HERP

HERP Inc. (株式会社HERP) is a Japanese HR Tech company whose mission is "採用を変え、日本を強く。" (change recruiting, strengthen Japan). It builds HERP Hire, an AI-era applicant tracking and recruitment management system (ATS) known for "scrum recruiting", alongside ジョブミル (Jobmill) for recruiting agents and HERP Career, a startup-focused job-change service. HERP Hire integrates with job boards and tools such as Zoom, Google Calendar and Slack, and exposes the "HERP Hire API" (generally available from 2026-02-03 to paying customers) for member assignment and application management. HERP was surfaced as a portfolio company of dcm-ventures and added to the API Evangelist network.

HERP is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Enterprise, HR Tech, Recruiting, and Applicant Tracking.

HERP’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

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12.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyEnterpriseHR TechRecruitingApplicant TrackingATSHuman ResourcesSaaSJapan

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Composite quality — 12.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 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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Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

HelpCenter

HelpCenter

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: herp
name: HERP
description: HERP Inc. (株式会社HERP) is a Japanese HR Tech company whose mission is "採用を変え、日本を強く。" (change recruiting, strengthen
  Japan). It builds HERP Hire, an AI-era applicant tracking and recruitment management system (ATS) known for "scrum recruiting",
  alongside ジョブミル (Jobmill) for recruiting agents and HERP Career, a startup-focused job-change service. HERP Hire integrates
  with job boards and tools such as Zoom, Google Calendar and Slack, and exposes the "HERP Hire API" (generally available
  from 2026-02-03 to paying customers) for member assignment and application management. HERP was surfaced as a portfolio
  company of dcm-ventures and added to the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/herp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcm-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
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tags:
- Company
- Enterprise
- HR Tech
- Recruiting
- Applicant Tracking
- ATS
- Human Resources
- SaaS
- Japan
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/herp-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://herp.co.jp/
- type: About
  url: https://herp.co.jp/company
- type: Documentation
  url: https://help.herp.cloud/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://help.herp.cloud/
- type: Blog
  url: https://note.herp.co.jp/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/herp-inc
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://herp.co.jp/privacy
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence