Nightfall AI

Nightfall AI is a data security platform that specializes in identifying and protecting sensitive information within an organization. By utilizing machine learning technology, Nightfall AI can automatically scan files, emails, and messages to detect and classify sensitive data such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and personal addresses.

Nightfall AI publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Scan API and Scans API. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, and Sensitive Data.

Nightfall AI’s developer surface includes authentication, getting-started guide, pricing, FAQ, engineering blog, and 21 more developer resources.

📡 Source on GitHub

38.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 APIs

Artificial Intelligence Privacy Sensitive Data

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 38.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20

Access Clarity 13.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

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 0 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 2

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Nightfall Ai Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Login

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Guide

Guide

Guide

Guide

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCodes

ErrorCodes

ErrorCodes

ErrorCodes

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

FAQ

FAQ

FAQ

FAQ

Commercial 6

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 5

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Blog

Partners

Blog

Partners

Source (apis.yml)

aid: nightfall-ai
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nightfall-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: nightfall-ai:nightfall-ai-scan-api
  name: Nightfall AI Scan API
  description: The Scan API from Nightfall AI — 1 operation(s) for scan.
  humanURL: https://www.nightfall.ai/
  tags:
  - Scans
  tags_raw:
  - Scan
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nightfall-ai-scan-api-openapi.yml
- aid: nightfall-ai:nightfall-ai-scans-api
  name: Nightfall AI Scans API
  description: The Scans API from Nightfall AI — 1 operation(s) for scans.
  humanURL: https://www.nightfall.ai/
  tags:
  - Scans
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nightfall-ai-scans-api-openapi.yml
name: Nightfall AI
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Privacy
- Sensitive Data
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · 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/nightfall-ai.png
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/nightfall-ai-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/nightfall-ai-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/nightfall-ai-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nightfall-ai-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nightfall-ai-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/nightfallai
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nightfall-ai
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/introduction/quickstart
  name: Quickstart
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/introduction/use-cases
  name: Use Cases
  type: UseCases
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/introduction/pricing
  name: Pricing
  type: Pricing
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/key-concepts/errors
  name: Errors
  type: ErrorCodes
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/faqs
  name: FAQs
  type: FAQ
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/terms
  name: Terms
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/privacy
  name: Privacy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/blog
  name: Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/guides
  name: Guides
  type: Guide
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/partners
  name: Partners
  type: Partners
- url: https://auth.nightfall.ai/login
  name: Login
  type: Login
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/introduction/quickstart
  name: Quickstart | Firewall for AI
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/introduction/use-cases
  name: Use Cases | Firewall for AI
  type: UseCases
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/introduction/pricing
  name: Pricing | Firewall for AI
  type: Pricing
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/key-concepts/errors
  name: Errors | Firewall for AI
  type: ErrorCodes
- url: https://help.nightfall.ai/firewall-for-ai/faqs
  name: FAQs | Firewall for AI
  type: FAQ
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/terms
  name: Terms | Nightfall AI
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/privacy
  name: Privacy | Nightfall AI
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/blog
  name: Nightfall Blog and Resources | Nightfall AI
  type: Blog
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/guides
  name: Data Leak Prevention (DLP) Guides | Nightfall AI
  type: Guide
- url: https://www.nightfall.ai/partners
  name: Partner with the Leader in Cloud DLP | Nightfall AI
  type: Partners
created: '2024-07-02T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: Nightfall AI is a data security platform that specializes in identifying and protecting sensitive information
  within an organization. By utilizing machine learning technology, Nightfall AI can automatically scan files, emails, and
  messages to detect and classify sensitive data such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and personal addresses.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'

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