Koko

aid: koko
name: Koko
description: 'Koko is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that makes free, evidence-based mental health support available to young people
  where they already are — inside the online platforms they use. Koko says it has reached more than 6 million users across
  199 countries. Its model is detection plus direction: a keyword and AI engine identifies high-risk posts and searches on
  partner platforms, and matched users are routed to free crisis helplines and self-guided mini-courses covering mood regulation,
  body image and self-harm. Koko ships this as a developer-facing Suicide Prevention Toolkit built on two APIs — the credential-gated
  Koko Keywords API, wrapped by a native Rust client with Python, Ruby, Go and PHP bindings, and the public Crisis Helplines
  API, which returns crisis helpline contact data by country. Koko has been deployed by TikTok, Pinterest, Giphy, Snapchat,
  Tumblr, Bluesky, WhatsApp and Discord, and its work is backed by eight peer-reviewed publications including three randomized
  controlled trials.'
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69280615?v=4
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/koko/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-live-developer-surface
x-note: The stub for this company recorded https://itskoko.com as the website. As of 2026-07-19 that domain no longer belongs
  to Koko — it serves an unrelated cricket betting affiliate site. The live Koko surface is kokocares.org (legal entity Koko
  AI Inc.), confirmed via the kokocares GitHub organization and the developers.kokocares.org developer hub.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Mental Health
- Crisis Support
- Suicide Prevention
- Trust and Safety
- Content Moderation
- Nonprofit
- Health
- Helplines
apis:
- aid: koko:keywords
  name: Koko Keywords API
  description: The keyword-matching service behind Koko's Suicide Prevention Toolkit. Callers match a search term or post
    against Koko's risk taxonomy, filtered across three dimensions — category, confidence and intensity. Requires HTTP Basic
    credentials issued by Koko. Consumed through the native Rust client and its Python, Ruby, Go and PHP bindings, which cache
    the compiled regex set for sub-microsecond matching.
  humanURL: https://developers.kokocares.org/docs/getting-started
  baseURL: https://api.kokocares.org/keywords
  tags:
  - Keywords
  - Content Moderation
  - Trust and Safety
  properties:
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.kokocares.org/docs/quickstart
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://r.kokocares.org/api_signup
- aid: koko:koko-countries-api
  name: Koko Countries API
  description: Country metadata endpoints
  humanURL: https://developers.kokocares.org/reference/gethelplines
  baseURL: https://helpline-api.koko.ai
  tags:
  - Countries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/koko-countries-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.kokocares.org/reference
- aid: koko:koko-helplines-api
  name: Koko Helplines API
  description: Crisis helpline data endpoints
  humanURL: https://developers.kokocares.org/reference/gethelplines
  baseURL: https://helpline-api.koko.ai
  tags:
  - Helplines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/koko-helplines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.kokocares.org/reference
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/koko-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://kokocares.org
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.kokocares.org/docs/getting-started
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.kokocares.org/docs/getting-started
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.kokocares.org/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.kokocares.org/docs/quickstart
- type: SignUp
  url: https://r.kokocares.org/api_signup
- type: Support
  url: https://kokocares.org/contact-us
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://kokocares.org/faq
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/kokocares
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://kokocares.org/terms-of-use-agreement
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://kokocares.org/privacy-policy
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developers.kokocares.org/changelog
- type: ChangeLog
  name: Koko changelog artifact
  url: changelog/koko-changelog.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/koko-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/koko-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/koko-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/koko-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/koko-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/koko-data-model.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/koko-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/koko-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/koko-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/koko-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/koko-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence