# Howdy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/howdy/  
**Website:** https://www.howdy.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 8.6 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 8.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 57.4 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 3.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Howdy Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Staffing, Recruiting, Talent, Nearshore, Latin America, Software Development, Employer of Record, Hiring, Engineering Teams

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