Padlet

Padlet is a collaborative visual platform of boards and canvases ("padlets") used across education and creative work to collect, organize, and share posts, images, links, and files. Its public REST API (api.padlet.dev, JSON:API) lets paying users read boards with their sections, posts, comments, and reactions, create posts, comments, and reactions, generate AI recipe boards, and read user and organization data — authenticated with an x-api-key header. Padlet also runs an official OAuth-protected MCP server at mcp.padlet.com for agent access.

Padlet publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including AI Recipe Boards API, Boards API, Comments API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Collaboration, Education, Visual Collaboration, Content, and Boards.

Padlet’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, pricing, signup flow, and 21 more developer resources.

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52.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 79/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
7 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CollaborationEducationVisual CollaborationContentBoardsProductivityJSON:APIMCPEdTech

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 52.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 79/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 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 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
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APIs 7

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

Padlet AI Recipe Boards API

The AI Recipe Boards API from Padlet — 2 operation(s) for ai recipe boards.

Padlet Boards API

The Boards API from Padlet — 1 operation(s) for boards.

Padlet Comments API

The Comments API from Padlet — 1 operation(s) for comments.

Padlet Organizations API

The Organizations API from Padlet — 2 operation(s) for organizations.

Padlet Posts API

The Posts API from Padlet — 2 operation(s) for posts.

Padlet Reactions API

The Reactions API from Padlet — 1 operation(s) for reactions.

Padlet Users API

The Users API from Padlet — 1 operation(s) for users.

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MCP Servers 1

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

padlet-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Padlet Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 3

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

Padlet Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Padlet Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Padlet Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Padlet Agentic Access

10 operations · 4 acting

10 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Conventions
Conventions
 DataModel
DataModel
 Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 SecurityTxt
SecurityTxt
 Security
Security

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: padlet
name: Padlet
description: Padlet is a collaborative visual platform of boards and canvases ("padlets") used across education and creative
  work to collect, organize, and share posts, images, links, and files. Its public REST API (api.padlet.dev, JSON:API) lets
  paying users read boards with their sections, posts, comments, and reactions, create posts, comments, and reactions, generate
  AI recipe boards, and read user and organization data — authenticated with an x-api-key header. Padlet also runs an official
  OAuth-protected MCP server at mcp.padlet.com for agent access.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/padlet/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bloomberg-beta
- y-combinator
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Collaboration
- Education
- Visual Collaboration
- Content
- Boards
- Productivity
- JSON:API
- MCP
- EdTech
apis:
- aid: padlet:padlet-ai-recipe-boards-api
  name: Padlet AI Recipe Boards API
  description: The AI Recipe Boards API from Padlet — 2 operation(s) for ai recipe boards.
  humanURL: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.padlet.dev/v1
  tags:
  - AI Recipe Boards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/padlet-ai-recipe-boards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/authentication
- aid: padlet:padlet-boards-api
  name: Padlet Boards API
  description: The Boards API from Padlet — 1 operation(s) for boards.
  humanURL: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.padlet.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Boards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/padlet-boards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/authentication
- aid: padlet:padlet-comments-api
  name: Padlet Comments API
  description: The Comments API from Padlet — 1 operation(s) for comments.
  humanURL: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.padlet.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Comments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/padlet-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/authentication
- aid: padlet:padlet-organizations-api
  name: Padlet Organizations API
  description: The Organizations API from Padlet — 2 operation(s) for organizations.
  humanURL: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.padlet.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/padlet-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/authentication
- aid: padlet:padlet-posts-api
  name: Padlet Posts API
  description: The Posts API from Padlet — 2 operation(s) for posts.
  humanURL: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.padlet.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Posts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/padlet-posts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/authentication
- aid: padlet:padlet-reactions-api
  name: Padlet Reactions API
  description: The Reactions API from Padlet — 1 operation(s) for reactions.
  humanURL: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.padlet.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Reactions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/padlet-reactions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/authentication
- aid: padlet:padlet-users-api
  name: Padlet Users API
  description: The Users API from Padlet — 1 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.padlet.dev/v1
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/padlet-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/authentication
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/padlet-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/padlet-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/padlet-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/padlet-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://padlet.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.padlet.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/introduction
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.padlet.dev/reference/authentication
- type: Support
  url: https://padlet.help/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://padlet.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://padlet.com/auth/signup
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://padlet.com/tos
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://legal.padlet.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.padlet.com
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/padlet-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/padlet-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/padlet-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/padlet-security.txt
- type: Security
  url: https://padlet.com/.well-known/security.txt
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/padlet-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/padlet-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/padlet-rate-limits.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/padlet-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/padlet-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/padlet-lifecycle.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/padlet-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
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x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 22
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