Citizen

Citizen is a consumer public-safety mobile application that delivers real-time, location-based safety alerts and incident notifications to users about events happening in their communities. The app surfaces verified alerts, live video streamed by witnesses at the scene, incident search, and community broadcast features to help people connect and stay safe. Backed by 8vc, Citizen positions itself as the leading public-safety app in the United States. It is a consumer product with no public developer program, API documentation, SDK, or developer portal exposed on its website as of this enrichment pass.

Citizen is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Public Safety, Safety, Mobile Application, and Location Based Services.

Citizen’s developer surface includes support, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyPublic SafetySafetyMobile ApplicationLocation Based ServicesReal Time AlertsConsumerEmergency

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 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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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

About

About

Source (apis.yml)

aid: citizen
name: Citizen
description: Citizen is a consumer public-safety mobile application that delivers real-time, location-based safety alerts
  and incident notifications to users about events happening in their communities. The app surfaces verified alerts, live
  video streamed by witnesses at the scene, incident search, and community broadcast features to help people connect and stay
  safe. Backed by 8vc, Citizen positions itself as the leading public-safety app in the United States. It is a consumer product
  with no public developer program, API documentation, SDK, or developer portal exposed on its website as of this enrichment
  pass.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://images.prismic.io/citizen-site/ea51fded-bedd-482d-85b6-0ae1b743d636_Thumbnail+-+Invite.png?auto=compress,format
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/citizen/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 8vc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Public Safety
- Safety
- Mobile Application
- Location Based Services
- Real Time Alerts
- Consumer
- Emergency
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/citizen-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://citizen.com
- type: Support
  url: https://support.citizen.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://citizen.com/privacy/tos
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://citizen.com/privacy
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/citizen
- type: About
  url: https://citizen.com/about
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence