# firsthand

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/firsthand/  
**Website:** https://www.firsthandcares.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

firsthand is a healthcare company delivering peer-based support to individuals living with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, helping them access care, benefits, and community resources. Its guides and specialists have lived experience of mental illness, and its HITRUST r2-certified helpinghand platform coordinates care across states including Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, and Washington. firsthand is a portfolio company of GV (Google Ventures). This profile is maintained by the API Evangelist network; firsthand publishes no public developer API, SDK, or documentation surface at this time.

## Kin Score — 5.5 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 5.0 (matched via tags).

## 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).

## Tags

Company, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Peer Support, Care Coordination

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