Blink

Blink is an employee communication app for frontline workers — the 200,000+ people in retail, hospitality, healthcare, logistics, and aviation who don't sit at a desk, don't have a company email, and aren't issued a company device. Blink is a digital front door: consumer‑grade, real‑time, two‑way communication that actually reaches your people, plus everything they need to get work done in one tap, from day one to day 1,000. Across 350+ customers implemented since 2019, Blink achieves 87% adoption against an 80% target, 97%+ CSAT, and 99% year‑on‑year retention.

Blink publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Access API, Chats API, Feed API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Company, EmployeeExperience, MobileFirst, FrontlineWorkers, and Communication.

The Blink catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Blink’s developer surface includes authentication, support, pricing, API reference, getting-started guide, documentation, and 24 more developer resources.

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56.7/100 strong Agent 38/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
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3 published contracts 5 Agent Skills

CompanyEmployeeExperienceMobileFirstFrontlineWorkersCommunication

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
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Composite quality — 56.7/100 · strong

Contract Quality 12.3 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 8.0 / 17

Access Clarity 13.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 5.2 / 11

Contract Governance 2.2 / 10

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

5 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 47.0 — up to +10.6 composite points
Contract Quality scores 58.1 — up to +10.5 composite points
Contract Governance scores 22.0 — up to +9.4 composite points

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APIs 11

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

Blink Access API

Grant and revoke access to a chat. Access is permission to be in a chat, distinct from membership of it.

Blink Chats API

Create, read, update and delete chats.

Blink Feed API

The Feed API from Blink — 6 operation(s) for feed.

Blink Forms API

The Forms API from Blink — 2 operation(s) for forms.

Blink Group API

The Group API from Blink — 2 operation(s) for group.

Blink Linked Account API

The Linked Account API from Blink — 1 operation(s) for linked account.

Blink Linked Accounts API

The Linked Accounts API from Blink — 1 operation(s) for linked accounts.

Blink Members API

Manage the users and apps that are in a chat — joining, leaving, removing and roles.

Blink Messages API

Send, read, edit and delete messages within a chat.

Blink User API

The User API from Blink — 6 operation(s) for user.

Blink Service Provider Config API

The Service Provider Config API from Blink — 1 operation(s) for service provider config.

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Agent Skills 5

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

joinblink-com-create-and-get-user

AGENT SKILL

joinblink-com-join-and-list-members

AGENT SKILL

joinblink-com-manage-access

AGENT SKILL

joinblink-com-manage-chat

AGENT SKILL

joinblink-com-send-and-list-messages

AGENT SKILL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Joinblink Com Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Joinblink Com Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Joinblink Com Context

66 classes · 93 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Blink API Rules

9 rules · 6 errors 2 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Joinblink Com Authentication

1 scheme

SECURITY

Joinblink Com Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Joinblink Com Agentic Access

51 operations · 30 acting · 4 human-in-the-loop

51 operations · 30 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

APIReference

APIReference

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

Security

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Newsroom

Newsroom

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: joinblink-com
name: Blink
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/673646818ea715450da97028/67f426b35db49131f6dfa79f_blink-preview%20(1).png
description: 'Blink is an employee communication app for frontline workers — the 200,000+ people in retail, hospitality, healthcare,
  logistics, and aviation who don''t sit at a desk, don''t have a company email, and aren''t issued a company device. Blink
  is a digital front door: consumer‑grade, real‑time, two‑way communication that actually reaches your people, plus everything
  they need to get work done in one tap, from day one to day 1,000. Across 350+ customers implemented since 2019, Blink achieves
  87% adoption against an 80% target, 97%+ CSAT, and 99% year‑on‑year retention.'
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/joinblink-com/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:vc-portfolio
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-10-28 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-28'
modified: '2026-10-28'
tags:
- Company
- EmployeeExperience
- MobileFirst
- FrontlineWorkers
- Communication
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/joinblink-com-agentic-access.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/joinblink-com-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/joinblink-com-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/joinblink-com-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/joinblink-com-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/joinblink-com-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/joinblink-com-data-model.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/joinblink-com-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/joinblink-com-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/joinblink-com-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/joinblink-com-llms.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/joinblink-com-helpdesk-security.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/joinblink-com-help-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/joinblink-com-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/joinblink-com-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/joinblink-com-vendors.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://joinblink.com/terms-of-service
- type: Support
  url: https://help.joinblink.com
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.joinblink.com/
- type: Security
  url: https://www.joinblink.com/security
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.joinblink.com/privacy-policy
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.joinblink.com/pricing
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.joinblink.com/press
- type: Login
  url: https://app.joinblink.com/login
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.joinblink.com/docs/creating-an-integration
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.joinblink.com/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/joinblink-com-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.joinblink.com/
apis:
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-access-api
  name: Blink Access API
  description: Grant and revoke access to a chat. Access is permission to be in a chat, distinct from membership of it.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/api/platform
  tags:
  - Access
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-access-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-chats-api
  name: Blink Chats API
  description: Create, read, update and delete chats.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/api/platform
  tags:
  - Chats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-chats-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-feed-api
  name: Blink Feed API
  description: The Feed API from Blink — 6 operation(s) for feed.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/v2
  tags:
  - Feed
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-feed-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-forms-api
  name: Blink Forms API
  description: The Forms API from Blink — 2 operation(s) for forms.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/v2
  tags:
  - Forms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-forms-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-group-api
  name: Blink Group API
  description: The Group API from Blink — 2 operation(s) for group.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/scim
  tags:
  - Group
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-group-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-linked-account-api
  name: Blink Linked Account API
  description: The Linked Account API from Blink — 1 operation(s) for linked account.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/v2
  tags:
  - Linked Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-linked-account-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-linked-accounts-api
  name: Blink Linked Accounts API
  description: The Linked Accounts API from Blink — 1 operation(s) for linked accounts.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/v2
  tags:
  - Linked Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-linked-accounts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-members-api
  name: Blink Members API
  description: Manage the users and apps that are in a chat — joining, leaving, removing and roles.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/api/platform
  tags:
  - Members
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-members-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-messages-api
  name: Blink Messages API
  description: Send, read, edit and delete messages within a chat.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/api/platform
  tags:
  - Messages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-messages-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-user-api
  name: Blink User API
  description: The User API from Blink — 6 operation(s) for user.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/v2
  tags:
  - User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-user-api-openapi.yml
- aid: joinblink-com:joinblink-com-service-provider-config-api
  name: Blink Service Provider Config API
  description: The Service Provider Config API from Blink — 1 operation(s) for service provider config.
  humanURL: https://developer.joinblink.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.joinblink.com/scim
  tags:
  - Service Provider Config
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/joinblink-com-service-provider-config-api-openapi.yml
x-backed-by:
- partech
- techstars
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-28'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 34
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

Blink API — frequently asked questions

Does Blink have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from Blink, including Blink Access API, Blink Chats API and Blink Feed API, and 8 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Blink API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 11 OpenAPI specifications for Blink, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Blink API?

Blink uses bearer-token authentication (1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Joinblink Com Authentication.

How much does the Blink API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Blink, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing Plans on this page.

Is the Blink API ready for AI agents?

Blink has a Kin Score of 56.7 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 37.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-10-31.

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