Bristle

Bristle (Bristle Health) is a consumer health company that makes the world's first at-home oral microbiome saliva test, helping people measure, understand, and improve their oral health. Customers order a mail-in saliva collection kit, and Bristle sequences the oral microbiome to report on bacteria associated with cavities, gum disease, and bad breath, then pairs the results with guidance and a line of targeted oral-care products including probiotics. Bristle also works with dental professionals who offer microbiome testing to their patients. The company sells direct to consumers through a Shopify-hosted storefront at bristlehealth.com and is backed by Initialized Capital. There is no first-party public developer API; this profile captures Bristle's public web, commercial, and security surface for the API Evangelist network.

Bristle is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Healthcare, Oral Health, Microbiome, and Diagnostics.

Bristle’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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17.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyHealthcareOral HealthMicrobiomeDiagnosticsAt-Home TestingDentalWellness

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 17.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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
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Security Posture 1

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

Bristle Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login
Login

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown
WellKnown

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bristle
name: Bristle
description: Bristle (Bristle Health) is a consumer health company that makes the world's first at-home oral microbiome saliva
  test, helping people measure, understand, and improve their oral health. Customers order a mail-in saliva collection kit,
  and Bristle sequences the oral microbiome to report on bacteria associated with cavities, gum disease, and bad breath, then
  pairs the results with guidance and a line of targeted oral-care products including probiotics. Bristle also works with
  dental professionals who offer microbiome testing to their patients. The company sells direct to consumers through a Shopify-hosted
  storefront at bristlehealth.com and is backed by Initialized Capital. There is no first-party public developer API; this
  profile captures Bristle's public web, commercial, and security surface for the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bristle/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- initialized-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://www.bristlehealth.com/cdn/shop/files/Group_279493_78d9fe44-a5e3-415a-a7c0-9c25726cfa89.jpg?v=1682616280
tags:
- Company
- Healthcare
- Oral Health
- Microbiome
- Diagnostics
- At-Home Testing
- Dental
- Wellness
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://bristlehealth.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.bristlehealth.com/blogs/news
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bristlehealth.com/pages/contact-us
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bristlehealth.com/policies/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bristlehealth.com/policies/privacy-policy
- type: Login
  url: https://www.bristlehealth.com/account
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/bristle-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bristle-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence