Planning Center

Planning Center is a suite of church management software products - People, Services, Giving, Groups, Check-Ins, Calendar, Registrations, and Publishing - used by churches to organize their people, plan worship services, process online giving, run small groups, manage attendance and check-in, schedule facilities and events, handle event registrations, and publish sermons. Each product exposes a documented public REST API under a shared base URL (https://api.planningcenteronline.com), authenticated with OAuth 2.0 or a Personal Access Token and returning data in the JSON:API 1.0 format. A Webhooks API delivers create/update/destroy events across the products. The APIs are free to use with a Planning Center account; each product is subscribed to separately.

Planning Center publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Calendar API, Check-Ins API, Giving API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Church Management, ChMS, Faith, Giving, and Events.

Planning Center’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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37.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidSelf serve
9 APIs
Church ManagementChMSFaithGivingEventsSchedulingPeopleNonprofit

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 37.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 9.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 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
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APIs 9

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

Planning Center Calendar API

Church calendaring, events, and facility resources.

Planning Center Check-Ins API

Attendance, events, locations, and stations.

Planning Center Giving API

Donations, funds, batches, payment sources, and pledges.

Planning Center Groups API

Small groups, memberships, and group events.

Planning Center People API

People, households, contact info, lists, forms, and workflows.

Planning Center Publishing API

Sermon channels, series, episodes, and speakers (read-only).

Planning Center Registrations API

Event signups, attendees, categories, and campuses.

Planning Center Services API

Service planning - service types, plans, songs, teams.

Planning Center Webhooks API

Cross-product event subscriptions and deliveries.

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Open Collections 1

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

Planning Center API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Planning Center Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Planning Center Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Planning Center Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 4

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

Planning Center Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Planning Center Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Planning Center Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone

SECURITY

Planning Center Trust Center

SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Planning Center Scopes

8 scopes · authorizationCode

8 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Planning Center Agentic Access

61 operations · 10 acting

61 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: planning-center
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/planning-center/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Planning Center
kind: company
description: Planning Center is a suite of church management software products - People, Services, Giving, Groups, Check-Ins,
  Calendar, Registrations, and Publishing - used by churches to organize their people, plan worship services, process online
  giving, run small groups, manage attendance and check-in, schedule facilities and events, handle event registrations, and
  publish sermons. Each product exposes a documented public REST API under a shared base URL (https://api.planningcenteronline.com),
  authenticated with OAuth 2.0 or a Personal Access Token and returning data in the JSON:API 1.0 format. A Webhooks API delivers
  create/update/destroy events across the products. The APIs are free to use with a Planning Center account; each product
  is subscribed to separately.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · 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/planning-center.png
tags:
- Church Management
- ChMS
- Faith
- Giving
- Events
- Scheduling
- People
- Nonprofit
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-calendar-api
  name: Planning Center Calendar API
  description: Church calendaring, events, and facility resources.
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - Calendar
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-calendar-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-check-ins-api
  name: Planning Center Check-Ins API
  description: Attendance, events, locations, and stations.
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - Check-Ins
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-check-ins-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-giving-api
  name: Planning Center Giving API
  description: Donations, funds, batches, payment sources, and pledges.
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - Giving
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-giving-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-groups-api
  name: Planning Center Groups API
  description: Small groups, memberships, and group events.
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-people-api
  name: Planning Center People API
  description: People, households, contact info, lists, forms, and workflows.
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - People
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-people-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-publishing-api
  name: Planning Center Publishing API
  description: Sermon channels, series, episodes, and speakers (read-only).
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - Publishing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-publishing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-registrations-api
  name: Planning Center Registrations API
  description: Event signups, attendees, categories, and campuses.
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - Registrations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-registrations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-services-api
  name: Planning Center Services API
  description: Service planning - service types, plans, songs, teams.
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
- aid: planning-center:planning-center-webhooks-api
  name: Planning Center Webhooks API
  description: Cross-product event subscriptions and deliveries.
  humanURL: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  baseURL: https://api.planningcenteronline.com/people/v2
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/planning-center-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/people
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/planning-center.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/services
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/giving
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/planningcenter/developers/blob/main/guides/giving_donations_integration.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/groups
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/check-ins
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/calendar
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/registrations
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/publishing
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/changelog/publishing/25080772906139-new-publishing-sermons-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/#/apps/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.planningcenter.com/blog/2017/09/webhooks
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/planning-center-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/planning-center-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/planning-center-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/planning-center-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/planning-center-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/planning-center-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/planningcenter
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/planning-center
- type: Website
  url: https://www.planningcenter.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.planning.center/docs/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/planning-center-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/planning-center-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/planning-center-finops.yml
- url: https://www.planningcenter.com/feed
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com