Instabase

Instabase is an agentic automation platform that transforms complex, document-heavy workflows using AI. Its AI Hub product uses large language models and packet-aware AI agents to extract, classify, validate, and reason over unstructured document packets (PDFs, images, spreadsheets, emails, scans, and more), turning them into structured, verifiable intelligence. AI Hub exposes a REST API and Python SDK for creating file batches, running automation apps and production deployments, reading and writing workspace files, and managing secrets, with industry solutions for financial services, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector. Instabase is venture-backed (a16z, Greylock, Index Ventures).

Instabase publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: AI Hub API. Tagged areas include Company, Intelligent Document Processing, Document AI, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.

The Instabase catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Instabase’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, changelog, and 22 more developer resources.

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52.7/100 developing Agent 67/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features

CompanyIntelligent Document ProcessingDocument AIArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningAutomationData ExtractionLLMFinancial ServicesInsurance

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4

Composite quality — 52.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 14.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 67/100 · agent native

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 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 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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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 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

WellKnown

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Lifecycle

Conformance

Webhooks

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SDKs

SDKs

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

Compliance

Authentication

DomainSecurity

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Deprecation

Deprecation

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: instabase
name: Instabase
description: Instabase is an agentic automation platform that transforms complex, document-heavy workflows using AI. Its AI
  Hub product uses large language models and packet-aware AI agents to extract, classify, validate, and reason over unstructured
  document packets (PDFs, images, spreadsheets, emails, scans, and more), turning them into structured, verifiable intelligence.
  AI Hub exposes a REST API and Python SDK for creating file batches, running automation apps and production deployments,
  reading and writing workspace files, and managing secrets, with industry solutions for financial services, insurance, healthcare,
  and the public sector. Instabase is venture-backed (a16z, Greylock, Index Ventures).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instabase/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
- greylock
- index-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6883b569dca0edf626a1fce5/68cdbf2b866f068b4585e5ea_Open%20graph.png
tags:
- Company
- Intelligent Document Processing
- Document AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Automation
- Data Extraction
- LLM
- Financial Services
- Insurance
apis:
- name: Instabase AI Hub API
  description: REST API for AI Hub document understanding — create and process file batches, run automation apps and deployments,
    read/write workspace files, and manage secrets. Bearer-token auth with an IB-Context header; async work returns pollable
    job handles.
  humanURL: https://docs.instabase.com/api-sdk/
  baseURL: https://aihub.instabase.com/api
  tags:
  - Document AI
  - Data Extraction
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instabase-aihub-openapi.yaml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/instabase-aihub-overlay.yaml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/instabase-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/instabase-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/instabase-data-model.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.instabase.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.instabase.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.instabase.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.instabase.com/api-sdk/api-reference/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.instabase.com/overview/getting-started
- type: Support
  url: https://support.instabase.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.instabase.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/instabase
- type: SignUp
  url: https://aihub.instabase.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.instabase.com/privacy-policy
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.instabase.com/
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/instabase-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/instabase-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/instabase-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/instabase-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/instabase-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/instabase-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/instabase-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.instabase.com/policies/upgrades.md
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/instabase-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.instabase.com/
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/instabase-webhooks.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/instabase-well-known.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/instabase-authentication.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/instabase-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instabase-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/instabase-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://trust.instabase.com/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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