Phenom

Phenom is an HR technology company whose Intelligent Talent Experience platform applies AI to every stage of the talent lifecycle — helping candidates find and apply to the right jobs, recruiters and hiring managers source and engage talent, employees grow, and HR teams operate more efficiently. The Phenom Developer Portal exposes REST APIs for job sync, candidate management, onboarding, applications and applicants, resume and job-description parsing, SCIM 2.0 user and group management, candidate tagging, and AI-driven skills prediction, letting partners and ATS/HRIS systems integrate with the Phenom platform. Phenom is headquartered in Ambler, Pennsylvania and backed by Sierra Ventures among others.

Phenom publishes 9 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Applicants API, Applications API, Candidates API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Company, Human Resources, Talent Experience, Recruiting, and Applicant Tracking.

The Phenom catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Phenom’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, pricing, authentication, and 23 more developer resources.

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46.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Front door AI 6/6 dominant Heartbeat 0/100 dormant saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessEnterprise

1 published contract 3 Agent Skills

Company Human ResourcesTalent ExperienceRecruiting Applicant TrackingCandidate ExperienceOnboarding SCIM Resume Parsing Skills Artificial Intelligence

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Human Capital Management

BC-300

ApplicantsApplicationsCandidatesJobsOnboardingParsers

GET /candidates-api/applications/v1/jobs/{jobId}/applicants GET /candidates-api/v2/candidates GET /apply/v2/applications GET /jobs-api/v1/jobs

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 46.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 8.8 / 15

Access Clarity 5.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.3 / 10

Contract Governance 2.9 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Employment & Payroll regime (on an ambiguous tag, where no other regime matched), so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 50.2 — up to +12.5 composite points
Access Clarity scores 39.5 — up to +12.1 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 13.2 — up to +11.3 composite points

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

SCIM 2.0

prose — states compatibility; nothing published to check it against

5 core of 24 operations graded · api-commons/identity

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 9

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

Phenom Applicants API

Fetch applicant data, hiring status and leads for a job.

Phenom Applications API

Combined candidate + job data for jobs a candidate has applied to.

Phenom Candidates API

Add, update, delete and retrieve candidate records.

Phenom Jobs API

Job Sync — view, create, update and delete jobs in the Phenom database.

Phenom Onboarding API

Search candidates and retrieve onboarding information and attachments.

Phenom Parsers API

Resume and job-description parsing/extraction.

Phenom Prediction API

Predict skills from job titles and provided skill sets.

Phenom Tags API

Create, update and delete candidate tags.

Phenom User Management API

SCIM 2.0 user and group management.

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Open Collections 9

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

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants API

OPEN COLLECTION

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants Applications API

OPEN COLLECTION

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants Candidates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants Jobs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants Onboarding API

OPEN COLLECTION

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants Parsers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants Prediction API

OPEN COLLECTION

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants Tags API

OPEN COLLECTION

Phenom Talent Experience Platform Applicants User Management API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Parse a resume and predict skills

AGENT SKILL

Search jobs and review applications

AGENT SKILL

Source a candidate and tag them

AGENT SKILL

Phenom API pricing

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Phenom Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

FinOps 1

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

Phenom Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Phenom API Rules

63 rules · 61 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Phenom Platform Overlay

7 actions · update · phenom-platform-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Security Posture 3

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

Phenom Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Phenom Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Phenom Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

Security

Authentication

SecurityTxt

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: phenom
name: Phenom
description: Phenom is an HR technology company whose Intelligent Talent Experience platform applies AI to every stage of
  the talent lifecycle — helping candidates find and apply to the right jobs, recruiters and hiring managers source and engage
  talent, employees grow, and HR teams operate more efficiently. The Phenom Developer Portal exposes REST APIs for job sync,
  candidate management, onboarding, applications and applicants, resume and job-description parsing, SCIM 2.0 user and group
  management, candidate tagging, and AI-driven skills prediction, letting partners and ATS/HRIS systems integrate with the
  Phenom platform. Phenom is headquartered in Ambler, Pennsylvania and backed by Sierra Ventures among others.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/phenom/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- sierra-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
image: https://images.ctfassets.net/0d3i1kfsuaq3/7DvjJdtfMfhzvhrPvEwY2r/792d04789d00e1b6418b33be5c18762b/Phenom-Meta-Image.png
tags:
- Company
- Human Resources
- Talent Experience
- Recruiting
- Applicant Tracking
- Candidate Experience
- Onboarding
- SCIM
- Resume Parsing
- Skills
- Artificial Intelligence
tags_raw:
- Company
- Hr Tech
- Talent Experience
- Recruiting
- Applicant Tracking
- Candidate Experience
- Onboarding
- SCIM
- Resume Parsing
- Skills
- Artificial Intelligence
apis:
- aid: phenom:phenom-applicants-api
  name: Phenom Applicants API
  description: Fetch applicant data, hiring status and leads for a job.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - Applicants
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-applicants-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- aid: phenom:phenom-applications-api
  name: Phenom Applications API
  description: Combined candidate + job data for jobs a candidate has applied to.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Applications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-applications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- aid: phenom:phenom-candidates-api
  name: Phenom Candidates API
  description: Add, update, delete and retrieve candidate records.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - Candidates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-candidates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- aid: phenom:phenom-jobs-api
  name: Phenom Jobs API
  description: Job Sync — view, create, update and delete jobs in the Phenom database.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - Job
  tags_raw:
  - Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-jobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- aid: phenom:phenom-onboarding-api
  name: Phenom Onboarding API
  description: Search candidates and retrieve onboarding information and attachments.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - Onboarding
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-onboarding-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- aid: phenom:phenom-parsers-api
  name: Phenom Parsers API
  description: Resume and job-description parsing/extraction.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - Parser
  tags_raw:
  - Parsers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-parsers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- aid: phenom:phenom-prediction-api
  name: Phenom Prediction API
  description: Predict skills from job titles and provided skill sets.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - Predictions
  tags_raw:
  - Prediction
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-prediction-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- aid: phenom:phenom-tags-api
  name: Phenom Tags API
  description: Create, update and delete candidate tags.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- aid: phenom:phenom-user-management-api
  name: Phenom User Management API
  description: SCIM 2.0 user and group management.
  humanURL: https://developer.phenom.com/
  baseURL: https://api-qa.phenompro.com
  tags:
  - User Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/phenom-user-management-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 18
  pass: local-v1
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/phenom-plans-pricing.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/phenom-capability-edges.yml
  name: Phenom Business Capability Map
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/phenom-platform-overlay.yaml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.phenom.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.phenom.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.phenom.com/apiDetail
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.phenom.com/getStarted
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.phenom.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/phenompeople
- type: Support
  url: https://www.phenom.com/contact-us
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.phenom.com/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.phenom.com/terms--conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.phenom.com/privacy-policy
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.phenom.com/
- type: Security
  url: https://www.phenom.com/vdp
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/phenom-platform-openapi.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/phenom-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/phenom-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/phenom-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/phenom-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/phenom-conformance.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/phenom-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/phenom-security.txt
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/phenom-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/phenom-domain-security.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/phenom-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/phenom-llms.txt
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/phenom-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml

Phenom API — frequently asked questions

Does Phenom have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from Phenom, including Phenom Applicants API, Phenom Applications API and Phenom Candidates API, and 6 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Phenom API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for Phenom, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Phenom API?

Phenom uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Phenom Authentication.

Is the Phenom API ready for AI agents?

Phenom has a Kin Score of 46.5 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 22.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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