# Connected

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/connected/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Connected (Connected HQ, Inc.) was a social CRM and contact-management startup that pulled a user's address book, email and social accounts together into a single continuously-updated relationship manager. Backed by 500 Global, it was acquired by LinkedIn in October 2011 and folded into the LinkedIn-branded "Connected" product, after which the standalone service was retired. Connected never shipped a public developer program, API, SDK or documentation. The connectedhq.com domain is still defensively held by the acquirer (MarkMonitor registrar, Azure DNS and NS1 nameservers, SPF and DMARC p=reject, RFC 7505 null MX) but publishes no A record and serves no content. This profile is retained as a historical record; there is no API surface to enrich.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Connected Domain Security** — DMARC

## Tags

Company, Defunct, Acquired, CRM, Contacts, Address Book, Relationship Management, Social

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/connected/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.