Cherished Book
Cherished Book (cherishedbook.com) is a collaborative online memorial platform: families create a free memorial 'book' that everyone who loved the person can write in, adding stories, photographs and messages, with help starting the life story, pet memorials and gifted memorials. For funeral homes and memorial-service providers it offers a JSON HTTP Developer API at https://app.cherishedbook.com/api/v1 (bearer tokens scoped to one organisation), a published OpenAPI 3.1 description, onboarding links, and an MCP server so AI assistants can manage memorials.
Cherished Book publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Auth API, Contributions API, Me API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Company, Memorials, Online Memorials, Funeral Services, and Grief Support.
The Cherished Book catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Cherished Book’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, pricing, signup flow, support, and 33 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Standards implemented 4
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 7
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Cherished Book Auth API
The Auth API from Cherished Book — 2 operation(s) for auth.
Cherished Book Contributions API
The Contributions API from Cherished Book — 6 operation(s) for contributions.
Cherished Book Me API
The Me API from Cherished Book — 5 operation(s) for me.
Cherished Book Memorials API
The Memorials API from Cherished Book — 12 operation(s) for memorials.
Cherished Book Organization API
The Organization API from Cherished Book — 1 operation(s) for organization.
Cherished Book Owners API
The Owners API from Cherished Book — 1 operation(s) for owners.
Cherished Book Ping API
The Ping API from Cherished Book — 1 operation(s) for ping.
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Cherished Book MCP server
Remote MCP server at app.cherishedbook.com requiring OAuth; 10 tools listed.
MCP SERVERAgent Skills 5
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
create-a-memorial
AGENT SKILLmake-a-keepsake
AGENT SKILLmoderate-tributes
AGENT SKILLprovision-a-memorial-for-a-family
AGENT SKILLshare-and-follow-up
AGENT SKILLCherished Book API pricing
Prices published by Cherished Book. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Premium | $30 once, per memorial, including tax. |
| Partners (funeral director or celebrant) | Partners pay $15 per memorial, with the first month free. |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- personal token: Rate limits: 20 requests a minute for a personal token, 50 for a business token.
- business token: Rate limits: 20 requests a minute for a personal token, 50 for a business token.
- memorial wording changes: limited to one change per memorial per five minutes; a `429` carries `Retry-After`
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Cherished Book Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSTerms of Service 1
What its API terms permit and prohibit, quoted from its own page.
Privacy & Data 1
Its role, the data it processes, retention and transfers, quoted from its own privacy page.
Eligibility 1
Who may sign up and where, quoted from its own terms.
AI Preferences 1
Its stance on AI training, inference and agents, quoted from its own pages.
Data License 1
How its data and outputs may be reused, quoted from its own terms.
Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Cherishedbook Com Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.
Cherished Book API Rules
SPECTRALOpenAPI Overlays 1
Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.
Cherished Book Openapi Overlay
DERIVEDJSON Schema 6
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
BroadcastState
JSON SCHEMAContribution
JSON SCHEMAExportState
JSON SCHEMAMemorial
JSON SCHEMAPersonalMemorial
JSON SCHEMAProvisionResult
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 4
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 5
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 8
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 6
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 5
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Cherished Book API — frequently asked questions
Does Cherished Book have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Cherished Book, including Cherished Book Auth API, Cherished Book Contributions API and Cherished Book Me API, and 4 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Cherished Book API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Cherished Book, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Cherished Book API?
Cherished Book documents its authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Cherished Book Authentication.
How much does the Cherished Book API cost?
Cherished Book publishes its prices; its Premium plan is $30 once, per memorial, including tax. as of 2026-11-03. APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Cherished Book, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Cherished Book have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Cherished Book: Remote MCP server at app.cherishedbook.com requiring OAuth; 10 tools listed.
Is the Cherished Book API ready for AI agents?
Cherished Book has a Kin Score of 54.2 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 44.6 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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