Promise

Promise is a government payments and relief-technology company (backed by 8vc) that provides AI-powered automation for state and local government agencies and utilities. Its platform helps agencies distribute relief faster and more securely, verify eligibility and income, audit programs for waste, fraud, and abuse, and offer flexible, AI-driven payment plans that recover revenue. Products include PromiseBenefits (relief-program distribution at scale), PromiseAudit (real-time waste/fraud/abuse detection), PromiseVerified (automated income verification), and PromisePay (AI-driven payment plans for utilities and government). Clients include Washington State, Mississippi, WSSC Water, Louisville Water, and Richmond DPU. Promise exposes no public developer API surface; this profile captures its security, compliance, and web presence.

Promise is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Government, Payments, GovTech, and Relief.

Promise’s developer surface includes support, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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24.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 7/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 24.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.4 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 7/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
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Security Posture 3

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

Promise Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Promise Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Promise Trust Center

SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown
WellKnown

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityTxt
SecurityTxt
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 Security
Security
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 Compliance
Compliance

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: promise
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/promise.png
name: Promise
description: Promise is a government payments and relief-technology company (backed by 8vc) that provides AI-powered automation
  for state and local government agencies and utilities. Its platform helps agencies distribute relief faster and more securely,
  verify eligibility and income, audit programs for waste, fraud, and abuse, and offer flexible, AI-driven payment plans that
  recover revenue. Products include PromiseBenefits (relief-program distribution at scale), PromiseAudit (real-time waste/fraud/abuse
  detection), PromiseVerified (automated income verification), and PromisePay (AI-driven payment plans for utilities and government).
  Clients include Washington State, Mississippi, WSSC Water, Louisville Water, and Richmond DPU. Promise exposes no public
  developer API surface; this profile captures its security, compliance, and web presence.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/promise/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 8vc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Government
- Payments
- GovTech
- Relief
- Utilities
- Fraud Detection
- Fintech
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.promise-pay.com
- type: Support
  url: https://www.promise-pay.com/faqs
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.promise-pay.com/resources
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.promise-pay.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.promise-pay.com/privacy-policy
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/promise-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/promise-well-known.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/promise-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.promise-pay.com/security
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/promise-domain-security.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/promise-trust-center.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/promise-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.promise-pay.com/security
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 6
  pass: local-v1