# Checkr

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/checkr/  
**Website:** https://checkr.com  
**APIs profiled:** 14

Checkr is a technology-driven background check platform for employment screening. Its REST API lets employers, staffing firms, and platform partners run compliant background checks programmatically - creating candidates, sending invitations, ordering packages, and retrieving reports composed of individual screenings (SSN trace, county/state/national/federal criminal searches, sex offender registry, motor vehicle records, education and employment verifications, and more). The API also covers adverse action workflows, continuous checks and subscriptions, node/hierarchy and geo account structure, Form I-9, documents, and webhooks for event-driven report status updates. Authentication is HTTP Basic auth with a secret API key, with OAuth for Checkr Partner integrations.

## Kin Score — 37.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-24 under rubric 0.13.0. Trend: flat (-0.4 from 37.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 52.6 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

## Agent readiness — 19.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (14)

- **Checkr Account API** — Account and user metadata.
- **Checkr Adverse Actions API** — FCRA adverse action workflows against a report.
- **Checkr Candidates API** — Candidate records that background checks are run against.
- **Checkr Continuous Checks API** — Ongoing monitoring for new records.
- **Checkr Documents API** — Files attached to a candidate.
- **Checkr Geos API** — State/locale definitions scoping pricing and compliance.
- **Checkr Invitations API** — Hosted invitations for candidates to submit their own information.
- **Checkr Nodes and Hierarchy API** — Tree of nodes modeling account/organization structure.
- **Checkr Packages API** — Bundles of screenings and the programs that group them.
- **Checkr Reports API** — The container aggregating a candidate's screenings and result.
- **Checkr Screenings API** — Individual screening components nested under a report.
- **Checkr Subscriptions API** — Recurring re-runs of a package for a candidate.
- **Checkr Verifications API** — Education and employment verification screenings.
- **Checkr Webhooks API** — Event notification subscriptions.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Checkr Agentic Access** — 60 operations · 25 acting

## Security (3)

- **Checkr Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Checkr Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Checkr Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Checkr Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Background Checks, Employment Screening, Compliance, HR Tech, Identity Verification, Criminal Records

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/checkr/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.