Handshake

Handshake (joinhandshake.com) is the early-career talent network that connects students and recent graduates with employers, alongside the higher-education Career Services teams that support them. For developers and institutional integrators, Handshake exposes the EDU API: a read-only, institution-scoped, versioned API for career-services data management and automation, covering applications, appointments, career fairs, jobs, postings, qualifications, and meetings. The EDU API is currently in beta and gated to Career Services partners, authenticates with an x-api-key header issued from the Developer Portal, and supports pagination, sorting, and delta fetching. Handshake was originally added to the API Evangelist network as a VC portfolio lead and has since been enriched from its public developer documentation, trust center, and status surfaces.

Handshake publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Hr Tech, Careers, Recruiting, and Higher Education.

Handshake’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, changelog, and 14 more developer resources.

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34.7/100 thin Agent 10/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 0 Features
CompanyHr TechCareersRecruitingHigher EducationTalentStudentsJobs

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 34.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 8.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 10/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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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APIs

Handshake EDU API

Read-only, institution-scoped EDU API for career-services data: applications, appointments, career fairs, jobs, postings, qualifications, and meetings. Authenticates via x-api-k...

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conventions
Conventions

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 Compliance
Compliance
 Security
Security
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: handshake
name: Handshake
description: 'Handshake (joinhandshake.com) is the early-career talent network that connects students and recent graduates
  with employers, alongside the higher-education Career Services teams that support them. For developers and institutional
  integrators, Handshake exposes the EDU API: a read-only, institution-scoped, versioned API for career-services data management
  and automation, covering applications, appointments, career fairs, jobs, postings, qualifications, and meetings. The EDU
  API is currently in beta and gated to Career Services partners, authenticates with an x-api-key header issued from the Developer
  Portal, and supports pagination, sorting, and delta fetching. Handshake was originally added to the API Evangelist network
  as a VC portfolio lead and has since been enriched from its public developer documentation, trust center, and status surfaces.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/handshake/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- eqt-ventures
- ggv-capital
- greylock
- kleiner-perkins
- lightspeed-venture-partners
- pantera-capital
- point-nine
- spark-capital
- true-ventures
- uncork-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Hr Tech
- Careers
- Recruiting
- Higher Education
- Talent
- Students
- Jobs
apis:
- name: Handshake EDU API
  description: 'Read-only, institution-scoped EDU API for career-services data: applications, appointments, career fairs,
    jobs, postings, qualifications, and meetings. Authenticates via x-api-key header; supports pagination, sorting, and delta
    fetching. Beta; access gated to Career Services partners.'
  humanURL: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/31061076506391-Getting-Started-with-EDU-API
  baseURL: https://edu-api.joinhandshake.com
  tags:
  - EDU API
  - Career Services
  - Higher Education
  properties:
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/31061076506391-Getting-Started-with-EDU-API
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/35762729693719-EDU-API-Endpoint-Definitions
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/handshake-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.joinhandshake.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://edu-api.joinhandshake.com:444/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/sections/31055822163351-API
- type: APIReference
  url: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/35762729693719-EDU-API-Endpoint-Definitions
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/31061076506391-Getting-Started-with-EDU-API
- type: Support
  url: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://joinhandshake.com/blog
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.joinhandshake.com/access?user_type=employer
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://joinhandshake.com/privacy-policy/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://joinhandshake.com/legal/tos/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.joinhandshake.com/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/handshake-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/handshake-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/handshake-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/handshake-conventions.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/handshake-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.joinhandshake.com/
- type: Security
  url: https://joinhandshake.com/security
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/handshake-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/handshake-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/handshake-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence