Shelby.tv

Shelby.tv was a Techstars-backed social video discovery startup that let people find, share, and watch videos surfaced from their social networks. The company has shut down; shelby.tv now serves only a founders' farewell page and no longer operates any product, developer program, or public API. Surfaced as a Techstars portfolio company and enriched by the API Evangelist pipeline, which confirmed there is no API surface to catalog.

Shelby.tv is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Video, Social, Video Discovery, and Media.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 7/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyVideoSocialVideo DiscoveryMediaDefunct

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 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 1

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

Shelbytv Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown
WellKnown

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 SecurityTxt
SecurityTxt

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: shelbytv
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/shelbytv.png
name: Shelby.tv
description: Shelby.tv was a Techstars-backed social video discovery startup that let people find, share, and watch videos
  surfaced from their social networks. The company has shut down; shelby.tv now serves only a founders' farewell page and
  no longer operates any product, developer program, or public API. Surfaced as a Techstars portfolio company and enriched
  by the API Evangelist pipeline, which confirmed there is no API surface to catalog.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/shelbytv/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
x-status: defunct
tags:
- Company
- Video
- Social
- Video Discovery
- Media
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/shelbytv-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/shelbytv-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/shelbytv-security.txt
- type: Website
  url: https://shelby.tv/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 3
  pass: local-v1