# GoodHire

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/goodhire/  
**Website:** https://www.goodhire.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

GoodHire is an FCRA-compliant employment background check platform aimed at small and midsize businesses, offering criminal, identity, employment, education, and reference screening with candidate self-consent workflows. GoodHire was acquired by Checkr (the developer-first background check company) in 2021 - the deal was reported at roughly $400M - and now operates as "GoodHire, A Checkr Company." The GoodHire API is a RESTful, FCRA-compliant background screening API split into a Customer API (a single company ordering its own reports) and a Partner API (HR platforms that let their employer customers order GoodHire reports). Background checks are ordered by creating a report object tied to a candidate and a package; status changes are delivered via webhooks. API keys are gated - developers request access from api@goodhire.com and build against a sandbox before production.

## Kin Score — 39.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 39.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 55.1 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 24.1 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **GoodHire Packages API** — List available screening packages (product bundles) and prices.
- **GoodHire Partner API** — Partner API app-access flow for embedded HR platforms.
- **GoodHire Reports API** — Order and track background check reports.
- **GoodHire Requestors API** — Manage the users who order and are associated with reports.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Goodhire Agentic Access** — 8 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

- **Goodhire Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Goodhire Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Goodhire Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Background Checks, Employment Screening, Identity Verification, HR, Compliance, FCRA, Checkr

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