bird-com:bird-com-numbers-api
  name: Bird Numbers API
  description: Discover, purchase, and manage phone numbers.
  humanURL: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  baseURL: https://api.bird.com
  tags:
  - Numbers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bird-com-numbers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api/api-reference/messaging
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bird-com.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/contacts-api/api-reference/manage-workspace-contacts
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/quickstarts/conversations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/conversations-api/api-reference/conversations-messaging/get-conversation-message
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bird.com/api/numbers-api/api-reference/list-your-numbers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.messagebird.com/api/sms-messaging/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bird-com-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/bird-com-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bird-com-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bird-com-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bird-com-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/messagebird
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bird
- type: Website
  url: https://bird.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.bird.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bird-com-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bird-com-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bird-com-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com