Buildingconnected

BuildingConnected is a preconstruction and bid-management platform for the commercial construction industry, now part of Autodesk Construction Cloud. Its products — Bid Board Pro for general contractors and subcontractors, and TradeTapp for subcontractor risk qualification — help teams send, track, and manage bid invitations across the largest construction network in North America. Autodesk acquired BuildingConnected in 2018, and its data is accessible programmatically through the BuildingConnected API on Autodesk Platform Services (APS), a REST API secured with Autodesk's OAuth 2.0 (two-legged and three-legged) authentication and versioned under a /v2 URI path.

Buildingconnected publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Construction, Preconstruction, Bid Management, and Construction Technology.

Buildingconnected’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, authentication, and 14 more developer resources.

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29.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 14/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs

CompanyConstructionPreconstructionBid ManagementConstruction TechnologyAutodeskAutodesk Platform ServicesSubcontractor Management

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 29.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.5 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 14/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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 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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APIs 1

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

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Buildingconnected Scopes

16 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Login

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conformance

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

Authentication

OAuthScopes

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: buildingconnected
name: Buildingconnected
description: BuildingConnected is a preconstruction and bid-management platform for the commercial construction industry,
  now part of Autodesk Construction Cloud. Its products — Bid Board Pro for general contractors and subcontractors, and TradeTapp
  for subcontractor risk qualification — help teams send, track, and manage bid invitations across the largest construction
  network in North America. Autodesk acquired BuildingConnected in 2018, and its data is accessible programmatically through
  the BuildingConnected API on Autodesk Platform Services (APS), a REST API secured with Autodesk's OAuth 2.0 (two-legged
  and three-legged) authentication and versioned under a /v2 URI path.
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://construction.autodesk.com/products/buildingconnected/
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildingconnected/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Construction
- Preconstruction
- Bid Management
- Construction Technology
- Autodesk
- Autodesk Platform Services
- Subcontractor Management
apis:
- name: BuildingConnected API
  description: REST API on Autodesk Platform Services (APS) exposing BuildingConnected preconstruction data — opportunities,
    bid packages, and users — versioned under /v2 and secured with Autodesk OAuth 2.0.
  humanURL: https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/buildingconnected/v2/developers_guide/overview/
  baseURL: https://developer.api.autodesk.com/construction/buildingconnected/v2
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/buildingconnected/v2/developers_guide/overview/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/buildingconnected/v2/reference/http/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/buildingconnected-trust-center.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://aps.autodesk.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.buildingconnected.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/buildingconnected/v2/developers_guide/basics/
- type: Support
  url: https://aps.autodesk.com/en/support/get-help
- type: Blog
  url: https://aps.autodesk.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/autodesk-platform-services
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.buildingconnected.com/pricing
- type: Login
  url: https://app.buildingconnected.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.autodesk.com/company/legal-notices-trademarks/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.autodesk.com/company/legal-notices-trademarks/privacy-statement
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.autodesk.com/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/buildingconnected-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/buildingconnected-scopes.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/buildingconnected-well-known.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/buildingconnected-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/buildingconnected-lifecycle.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/buildingconnected-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/buildingconnected-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence