# Contra

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/contra/  
**Website:** https://contra.com  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Contra is an independent-first, commission-free freelance marketplace and professional network for the jobs and skills of the future, founded in 2019 by Ben Huffman and Gajus Kuizinas and backed by Cowboy Ventures, Unusual Ventures, and NEA. Independents build a portfolio, get discovered, and manage work from inquiry to contract to payment without platform commissions. For developers, Contra exposes a read-only Public API (programs, filters, and expert profiles under https://contra.com/public-api/, authenticated with an X-API-Key header), an attribute-driven Webflow SDK, a React UI-kit, and a hosted, OAuth 2.1-protected Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at https://contra.com/mcp (scope mcp:tools).

## Kin Score — 37.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-30 under rubric 0.17.2. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 39.5 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 18.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 32.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 44.7 |
| Access Clarity | 44.7 |

## Agent readiness — 56.9 (agent-native)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | verified |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | verified |
| Dynamic Client Registration | yes |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Contra Public Api API** — The Public Api API from Contra — 3 operation(s) for public api.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Contra MCP**

## Security (2)

- **Contra Authentication** — apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Contra Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Future Of Work, Freelance Marketplace, Talent, Hiring, Professional Network, MCP, Developer API

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