Fama

Fama is an AI-powered social media and online screening platform for employment decisions. Its REST API lets HR platforms and background-screening providers submit candidate checks and retrieve behavioral findings — flagged posts, web content, and social profiles — mapped to workplace-misconduct categories across 30+ languages while filtering out protected-class information for EEOC/FCRA-aligned adjudication. Reports are delivered via completion callbacks or polling as JSON or a signed PDF, powering pre-employment screening (Fama Plus), comprehensive candidate assessment (Fama 360), and ongoing employee monitoring (Fama Pulse).

Fama publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Employment Screening, Background Checks, Human Resources, and Social Media.

The Fama catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Fama’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 20 more developer resources.

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43.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 46/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyEmployment ScreeningBackground ChecksHuman ResourcesSocial MediaRiskComplianceArtificial Intelligence

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 43.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 5.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 14.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 46/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 1

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

Fama REST API

v2 REST API for submitting candidate screening checks and retrieving report findings (person, profiles, posts, web content, summary, and signed PDF). Bearer-token auth; report c...

MCP Servers 1

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

fama-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

SignUp

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

MCPServer

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Lifecycle

Webhooks

DataModel

Conformance

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Compliance

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

RateLimits

Deprecation

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: fama
name: Fama
description: Fama is an AI-powered social media and online screening platform for employment decisions. Its REST API lets
  HR platforms and background-screening providers submit candidate checks and retrieve behavioral findings — flagged posts,
  web content, and social profiles — mapped to workplace-misconduct categories across 30+ languages while filtering out protected-class
  information for EEOC/FCRA-aligned adjudication. Reports are delivered via completion callbacks or polling as JSON or a signed
  PDF, powering pre-employment screening (Fama Plus), comprehensive candidate assessment (Fama 360), and ongoing employee
  monitoring (Fama Pulse).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fama/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ea1ecaf41aeda5d5045103/6622b457a4c9d4fde1e2a424_Fama%20Open%20Graph%20Image%202%201200%20x%20630.svg
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bullpen-capital
x-tier: active
x-tier-reason: public-api-enriched
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Employment Screening
- Background Checks
- Human Resources
- Social Media
- Risk
- Compliance
- Artificial Intelligence
apis:
- name: Fama REST API
  description: v2 REST API for submitting candidate screening checks and retrieving report findings (person, profiles, posts,
    web content, summary, and signed PDF). Bearer-token auth; report completion via HTTP callback or polling.
  humanURL: https://developer.fama.io/reference/fama-rest-api
  baseURL: https://public-api.fama.io
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.fama.io
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.fama.io/reference/fama-rest-api
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/fama-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.fama.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.fama.io
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.fama.io/reference/fama-rest-api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.fama.io/reference/api-token
- type: Support
  url: https://fama.io/contact
- type: Blog
  url: https://fama.io/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://fama.io/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.fama.io
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://fama.io/privacy-policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.fama.io
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/fama-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/fama-authentication.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/fama-rate-limits.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/fama-error-codes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/fama-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/fama-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/fama-lifecycle.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/fama-webhooks.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/fama-sandbox.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/fama-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/fama-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/fama-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.fama.io/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/fama-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/fama-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://fama.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Fama

Kin Score

APIs 1

Fama REST API

MCP Servers 1

fama-mcp.yml

Rate Limits 1

Fama Rate Limits

Event Specifications 1

Fama Webhooks

Security Posture 3

Fama Authentication

Fama Domain Security

Fama Trust Center

Resources