HAAWK

HAAWK is a Los Angeles-based music rights management and monetization company that administers digital rights across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for record labels, music publishers, and independent artists. Its products include HAAWK (full-service YouTube Content ID and Meta Rights Manager administration), Identifyy (self-service UGC rights management for independent creators), Keyframe Audio (a micro sync-licensing catalog of 50,000+ production music tracks), and Diistro (digital music distribution to Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, and TikTok). HAAWK has administered 100B+ video views and manages 1.1M+ music copyrights for 2,000+ rights holders. Backed by 500 Global. No public developer API, SDK, or documentation surface was found during enrichment.

HAAWK is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Music, Rights Management, Content ID, and Music Distribution.

HAAWK’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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10.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyMusicRights ManagementContent IDMusic DistributionSync LicensingCopyrightMedia

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Composite quality — 10.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Products

Products

CopyrightPolicy

CopyrightPolicy

Source (apis.yml)

aid: haawk
name: HAAWK
description: HAAWK is a Los Angeles-based music rights management and monetization company that administers digital rights
  across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for record labels, music publishers, and independent artists. Its products
  include HAAWK (full-service YouTube Content ID and Meta Rights Manager administration), Identifyy (self-service UGC rights
  management for independent creators), Keyframe Audio (a micro sync-licensing catalog of 50,000+ production music tracks),
  and Diistro (digital music distribution to Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, and TikTok). HAAWK has administered 100B+
  video views and manages 1.1M+ music copyrights for 2,000+ rights holders. Backed by 500 Global. No public developer API,
  SDK, or documentation surface was found during enrichment.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/haawk/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-enrichment-note: No public API/SDK/developer documentation surface found (2026-07-19). Spec-dependent artifacts (openapi,
  packages, mcp, scopes, authentication, conventions, errors, asyncapi, skills) are N/A.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/599ce3fd893fc09434e5445a/1503537960386-PS0D77CF3DZ994UY6OV4/HAAWK%2C+Inc.+logo
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Music
- Rights Management
- Content ID
- Music Distribution
- Sync Licensing
- Copyright
- Media
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/haawk-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://haawk.com
- type: Products
  url: https://www.haawk.com/products
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/haawk
- type: Support
  url: https://www.haawk.com/contact
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.haawk.com/privacy-policy
- type: CopyrightPolicy
  url: https://www.haawk.com/copyright-policy
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/haawk-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence