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.

54.2/100 developing Agent 45/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 published contracts 1 MCP Servers 5 Agent Skills
CompanyMemorialsOnline MemorialsFuneral ServicesGrief SupportConsumerMCPAI Agents

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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.

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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 SERVER

Agent Skills 5

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

create-a-memorial

AGENT SKILL

make-a-keepsake

AGENT SKILL

moderate-tributes

AGENT SKILL

share-and-follow-up

AGENT SKILL

Cherished Book API pricing

Prices published by Cherished Book. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
Free Free
Premium $30 once, per memorial, including tax.
Partners (funeral director or celebrant) Partners pay $15 per memorial, with the first month free.

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Rate limits

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cherished Book Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Terms of Service 1

What its API terms permit and prohibit, quoted from its own page.

Cherished Book

10 quoted statements, read from Cherished Book's own page on 2026-11-09.

TERMS

Privacy & Data 1

Its role, the data it processes, retention and transfers, quoted from its own privacy page.

Cherished Book

13 quoted statements, read from Cherished Book's own page on 2026-11-09.

PRIVACY

Eligibility 1

Who may sign up and where, quoted from its own terms.

Cherished Book

2 quoted statements, read from Cherished Book's own page on 2026-11-09.

ELIGIBILITY

AI Preferences 1

Its stance on AI training, inference and agents, quoted from its own pages.

Cherished Book

3 quoted statements, read from Cherished Book's own page on 2026-11-09.

AI PREFS

Data License 1

How its data and outputs may be reused, quoted from its own terms.

Cherished Book

1 quoted statement, read from Cherished Book's own page on 2026-11-09.

LICENSE

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Cherishedbook Com Context

10 classes · 58 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral 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

46 rules · 40 error-severity 4 warn-severity 2 info-severity

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI 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

10 actions · update · cherishedbook-com-openapi.yml

DERIVED

JSON Schema 6

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

BroadcastState

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Contribution

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ExportState

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Memorial

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PersonalMemorial

23 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProvisionResult

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Cherished Book Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Cherished Book Agentic Access

35 operations · 17 acting

35 operations · 17 acting

AGENTIC

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)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: cherishedbook-com
name: Cherished Book
description: '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.'
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/cherishedbook-com/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:mcp-registry
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-11-03 (modular-v1; was harvest)
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  probe_state: covered
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-11-03'
modified: '2026-11-03'
tags:
- Company
- Memorials
- Online Memorials
- Funeral Services
- Grief Support
- Consumer
- MCP
- AI Agents
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
image: https://www.cherishedbook.com/images/og/home-2026-10.jpg
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cherishedbook-com-agentic-access.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/cherishedbook-com-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/cherishedbook-com-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/cherishedbook-com-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/cherishedbook-com-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/cherishedbook-com-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/cherishedbook-com-data-model.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/cherishedbook-com-conventions.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/cherishedbook-com-lifecycle.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/cherishedbook-com-lifecycle.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/cherishedbook-com-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/cherishedbook-com-conformance.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/cherishedbook-com-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/cherishedbook-com-llms.txt
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/cherishedbook-com-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/cherishedbook-com-mcp.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/cherishedbook-com-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/cherishedbook-com-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/cherishedbook-com-vendors.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cherishedbook-com-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cherishedbook-com-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai.md
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.cherishedbook.com/onboarding/start
- type: Login
  url: https://app.cherishedbook.com
- type: Support
  url: https://support.cherishedbook.com/login
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/privacy
- type: About
  url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/about
- type: UsageTerms
  url: terms/cherishedbook-com-terms-of-service.yml
- type: DataProcessing
  url: privacy/cherishedbook-com-privacy-policy.yml
- type: Eligibility
  url: eligibility/cherishedbook-com-eligibility.yml
- type: AIPreferences
  url: ai-preferences/cherishedbook-com-ai-preferences.yml
- type: DataLicense
  url: data-license/cherishedbook-com-data-license.yml
apis:
- aid: cherishedbook-com:cherishedbook-com-auth-api
  name: Cherished Book Auth API
  description: The Auth API from Cherished Book — 2 operation(s) for auth.
  humanURL: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
  baseURL: https://app.cherishedbook.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - Auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cherishedbook-com-auth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai.md
- aid: cherishedbook-com:cherishedbook-com-contributions-api
  name: Cherished Book Contributions API
  description: The Contributions API from Cherished Book — 6 operation(s) for contributions.
  humanURL: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
  baseURL: https://app.cherishedbook.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Contributions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cherishedbook-com-contributions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai.md
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cherishedbook-com-contribution-schema.json
- aid: cherishedbook-com:cherishedbook-com-me-api
  name: Cherished Book Me API
  description: The Me API from Cherished Book — 5 operation(s) for me.
  humanURL: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
  baseURL: https://app.cherishedbook.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Me
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cherishedbook-com-me-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai.md
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cherishedbook-com-personal-memorial-schema.json
- aid: cherishedbook-com:cherishedbook-com-memorials-api
  name: Cherished Book Memorials API
  description: The Memorials API from Cherished Book — 12 operation(s) for memorials.
  humanURL: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
  baseURL: https://app.cherishedbook.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Memorials
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cherishedbook-com-memorials-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai.md
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cherishedbook-com-contribution-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cherishedbook-com-memorial-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cherishedbook-com-export-state-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cherishedbook-com-provision-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/cherishedbook-com-broadcast-state-schema.json
- aid: cherishedbook-com:cherishedbook-com-organization-api
  name: Cherished Book Organization API
  description: The Organization API from Cherished Book — 1 operation(s) for organization.
  humanURL: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
  baseURL: https://app.cherishedbook.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Organization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cherishedbook-com-organization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai.md
- aid: cherishedbook-com:cherishedbook-com-owners-api
  name: Cherished Book Owners API
  description: The Owners API from Cherished Book — 1 operation(s) for owners.
  humanURL: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
  baseURL: https://app.cherishedbook.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Owners
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cherishedbook-com-owners-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai.md
- aid: cherishedbook-com:cherishedbook-com-ping-api
  name: Cherished Book Ping API
  description: The Ping API from Cherished Book — 1 operation(s) for ping.
  humanURL: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
  baseURL: https://app.cherishedbook.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Ping
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cherishedbook-com-ping-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai.md
x-coverage:
  state: covered
  reason: identity-verified
  detail: Website and name verified from the provider homepage title "Create an online memorial, together · Cherished Book"
    and footer "© 2026 Cherished Book". No blog, GitHub org, roadmap or public Postman collection found on the site.
  evidence:
  - url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/about
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/developers/ai
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.cherishedbook.com/contact
    status: 200
  - url: https://app.cherishedbook.com/onboarding/start
    status: 200
  - url: https://support.cherishedbook.com/login
    status: 200
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-03'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 42
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=anthropic,contract=anthropic,surfaces=anthropic,docs=anthropic,regulatory=anthropic

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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