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ItsaCheckmate

ItsaCheckmate (Checkmate) is restaurant middleware that connects point-of-sale systems to delivery marketplaces and ordering channels, providing two-way integration, menu management, and consolidated reporting across 50+ POS systems and 100+ ordering platforms for tens of thousands of restaurant locations. Through its Marketplace for Developers, Checkmate offers a self-service open REST API that lets technology partners build a single integration to read and write menus, orders, and locations across many POS systems. The API uses OAuth-style token authentication with short-lived, scoped access and refresh tokens, ready-to-use Postman collections, and an llms.txt index for AI agents.

ItsaCheckmate publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Locations API, Menus API, OAuth API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Restaurant, Point Of Sale, Online Ordering, Delivery, and Menus.

The ItsaCheckmate catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

ItsaCheckmate’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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51.8/100 developing ▼ -7.6 Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidSelf serve
4 APIs
RestaurantPoint Of SaleOnline OrderingDeliveryMenusOrdersIntegration

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 51.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

ItsaCheckmate Locations API

Location activation and location detail retrieval.

ItsaCheckmate Menus API

Menu retrieval per ordering platform.

ItsaCheckmate OAuth API

Token issuance, refresh, and introspection.

ItsaCheckmate Orders API

Standard and group order submission into the POS.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

ItsaCheckmate Marketplace for Developers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Itsacheckmate Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Itsacheckmate Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Itsacheckmate Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Itsacheckmate Context

25 classes · 35 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

ItsaCheckmate API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

ItsaCheckmate API Rules

38 rules · 10 errors 18 warnings 10 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 14

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

ActivationResult

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Address

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Customer

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Location

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MenuCategory

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MenuItem

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Menu

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderConfirmation

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderItem

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Order

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrderTotals

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TokenInfo

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TokenRequest

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TokenResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 14

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Marketplace Api Activation Result Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Address Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Customer Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Location Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Menu Category Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Menu Item Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Menu Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Order Confirmation Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Order Item Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Order Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Order Totals Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Token Info Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Token Request Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Marketplace Api Token Response Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 14

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Marketplace Api Activation Result Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Address Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Customer Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Location Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Menu Category Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Menu Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Menu Item Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Order Confirmation Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Order Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Order Item Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Order Totals Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Token Info Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Token Request Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Marketplace Api Token Response Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Itsacheckmate Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Itsacheckmate Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Itsacheckmate Agentic Access

6 operations · 2 acting

6 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Rules
Rules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLD
JSONLD

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: itsacheckmate
name: ItsaCheckmate
description: ItsaCheckmate (Checkmate) is restaurant middleware that connects point-of-sale systems to delivery marketplaces
  and ordering channels, providing two-way integration, menu management, and consolidated reporting across 50+ POS systems
  and 100+ ordering platforms for tens of thousands of restaurant locations. Through its Marketplace for Developers, Checkmate
  offers a self-service open REST API that lets technology partners build a single integration to read and write menus, orders,
  and locations across many POS systems. The API uses OAuth-style token authentication with short-lived, scoped access and
  refresh tokens, ready-to-use Postman collections, and an llms.txt index for AI agents.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/itsacheckmate.png
tags:
- Restaurant
- Point Of Sale
- Online Ordering
- Delivery
- Menus
- Orders
- Integration
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/itsacheckmate/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-02'
modified: '2026-06-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: itsacheckmate:itsacheckmate-locations-api
  name: ItsaCheckmate Locations API
  description: Location activation and location detail retrieval.
  humanURL: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  baseURL: https://sandbox-api.itsacheckmate.com
  tags:
  - Locations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/itsacheckmate-locations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  - type: Postman
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/get-started-with-postman-api
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/update-notice
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/llms.txt
- aid: itsacheckmate:itsacheckmate-menus-api
  name: ItsaCheckmate Menus API
  description: Menu retrieval per ordering platform.
  humanURL: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  baseURL: https://sandbox-api.itsacheckmate.com
  tags:
  - Menus
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/itsacheckmate-menus-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  - type: Postman
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/get-started-with-postman-api
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/update-notice
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/llms.txt
- aid: itsacheckmate:itsacheckmate-oauth-api
  name: ItsaCheckmate OAuth API
  description: Token issuance, refresh, and introspection.
  humanURL: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  baseURL: https://sandbox-api.itsacheckmate.com
  tags:
  - OAuth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/itsacheckmate-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  - type: Postman
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/get-started-with-postman-api
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/update-notice
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/llms.txt
- aid: itsacheckmate:itsacheckmate-orders-api
  name: ItsaCheckmate Orders API
  description: Standard and group order submission into the POS.
  humanURL: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  baseURL: https://sandbox-api.itsacheckmate.com
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/itsacheckmate-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
  - type: Postman
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/get-started-with-postman-api
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/update-notice
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/llms.txt
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/itsacheckmate-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/itsacheckmate-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/itsacheckmate-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.itsacheckmate.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.itsacheckmate.com/solutions/marketplace-for-developers
- type: APIReference
  url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/reference/getting-started
- type: Pricing
  url: https://support.itsacheckmate.com/hc/en-us/articles/8105450179867-Checkmate-Pricing
- type: Support
  url: https://support.itsacheckmate.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.itsacheckmate.com/blog
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/itsacheckmate
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://openapi-itsacheckmate.readme.io/llms.txt
- type: Rules
  url: rules/itsacheckmate-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/itsacheckmate-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/itsacheckmate-context.jsonld
- type: Plans
  url: plans/itsacheckmate-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/itsacheckmate-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/itsacheckmate-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com