Meritfirst

MeritFirst is a skills-based hiring platform that replaces resume- and credential-based recruiting with practical, real-world assessments. Candidates prove their craft through work samples (Build, Try, Get Seen) and companies evaluate and match them on demonstrated ability rather than pedigree. MeritFirst exposes a hosted, authenticated Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so agents and tools can manage assessments, review candidates, and analyze hiring data. Backed by 8VC and Slow Ventures.

Meritfirst publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Hiring, Recruiting, Assessments, and Talent.

Meritfirst’s developer surface includes signup flow, authentication, and 9 more developer resources.

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17.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyHiringRecruitingAssessmentsTalentSkills-Based HiringMCP

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 17.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
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APIs 1

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

MeritFirst MCP

Hosted, authenticated Model Context Protocol server for managing assessments, reviewing candidates, and analyzing hiring data. Streamable-HTTP transport; Bearer MeritFirst API k...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

meritfirst-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 3

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

Meritfirst Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Meritfirst Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Meritfirst Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp
SignUp
 Login
Login

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Security
Security
 SecurityTxt
SecurityTxt
 Authentication
Authentication
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: meritfirst
name: Meritfirst
description: MeritFirst is a skills-based hiring platform that replaces resume- and credential-based recruiting with practical,
  real-world assessments. Candidates prove their craft through work samples (Build, Try, Get Seen) and companies evaluate
  and match them on demonstrated ability rather than pedigree. MeritFirst exposes a hosted, authenticated Model Context Protocol
  (MCP) server so agents and tools can manage assessments, review candidates, and analyze hiring data. Backed by 8VC and Slow
  Ventures.
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://www.meritfirst.us/images/logo.svg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/meritfirst/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 8vc
- slow-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Hiring
- Recruiting
- Assessments
- Talent
- Skills-Based Hiring
- MCP
apis:
- name: MeritFirst MCP
  description: Hosted, authenticated Model Context Protocol server for managing assessments, reviewing candidates, and analyzing
    hiring data. Streamable-HTTP transport; Bearer MeritFirst API key (mf_) required.
  humanURL: https://meritfirst.us
  baseURL: https://www.meritfirst.us/api/connect/mcp
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/meritfirst-mcp.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/meritfirst-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/meritfirst-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://meritfirst.us
- type: SignUp
  url: https://meritfirst.us/login?signup=true
- type: Login
  url: https://meritfirst.us/login
- type: Security
  url: https://www.meritfirst.us/security
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/meritfirst-mcp.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/meritfirst-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/meritfirst-security.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/meritfirst-authentication.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/meritfirst-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/meritfirst-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 9
  pass: local-v1