# Koko

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/koko/  
**Website:** https://kokocares.org  
**APIs profiled:** 3

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.

## Kin Score — 46.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 46.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 92.6 |
| Contract Quality | 55.2 |
| Governance | 16.7 |
| Contract Governance | 16.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 18.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 44.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 34.2 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 37.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 45.2 (agent-ready)

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

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Koko Keywords API** — 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 — categ...
- **Koko Countries API** — Country metadata endpoints
- **Koko Helplines API** — Crisis helpline data endpoints

## MCP servers (1)

- **Koko MCP Server**

## Security (2)

- **Koko Authentication** — none/http · 1 scheme
- **Koko Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Tags

Company, Mental Health, Crisis Support, Suicide Prevention, Trust and Safety, Content Moderation, Non-Profit, Health, Helplines

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