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Dovetail

Dovetail is a customer intelligence platform that aggregates customer feedback from sales calls, support tickets, user-research sessions, surveys and other channels, then uses AI to transcribe, analyze, tag and structure it into a searchable research repository. Teams across product, design, research, customer experience, sales and marketing turn that signal into insights, docs, dashboards and automated agents. The Dovetail Public API (base https://dovetail.com/api/v1) exposes projects, folders, docs, insights, data (notes), highlights, tags, themes, channels, topics, contacts, users, custom fields, files, comments and transcripts, plus Magic Search, Search V2 and Magic Summarize, and an official hosted MCP server for AI agents. Backed by Accel and Felicis.

Dovetail publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Customer Research, User Research, and Customer Insights.

Dovetail’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, signup flow, pricing, support, and 19 more developer resources.

38.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-10 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyConsumerCustomer ResearchUser ResearchCustomer InsightsCustomer FeedbackResearch RepositoryAnalyticsAIProduct Management

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scored 2026-08-10 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 38.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 12.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 8.7 / 10
Agent readiness — 27/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Dovetail API

Dovetail Public API for building custom integrations against a Dovetail workspace: manage projects, folders, docs, insights, data (notes), highlights, tags, themes, channels, to...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

dovetail-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dovetail Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

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

Dovetail Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Dovetail Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: dovetail
name: Dovetail
description: Dovetail is a customer intelligence platform that aggregates customer feedback from sales calls, support tickets,
  user-research sessions, surveys and other channels, then uses AI to transcribe, analyze, tag and structure it into a searchable
  research repository. Teams across product, design, research, customer experience, sales and marketing turn that signal into
  insights, docs, dashboards and automated agents. The Dovetail Public API (base https://dovetail.com/api/v1) exposes projects,
  folders, docs, insights, data (notes), highlights, tags, themes, channels, topics, contacts, users, custom fields, files,
  comments and transcripts, plus Magic Search, Search V2 and Magic Summarize, and an official hosted MCP server for AI agents.
  Backed by Accel and Felicis.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dovetail/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- accel
- felicis
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://dovetail.com/media/Social_Meta1.png
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Customer Research
- User Research
- Customer Insights
- Customer Feedback
- Research Repository
- Analytics
- AI
- Product Management
apis:
- name: Dovetail API
  description: 'Dovetail Public API for building custom integrations against a Dovetail workspace: manage projects, folders,
    docs, insights, data (notes), highlights, tags, themes, channels, topics, contacts, users, custom fields, files, comments
    and transcripts; run Magic Search, Search V2 and Magic Summarize. Bearer API-token auth; cursor-based pagination; 200
    requests/minute per workspace.'
  humanURL: https://developers.dovetail.com/
  baseURL: https://dovetail.com/api/v1/
  tags:
  - Customer Research
  - Insights
  - Search
  - AI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.dovetail.com/docs/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.dovetail.com/reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.dovetail.com/docs/introduction
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/dovetail-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/dovetail-rate-limits.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/dovetail-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/dovetail-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/dovetail-data-model.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/dovetail-lifecycle.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/dovetail-mcp.yml
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: llms/dovetail-llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://dovetail.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.dovetail.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.dovetail.com/docs/introduction
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.dovetail.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.dovetail.com/docs/introduction
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dovetail-authentication.yml
- type: SignUp
  url: https://dovetail.com/signup/
- type: Login
  url: https://app.dovetail.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://dovetail.com/pricing/
- type: Support
  url: https://docs.dovetail.com/help/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://docs.dovetail.com/help/
- type: Blog
  url: https://dovetail.com/blog/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://dovetail.com/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://dovetail.com/privacy/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://dovetail.com/changelog/dovetail-api/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/dovetail-changelog.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.dovetail.com/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.dovetail.com/
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/dovetail-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/dovetail-llms.txt
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dovetail-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/dovetail-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/dovetail-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/dovetail-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/dovetail-lifecycle.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dovetail-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence