# Promise

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/promise/  
**Website:** https://www.promise-pay.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 22.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-19 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 22.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 55.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 2.6 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | yes |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (3)

- **Promise Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Promise Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Promise Trust Center** — SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS

## Tags

Company, Government, Payments, GovTech, Relief, Utilities, Fraud Detection, Fintech

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/promise/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.