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Chord

Chord is a New York / Santa Barbara-based commerce data and AI platform founded in 2021 by Bryan Mahoney (CEO) and Henry Davis (President & Chairman), both former Glossier executives. Chord began as a headless commerce backbone built on top of Solidus — the open-source Spree Commerce fork written in Ruby on Rails — and has since evolved into an AI-native commerce data platform with three layers: a Data Foundation that unifies sources such as Shopify, ad platforms, and CDPs; a Context Stack that grounds AI in store-specific business context; and a set of Agents that take action across the commerce stack. Its current product surface includes Chord OMS (a Solidus-based order management system covering orders, products, promotions, subscriptions, affiliates, gift cards, returns, shipping, tax, and digital products documented at chord.stoplight.io), Chord CDP (customer data platform with identity resolution, RFM scoring, customer lifetime revenue, and destination activations), Chord Event Tracking (client- and server-side eventing with Shopify Web Pixel integration and consent management via OneTrust and Shopify Customer Privacy API), Chord Data Platform (analytics, predictive modeling, attribution, recommendations, Fivetran ingestion, GA4 compatibility), and Chord AI / Copilot Chat, powered by Anthropic Claude (Opus 4.5 for SQL generation, Haiku 4.5 for response generation and classification) with charts, monitors, context modeling, and natural-language data querying. Chord's GitHub org (github.com/chordcommerce) maintains a fleet of Solidus extensions (solidus_stripe, solidus_braintree, solidus_paypal_braintree, solidus_subscriptions, solidus_virtual_gift_card, solidus_importer, solidus_avatax_certified), a consent-manager TypeScript library, a Jitsu fork for event ingestion, and example repos for eventing and analytics. Notable customers include Sonos, Blue Bottle Coffee, Rodan + Fields, MrBeast, and Ritual. Funding has come from M13 Ventures, Equal Ventures, Act One Ventures, Chingona Ventures, and CEAS Investments, with an $18M Series A reported by TechCrunch in 2021. The commercial model is sales-led with custom enterprise pricing gated behind a demo request.

Chord is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Commerce, Composable Commerce, Headless Commerce, Order Management, and OMS.

Chord’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, release notes, engineering blog, GitHub presence, and 16 more developer resources.

13.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5
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CommerceComposable CommerceHeadless CommerceOrder ManagementOMSCustomer Data PlatformCDPEvent TrackingCommerce AnalyticsCustomer Lifetime ValueAI AgentsCommerce CopilotSolidusSpreeRuby On RailsShopifyDTCDirect To Consumer

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 13.0/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

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

Chord Commerce Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Other 8

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: chord-commerce
name: Chord
description: 'Chord is a New York / Santa Barbara-based commerce data and AI platform founded in 2021 by Bryan Mahoney (CEO)
  and Henry Davis (President & Chairman), both former Glossier executives. Chord began as a headless commerce backbone built
  on top of Solidus — the open-source Spree Commerce fork written in Ruby on Rails — and has since evolved into an AI-native
  commerce data platform with three layers: a Data Foundation that unifies sources such as Shopify, ad platforms, and CDPs;
  a Context Stack that grounds AI in store-specific business context; and a set of Agents that take action across the commerce
  stack. Its current product surface includes Chord OMS (a Solidus-based order management system covering orders, products,
  promotions, subscriptions, affiliates, gift cards, returns, shipping, tax, and digital products documented at chord.stoplight.io),
  Chord CDP (customer data platform with identity resolution, RFM scoring, customer lifetime revenue, and destination activations),
  Chord Event Tracking (client- and server-side eventing with Shopify Web Pixel integration and consent management via OneTrust
  and Shopify Customer Privacy API), Chord Data Platform (analytics, predictive modeling, attribution, recommendations, Fivetran
  ingestion, GA4 compatibility), and Chord AI / Copilot Chat, powered by Anthropic Claude (Opus 4.5 for SQL generation, Haiku
  4.5 for response generation and classification) with charts, monitors, context modeling, and natural-language data querying.
  Chord''s GitHub org (github.com/chordcommerce) maintains a fleet of Solidus extensions (solidus_stripe, solidus_braintree,
  solidus_paypal_braintree, solidus_subscriptions, solidus_virtual_gift_card, solidus_importer, solidus_avatax_certified),
  a consent-manager TypeScript library, a Jitsu fork for event ingestion, and example repos for eventing and analytics. Notable
  customers include Sonos, Blue Bottle Coffee, Rodan + Fields, MrBeast, and Ritual. Funding has come from M13 Ventures, Equal
  Ventures, Act One Ventures, Chingona Ventures, and CEAS Investments, with an $18M Series A reported by TechCrunch in 2021.
  The commercial model is sales-led with custom enterprise pricing gated behind a demo request.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/chord-commerce.png
tags:
- Commerce
- Composable Commerce
- Headless Commerce
- Order Management
- OMS
- Customer Data Platform
- CDP
- Event Tracking
- Commerce Analytics
- Customer Lifetime Value
- AI Agents
- Commerce Copilot
- Solidus
- Spree
- Ruby On Rails
- Shopify
- DTC
- Direct To Consumer
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chord-commerce/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/chord-commerce-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com
- type: Platform
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com/platform
- type: AI
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com/chord-ai
- type: CDP
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com/chord-cdp
- type: OMS
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com/chord-oms
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.chord.co
- type: OMSDocumentation
  url: https://docs.chord.co/oms
- type: APIReference
  url: https://chord.stoplight.io/docs/chord-oms
- type: EventTracking
  url: https://docs.chord.co/chord-event-tracking
- type: DataPlatform
  url: https://docs.chord.co/chord-data-platform
- type: Copilot
  url: https://docs.chord.co/chord-copilot-chat
- type: AnthropicIntegration
  url: https://docs.chord.co/chord-ai-models-powered-by-anthropic
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://chord.launchnotes.io
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com/blog
- type: CaseStudies
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com/case-studies
- type: About
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com/about
- type: Demo
  url: https://www.chordcommerce.com/pricing
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/chordcommerce
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chordcommerce
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/arfa
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com