sherpa

sherpa is an AI operating system for External Workforce Management (EWM) that runs an enterprise's contingent-labor program end to end with autonomous agents, replacing the work traditionally done by a VMS (Vendor Management System) and MSP (Managed Service Provider). Its agents cover every phase of an external engagement: autonomous intake and classification from Slack, email, Teams or voice; collaborative scope, role and budget drafting; autonomous sourcing with market-benchmarked rates and ranked candidates and suppliers; coordinated screening interviews scored against a weighted rubric; autonomous hiring and onboarding (documents, background and compliance checks, contracts, provisioning, hardware and badges); and active management and payment with a dedicated PM agent, live spend visibility and flexible payouts once outcomes are verified. One platform spans every worker type — contingent labor, freelancers / independent contractors (with a built-in Agent of Record), SOW / services engagements, and, coming soon, AI agents as a managed worker type — with rate intelligence, compliance management and analytics built in. sherpa launched out of stealth with a $2.2M pre-seed round and is backed by Seedcamp and Y Combinator.

sherpa is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, External Workforce Management, Vendor Management System, Managed Service Provider, and AI Agents.

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12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 7/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyExternal Workforce ManagementVendor Management SystemManaged Service ProviderAI AgentsContingent LaborFreelancer ManagementStaffingProcurementHR Tech

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 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 2

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

Sherpa Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Sherpa Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown
WellKnown

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security
Security
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 SecurityTxt
SecurityTxt

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: sherpa
name: sherpa
description: 'sherpa is an AI operating system for External Workforce Management (EWM) that runs an enterprise''s contingent-labor
  program end to end with autonomous agents, replacing the work traditionally done by a VMS (Vendor Management System) and
  MSP (Managed Service Provider). Its agents cover every phase of an external engagement: autonomous intake and classification
  from Slack, email, Teams or voice; collaborative scope, role and budget drafting; autonomous sourcing with market-benchmarked
  rates and ranked candidates and suppliers; coordinated screening interviews scored against a weighted rubric; autonomous
  hiring and onboarding (documents, background and compliance checks, contracts, provisioning, hardware and badges); and active
  management and payment with a dedicated PM agent, live spend visibility and flexible payouts once outcomes are verified.
  One platform spans every worker type — contingent labor, freelancers / independent contractors (with a built-in Agent of
  Record), SOW / services engagements, and, coming soon, AI agents as a managed worker type — with rate intelligence, compliance
  management and analytics built in. sherpa launched out of stealth with a $2.2M pre-seed round and is backed by Seedcamp
  and Y Combinator.'
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image: https://sherpahq.ai/og-image.jpg
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- Vendor Management System
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- AI Agents
- Contingent Labor
- Freelancer Management
- Staffing
- Procurement
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maintainers:
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