Permutive

Permutive is a predictive data collaboration and activation platform for premium publishers, advertisers and agencies. Its platform spans a Data Management Platform, a Data Clean Room for privacy-safe collaboration with 150+ premium publishers, AI-curated audiences, and the Halo agentic suite that scales direct buying. The developer platform exposes six REST APIs — Events, Identity, Contextual, Custom Cohort Segmentation, Cohorts and Taxonomy — plus web, mobile and CTV SDKs, an anonymous documentation Model Context Protocol server, and an invitation-only audience-intelligence MCP server that makes cohort discovery, reach measurement and audience comparison available to AI agents. Authentication is a workspace-scoped API key; every call is bounded by the workspace that owns the key.

Permutive publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Contextual API, Cohorts API, Events API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Company, Publishing, Advertising, AdTech, and MarTech.

The Permutive catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Permutive’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, quickstart, engineering blog, support, authentication, and 39 more developer resources.

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47.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 50/100 agent ready Front door AI 5/6 prominent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

AccessEnterprise

11 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Company Publishing Advertising AdTech MarTech Audiences Data Collaboration Data Management Platform Contextual Identity Segmentation Agents A2A

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 47.2/100 · developing

Contract Quality 4.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 15

Access Clarity 6.5 / 15

Operational Transparency 5.1 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 6.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.3 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 50/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 8 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 7

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

Permutive Contextual API

Retrieve contextual cohort targeting values for a page URL without processing any user data, for ad-server integration. Returns cohort codes, per-destination activation mappings...

Permutive MCP Server

Permutive's Model Context Protocol surface. A live, anonymous documentation MCP server at https://docs.permutive.com/mcp (search, virtual-filesystem query, feedback), plus an in...

Permutive Cohorts API

Create, read, update and delete audience cohorts.

Permutive Events API

Track first-party behavioural events into Permutive.

Permutive Identity API

Create user IDs and associate identities with a Permutive user.

Permutive Segmentation API

Cohort-based Segmentation (CCS) — evaluate a user's events into cohorts.

Permutive Taxonomy API

Manage second-party data imports and their segment taxonomy.

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Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Cohorts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Permutive Cohorts Contextual API

OPEN COLLECTION

Events API

OPEN COLLECTION

Identity API

OPEN COLLECTION

Custom Cohort Segmentation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Taxonomy API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

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

Permutive MCP Server

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Permutive Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Permutive Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Permutive Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 4

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

Permutive Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Permutive Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Permutive Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · contact published

SECURITY

Permutive Trust Center

SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Permutive Agentic Access

23 operations · 14 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Quickstart

Quickstart

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 9

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

MCPServer

AgentSkill

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

AgenticAccess

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Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

DataModel

Conformance

Webhooks

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

ToolCrosswalk

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security

Security

Compliance

Compliance

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

Plans

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 6

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

AgentCard

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: permutive
name: Permutive
description: Permutive is a predictive data collaboration and activation platform for premium publishers, advertisers and
  agencies. Its platform spans a Data Management Platform, a Data Clean Room for privacy-safe collaboration with 150+ premium
  publishers, AI-curated audiences, and the Halo agentic suite that scales direct buying. The developer platform exposes six
  REST APIs — Events, Identity, Contextual, Custom Cohort Segmentation, Cohorts and Taxonomy — plus web, mobile and CTV SDKs,
  an anonymous documentation Model Context Protocol server, and an invitation-only audience-intelligence MCP server that makes
  cohort discovery, reach measurement and audience comparison available to AI agents. Authentication is a workspace-scoped
  API key; every call is bounded by the workspace that owns the key.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: sales-gated
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Contact sales
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans/permutive-plans-pricing.yml
  - https://permutive.com/request-a-demo
  generated: '2026-08-13'
  method: searched
image: https://mintcdn.com/permutive/zX9G7jjpccuZZlEf/logo/permutive-logo-light.svg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/permutive/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- eqt-ventures
- softbank-vision-fund
- y-combinator
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: provider-published-openapi-and-mcp
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-08-13'
tags:
- Company
- Publishing
- Advertising
- AdTech
- MarTech
- Audiences
- Data Collaboration
- Data Management Platform
- Contextual
- Identity
- Segmentation
- Agents
- A2A
tags_raw:
- Company
- Publishing
- Advertising
- AdTech
- MarTech
- Audience
- Data Collaboration
- Data Management Platform
- Contextual
- Identity
- Segmentation
- Agents
- A2A
apis:
- aid: permutive:permutive-contextual-api
  name: Permutive Contextual API
  description: Retrieve contextual cohort targeting values for a page URL without processing any user data, for ad-server
    integration. Returns cohort codes, per-destination activation mappings and content classifications (categories, keywords,
    entities, sentiment, emotion, concepts) against IAB 2.0/2.2/3.0 or custom taxonomies. Safe to call for unconsented users.
  humanURL: https://docs.permutive.com/api/contextual/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.permutive.com/ctx/v1
  tags:
  - Contextual
  - Advertising
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/permutive-contextual-api-openapi.yml
- aid: permutive:permutive-mcp
  name: Permutive MCP Server
  description: Permutive's Model Context Protocol surface. A live, anonymous documentation MCP server at https://docs.permutive.com/mcp
    (search, virtual-filesystem query, feedback), plus an invitation-only audience-intelligence MCP server exposing ten read-only
    tools over workspaces, Google Ad Manager campaigns, cohorts and audience analysis (measure, compare, extend).
  humanURL: https://docs.permutive.com/api/mcp/introduction
  baseURL: https://docs.permutive.com/mcp
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Agents
  - Audiences
  tags_raw:
  - MCP
  - Agents
  - Audience
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/permutive-mcp.yml
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/permutive-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: permutive:permutive-cohorts-api
  name: Permutive Cohorts API
  description: Create, read, update and delete audience cohorts.
  humanURL: https://docs.permutive.com/api/contextual/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.permutive.com/ctx/v1
  tags:
  - Cohorts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/permutive-cohorts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: permutive:permutive-events-api
  name: Permutive Events API
  description: Track first-party behavioural events into Permutive.
  humanURL: https://docs.permutive.com/api/contextual/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.permutive.com/ctx/v1
  tags:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/permutive-events-api-openapi.yml
- aid: permutive:permutive-identity-api
  name: Permutive Identity API
  description: Create user IDs and associate identities with a Permutive user.
  humanURL: https://docs.permutive.com/api/contextual/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.permutive.com/ctx/v1
  tags:
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/permutive-identity-api-openapi.yml
- aid: permutive:permutive-segmentation-api
  name: Permutive Segmentation API
  description: Cohort-based Segmentation (CCS) — evaluate a user's events into cohorts.
  humanURL: https://docs.permutive.com/api/contextual/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.permutive.com/ctx/v1
  tags:
  - Segmentation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/permutive-segmentation-api-openapi.yml
- aid: permutive:permutive-taxonomy-api
  name: Permutive Taxonomy API
  description: Manage second-party data imports and their segment taxonomy.
  humanURL: https://docs.permutive.com/api/contextual/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.permutive.com/ctx/v1
  tags:
  - Taxonomy
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/permutive-taxonomy-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/permutive-manage-cohorts.md
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/permutive-events-api-overlay.yaml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/permutive-track-and-identify.md
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/permutive-identity-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/permutive-segmentation-api-overlay.yaml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/permutive-segment-without-an-sdk.md
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/permutive-taxonomy-api-overlay.yaml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/permutive-manage-import-taxonomy.md
- type: Website
  url: https://permutive.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.permutive.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.permutive.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.permutive.com/api/introduction
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.permutive.com/introduction
- type: Quickstart
  url: https://docs.permutive.com/implementation-overview
- type: Blog
  url: https://permutive.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/permutive-engineering
- type: Support
  url: https://support.permutive.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://dash.permutive.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://permutive.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://permutive.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.permutive.com/
- type: Security
  url: https://docs.permutive.com/governance/security
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.permutive.com/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/permutive-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/permutive-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/permutive-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/permutive-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/permutive-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/permutive-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/permutive-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/permutive-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/permutive-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/permutive-conformance.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/permutive-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/permutive-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/permutive-webhooks.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/permutive-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/permutive-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/permutive-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/permutive-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: AgentCard
  url: a2a/permutive-a2a.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/permutive-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/permutive-llms.txt
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/permutive-agentic-access.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/permutive-cohorts-api-overlay.yaml
x-artifacts-without-pointers:
  note: These artifacts exist on disk but deliberately carry NO common[] pointer, because each documents an ABSENCE. A pointer
    asserts the provider serves the surface; wiring one here would score a gap as a presence.
  files:
  - file: sandbox/permutive-sandbox.yml
    withheld_type: Sandbox
    reason: Permutive publishes no sandbox, no test environment and no test credentials.
  withheld_also:
  - type: SecurityTxt
    reason: No RFC 9116 security.txt is served on any Permutive host.
  - type: Deprecation
    reason: No deprecation policy and no Sunset/Deprecation header support.
  - type: Idempotency
    reason: No idempotency key on any write operation.
  - type: AsyncAPI
    reason: No AsyncAPI document published. The webhook contract is captured under Webhooks instead.
  - type: Pricing
    reason: No pricing page exists; permutive.com/pricing returns 404.
  - type: CLI
    reason: Permutive ships no first-party CLI.
  - type: Roadmap
    reason: No public roadmap published.
  - type: Postman
    reason: No public Permutive Postman workspace or collection found.
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-13'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 26
  artifacts_updated: 21
  pass: local-v1
  headline: Found five REAL Permutive-published OpenAPI documents (22 operations) that are not served at any public URL —
    they are mounted inside the virtual filesystem of Permutive's own documentation MCP server at docs.permutive.com/mcp.
    Also found a live A2A agent card, a provider-published Agent Skill, and the real API base host (api.permutive.app), which
    corrected the auth model, base URLs, error envelope and every skill in this repo.

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