Contently

aid: contently
name: Contently
description: Contently is an end-to-end content marketing platform pairing enterprise content operations software with a vetted
  global network of 10,000+ freelance writers, editors, designers, and strategists, positioned for regulated industries such
  as financial services, healthcare, and insurance. Brands use Contently to plan editorial calendars, source and manage creative
  talent, run review-and-approval workflows with credentialed reviewers, publish across channels, and measure content performance.
  For developers Contently documents the Talent API, a REST-first JSON API secured with scoped OAuth2 that lets teams search
  vetted creators, open NDA-scoped projects, brief and message contributors, submit draft reviews, approve and pay out work,
  and check funded balances, with state-change webhooks over Slack, Teams, or raw HTTP. Contently also advertises an MCP server
  registering six tools, though no endpoint is published. No OpenAPI specification, reference documentation, or developer
  portal is published; API access is obtained through a sales conversation. Contently maintains SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA,
  HIPAA (BAA), and FINRA reviewer-pool posture with a published controls matrix.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/contently/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: contact-sales
  onboarding: request
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Contact sales
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-08-13'
  method: probed
  note: 'Corrected 2026-08-13. The prior value (onboarding self-serve, "Self-serve signup") was wrong. There is no developer
    signup: https://contently.com/pricing 301s to the demo booking form, and the Talent API page''s only call to action is
    "Talk to our API team".'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-08-13'
image: https://contently.com/wp-content/themes/contently-redesign-theme/assets/images/brand/og-default-1200x630.png
tags:
- Company
- Content Marketing
- Talent Marketplace
- Freelance
- Content Creation
- Publishing
- Editorial Workflow
- Regulated Content
- Compliance
tags_raw:
- Company
- Content Marketing
- Talent Marketplace
- Freelance
- Content Creation
- Publishing
- Editorial Workflow
- Regulated Content
- Compliance
- API
apis:
- name: Contently Talent API
  description: REST-first JSON API to Contently's vetted creative network and project workflow. Search creators, open NDA-scoped
    projects, brief and message contributors, submit draft reviews, approve and pay out work, and check funded balances. Secured
    with scoped OAuth2; state-change webhooks over Slack, Teams, or HTTP. Seven endpoints are documented in prose on the product
    page; no OpenAPI, no reference documentation, and no developer portal are published, and access is sales-gated.
  humanURL: https://contently.com/platform/talent-api/
  baseURL: https://api.contently.com
  tags:
  - Talent
  - Freelance
  - Content
  - Project
  - Reviews
  tags_raw:
  - Talent
  - Freelance
  - Content
  - Projects
  - Reviews
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/contently-authentication.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/contently-webhooks.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/contently-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/contently-conformance.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/contently-rate-limits.yml
  x-evidence:
    verified: '2026-08-13'
    method: live HTTP probe
    docs_describe: Seven REST endpoints with methods and paths, an OAuth2 scoped auth model, a four-event webhook catalog,
      and a six-tool MCP list — published as prose on https://contently.com/platform/talent-api/ (HTTP 200).
    base_url_check: api.contently.com is a genuinely configured host (302 to /signin, serves the Contently Rails application;
      x-request-id and x-runtime headers observed), NOT a wildcard artefact. It matches the curl examples Contently publishes
      on the Talent API page.
    spec_check: No machine-readable contract. 33 OpenAPI/Swagger discovery probes across contently.com, api.contently.com
      and developer.contently.com returned 404; GraphQL introspection returns a Rails HTML 500.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://contently.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://contently.com/platform/talent-api/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://contently.com/platform/talent-api/
- type: Blog
  url: https://contently.com/strategist/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.contently.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/contently
- type: Login
  url: https://contently.com/signin/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://contently.com/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://contently.com/privacy-policy/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://contently.com/trust/security/
- type: Security
  url: https://contently.com/trust/security/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/contently-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/contently-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/contently-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/contently-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/contently-authentication.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/contently-webhooks.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/contently-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/contently-conformance.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/contently-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/contently-rate-limits.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/contently-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/contently-llms.txt
x-pointer-notes:
  removed_2026-08-13:
  - type: MCPServer
    reason: Removed. The pointer asserts the provider serves an MCP surface; Contently does not. It advertises six MCP tools
      on its product page but publishes no endpoint, install command, or package. The URL the prior round recorded (https://mcp.contently.com)
      is a wildcard DNS catch-all — it returns the byte-identical 302 as a bogus control subdomain. The artifact mcp/contently-mcp.yml
      is retained and records both the claim and its disproof. Do not re-add this pointer without a tools/list that actually
      answers.
  - type: StatusPage
    reason: Removed. status.contently.com serves the Contently application login SPA, not a status page, and https://contently.statuspage.io
      redirects to /inactive. See lifecycle/contently-lifecycle.yml.
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    reason: Removed. developer.contently.com 302s to /signin and returns the same 1,835-byte application login bundle as api.contently.com
      and status.contently.com. It is the product login, not a portal.
  - type: Pricing
    reason: Removed. https://contently.com/pricing 301s to the demo booking form; no pricing page exists. The absence is recorded
      in plans/contently-plans-pricing.yml with plan_count 0.
  - type: SignUp
    reason: Replaced with Login. app.contently.com is a wildcard catch-all redirecting to the apex; the real application entry
      point is https://contently.com/signin/, and it is a login, not a signup.
  withheld_2026-08-13:
  - type: WellKnown
    reason: All 32 /.well-known/ probes across four hosts returned 404. Probe recorded, no pointer.
  - type: AgentCard
    reason: No agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json or /.well-known/agent.json on any host.
  - type: SDKs
    reason: packages/ holds one genuine first-party npm package, but it is a video.js editor plugin last released 2020-01-30,
      not a Talent API client. sdk_count is 0.
  - type: Idempotency
    reason: No idempotency header or retry contract is documented.
  - type: Deprecation
    reason: No deprecation policy or Sunset/Deprecation header contract is published.
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-13'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 4
  pass: local-v1
  note: Verification round. Confirmed the Talent API documentation is real, and disproved four surfaces a prior round had
    recorded from marketing mockups and wildcard DNS.
x-discovery:
  checked: '2026-08-13'
  summary: Contently's Talent API is genuinely documented in prose on its product page and api.contently.com is a real configured
    host, but no machine-readable contract exists anywhere — 33 OpenAPI probes, 32 well-known probes, GraphQL introspection,
    MCP tools/list and agent-card lookups all missed, and API access is sales-gated behind "Talk to our API team".
  openapi: none
  graphql: none
  asyncapi: none
  agent_card: none
  mcp: advertised-but-no-endpoint
  evidence:
  - url: https://contently.com/platform/talent-api/
    status: 200
  - url: https://api.contently.com/openapi.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://developer.contently.com/
    status: 302
  - url: https://mcp.contently.com/mcp
    status: 500
  - url: https://contently.com/.well-known/agent-card.json
    status: 404
  - url: https://contently.com/pricing
    status: 301
  wildcard_dns_warning: contently.com resolves ALL unknown subdomains — any label returns a 302 to the apex. Any future probe
    of a contently.com subdomain MUST be run against a bogus control label before its response is treated as evidence of a
    service.