Howdy

Howdy is a nearshore talent platform that connects US companies with senior software engineers, data, DevOps, design, and product professionals across Latin America. Operating as an employer of record (EOR), Howdy handles recruiting, vetting, payroll, benefits, equipment, compliance, and team performance coaching through physical "Howdy Houses" in cities across the region. Founded in 2018 in Austin, Texas by Jacqueline Samira and Frank Licea, the company went through Y Combinator (W21) and acquired the Brazilian recruiting platform GeekHunter in 2023. It is a services/staffing business with no public developer API; this profile captures its public web, agent-facing, and legal surface.

Howdy is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Staffing, Recruiting, Talent, and Nearshore.

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

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12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyStaffingRecruitingTalentNearshoreLatin AmericaSoftware DevelopmentEmployer of RecordHiringEngineering Teams

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 4/100 · 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 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
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  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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name: Howdy
description: Howdy is a nearshore talent platform that connects US companies with senior software engineers, data, DevOps,
  design, and product professionals across Latin America. Operating as an employer of record (EOR), Howdy handles recruiting,
  vetting, payroll, benefits, equipment, compliance, and team performance coaching through physical "Howdy Houses" in cities
  across the region. Founded in 2018 in Austin, Texas by Jacqueline Samira and Frank Licea, the company went through Y Combinator
  (W21) and acquired the Brazilian recruiting platform GeekHunter in 2023. It is a services/staffing business with no public
  developer API; this profile captures its public web, agent-facing, and legal surface.
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x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
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modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Staffing
- Recruiting
- Talent
- Nearshore
- Latin America
- Software Development
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apis: []
maintainers:
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- FN: APIs.json
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- type: Blog
  url: https://www.howdy.com/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.howdy.com/faq
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.howdy.com/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.howdy.com/privacy-policy/
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  status: backfilled
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  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence