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Clerky

Clerky is an online legal service that helps startup founders handle their legal paperwork safely and efficiently. Designed by startup attorneys formerly at a Silicon Valley law firm, Clerky provides software and guided workflows for Delaware incorporation and post-incorporation setup, fundraising (SAFEs, convertible notes, board consents), hiring (offer letters, consulting agreements, equity compensation), commercial documents (NDAs), and ongoing corporate maintenance. Clerky is a Y Combinator portfolio company. It is a legal document assistant rather than a law firm, and does not currently publish a public developer API, developer portal, or programmatic integrations.

Clerky is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Legal, Legal Tech, Startups, and Incorporation.

Clerky’s developer surface includes pricing, signup flow, engineering blog, support, and 7 more developer resources.

17.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyLegalLegal TechStartupsIncorporationFundraisingComplianceDocument AutomationY Combinator

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 17.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 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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Security Posture 1

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

Clerky Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: clerky
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://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/clerky.png
name: Clerky
description: Clerky is an online legal service that helps startup founders handle their legal paperwork safely and efficiently.
  Designed by startup attorneys formerly at a Silicon Valley law firm, Clerky provides software and guided workflows for Delaware
  incorporation and post-incorporation setup, fundraising (SAFEs, convertible notes, board consents), hiring (offer letters,
  consulting agreements, equity compensation), commercial documents (NDAs), and ongoing corporate maintenance. Clerky is a
  Y Combinator portfolio company. It is a legal document assistant rather than a law firm, and does not currently publish
  a public developer API, developer portal, or programmatic integrations.
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x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Legal
- Legal Tech
- Startups
- Incorporation
- Fundraising
- Compliance
- Document Automation
- Y Combinator
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.clerky.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.clerky.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.clerky.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://app.clerky.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.clerky.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.clerky.com/privacy
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.clerky.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://help.clerky.com/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://help.clerky.com/
- type: About
  url: https://www.clerky.com/about
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/clerky-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence