Channels DVR

Channels DVR provides a cloud-based live TV streaming and DVR service, allowing users to watch, record, and organize television content across devices. Founded in 2015, the company offers a customizable channel lineup, multiview capabilities, and integration with smart home platforms. Their platform includes APIs for automation, smart rules, and third‑party integrations, supporting developers to build custom experiences and manage media libraries.

Channels DVR is listed with 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: apps API and server API. Tagged areas include Company, Streaming, DVR, TV, and Automation.

The Channels DVR catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Channels DVR’s developer surface includes changelog, documentation, support, engineering blog, getting-started guide, and 15 more developer resources.

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32.2/100 thin Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
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2 APIs

Company StreamingDVRTV Automation

Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 32.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 5.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 4.9 / 17

Access Clarity 5.8 / 17

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 11

Contract Governance 2.2 / 10

Discoverability 5.0 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.8 / 15

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes

11 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 23.4 — up to +19.2 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 28.6 — up to +14.3 composite points
Access Clarity scores 34.2 — up to +13.2 composite points

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APIs 2

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

Channels DVR apps API

Channels DVR apps API as documented publicly: 40 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider's own document.

Channels DVR server API

Channels DVR server API as documented publicly: 6 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider's own document.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Channels Dvr Context

7 classes · 54 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Channels DVR API Rules

9 rules · 7 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 7

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

GetApiStatusResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetApiV1EpisodesResponse

33 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetApiV1JobsIdResponse

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetApiV1MoviesResponse

29 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetApiV1ShowsResponse

17 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetApiV1VideosResponse

25 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PostApiNotifyRequest

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Security Posture 1

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

Channels Dvr Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Newsroom

Newsroom

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: channels-dvr
name: Channels DVR
image: https://getchannels.com/a/images/og/root.jpg?v11
description: Channels DVR provides a cloud-based live TV streaming and DVR service, allowing users to watch, record, and organize
  television content across devices. Founded in 2015, the company offers a customizable channel lineup, multiview capabilities,
  and integration with smart home platforms. Their platform includes APIs for automation, smart rules, and third‑party integrations,
  supporting developers to build custom experiences and manage media libraries.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/channels-dvr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:new-submission
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-10-28 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-28'
modified: '2026-10-28'
tags:
- Company
- Streaming
- DVR
- TV
- Automation
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/channels-dvr-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/channels-dvr-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/channels-dvr-vocabulary.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/channels-dvr-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/channels-dvr-conformance.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/channels-dvr-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/channels-dvr-vendors.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://community.getchannels.com/tos
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.getchannels.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://community.getchannels.com/privacy
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://getchannels.com/press/
- type: Login
  url: https://community.getchannels.com/login
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/home
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://getchannels.com/releases/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/channels-dvr-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://getchannels.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://getchannels.com/docs/
- type: Support
  url: https://getchannels.com/support/
- type: Blog
  url: https://getchannels.com/blog/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://getchannels.com/docs/getting-started/quick-start-guide/
apis:
- aid: channels-dvr:apps-api
  name: Channels DVR apps API
  description: 'Channels DVR apps API as documented publicly: 40 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by
    API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider''s own document.'
  humanURL: https://getchannels.com/docs/apps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/_ae-authored/channels-dvr-apps-openapi-generated.yml
    x-provenance: generated
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/channels-dvr-get-api-status-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/channels-dvr-post-api-notify-request-schema.json
- aid: channels-dvr:server-api
  name: Channels DVR server API
  description: 'Channels DVR server API as documented publicly: 6 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by
    API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider''s own document.'
  humanURL: https://getchannels.com/docs/server-api
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/_ae-authored/channels-dvr-server-openapi-generated.yml
    x-provenance: generated
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/channels-dvr-get-api-v1-episodes-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/channels-dvr-get-api-v1-movies-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/channels-dvr-get-api-v1-jobs-id-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/channels-dvr-get-api-v1-videos-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/channels-dvr-get-api-v1-shows-response-schema.json
x-submission-probe: 200, 2026-10-26
x-coverage:
  state: unreadable
  reason: no-machine-readable-spec
  detail: Documentation is provided as HTML pages without any published OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, or WSDL specifications.
  evidence:
  - url: https://getchannels.com/docs/
    status: 200
  checked: '2026-10-28'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-28'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 22
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

Channels DVR API — frequently asked questions

Does Channels DVR have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 2 APIs from Channels DVR, including Channels DVR apps API and Channels DVR server API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Channels DVR API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 2 OpenAPI specifications for Channels DVR, each linked for download from this page.

Is the Channels DVR API ready for AI agents?

Channels DVR has a Kin Score of 32.2 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 17.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-10-31.

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