Shortcut

Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) is a cloud-based project management platform built for software development teams, providing stories, epics, objectives, Kanban boards, sprints, reporting, and integrations with GitHub, GitLab, and Slack. The Shortcut REST API v3 exposes full CRUD access to stories, epics, iterations, workflows, members, projects, and webhooks. Authentication uses a per-account API token passed via the Shortcut-Token request header.

Shortcut publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Categories API, Custom Fields API, Documents API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Project Management, Agile, Software Development, Issue Tracking, and Kanban.

Shortcut’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, support, engineering blog, GitHub presence, and 7 more developer resources.

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32.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

1 APIs

Project Management Agile Software Development Issue Tracking KanbanSprint PlanningCollaboration Developer Tools

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 32.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.1 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 3.4 / 18

Access Clarity 5.7 / 18

Operational Transparency 2.5 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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 0 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 7

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

Shortcut REST API v3

RESTful API providing full CRUD access to stories, epics, iterations, milestones, workflows, projects, teams, members, files, labels, categories, and webhooks. Requests authenti...

Shortcut Categories API

The Categories API from Shortcut — 2 operation(s) for categories.

Shortcut Custom Fields API

The Custom Fields API from Shortcut — 2 operation(s) for custom fields.

Shortcut Documents API

The Documents API from Shortcut — 2 operation(s) for documents.

Shortcut Entity Templates API

The Entity Templates API from Shortcut — 2 operation(s) for entity templates.

Shortcut Epics API

The Epics API from Shortcut — 4 operation(s) for epics.

Shortcut Workflows API

The Workflows API from Shortcut — 1 operation(s) for workflows.

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Open Collections 8

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Shortcut REST API v3 Categories API

OPEN COLLECTION

Shortcut REST API v3 Categories Custom Fields API

OPEN COLLECTION

Shortcut REST API v3 Categories Documents API

OPEN COLLECTION

Shortcut REST API v3 Categories Entity Templates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Shortcut REST API v3 Categories Epics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Shortcut REST API v3 Categories Workflows API

OPEN COLLECTION

Shortcut REST API v3

OPEN COLLECTION

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Security Posture 4

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

Shortcut Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Shortcut Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Shortcut Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Shortcut Trust Center

SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Shortcut Agentic Access

28 operations · 15 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

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

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: shortcut
name: Shortcut
description: Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) is a cloud-based project management platform built for software development teams,
  providing stories, epics, objectives, Kanban boards, sprints, reporting, and integrations with GitHub, GitLab, and Slack.
  The Shortcut REST API v3 exposes full CRUD access to stories, epics, iterations, workflows, members, projects, and webhooks.
  Authentication uses a per-account API token passed via the Shortcut-Token request header.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/shortcut.png
tags:
- Project Management
- Agile
- Software Development
- Issue Tracking
- Kanban
- Sprint Planning
- Collaboration
- Developer Tools
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/shortcut/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: shortcut:rest-api-v3
  name: Shortcut REST API v3
  description: RESTful API providing full CRUD access to stories, epics, iterations, milestones, workflows, projects, teams,
    members, files, labels, categories, and webhooks. Requests authenticate with a Shortcut-Token header containing an API
    token generated at app.shortcut.com settings, and are rate-limited to 200 requests per minute.
  humanURL: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3
  baseURL: https://api.app.shortcut.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Project Management
  - Stories
  - Epics
  - Iterations
  - Webhook
  - REST
  tags_raw:
  - Project Management
  - Stories
  - Epics
  - Iterations
  - Webhooks
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://help.shortcut.com/hc/en-us/articles/205701199-Shortcut-API-Tokens
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://help.shortcut.com/hc/en-us/articles/207696406-Using-the-Shortcut-API
  - type: API Cookbook
    url: https://github.com/useshortcut/api-cookbook
  - type: JavaScript SDK
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@useshortcut/client
- aid: shortcut:shortcut-categories-api
  name: Shortcut Categories API
  description: The Categories API from Shortcut — 2 operation(s) for categories.
  humanURL: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3
  baseURL: https://api.app.shortcut.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Categories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shortcut-categories-api-openapi.yml
- aid: shortcut:shortcut-custom-fields-api
  name: Shortcut Custom Fields API
  description: The Custom Fields API from Shortcut — 2 operation(s) for custom fields.
  humanURL: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3
  baseURL: https://api.app.shortcut.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Custom Fields
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shortcut-custom-fields-api-openapi.yml
- aid: shortcut:shortcut-documents-api
  name: Shortcut Documents API
  description: The Documents API from Shortcut — 2 operation(s) for documents.
  humanURL: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3
  baseURL: https://api.app.shortcut.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shortcut-documents-api-openapi.yml
- aid: shortcut:shortcut-entity-templates-api
  name: Shortcut Entity Templates API
  description: The Entity Templates API from Shortcut — 2 operation(s) for entity templates.
  humanURL: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3
  baseURL: https://api.app.shortcut.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Entity Templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shortcut-entity-templates-api-openapi.yml
- aid: shortcut:shortcut-epics-api
  name: Shortcut Epics API
  description: The Epics API from Shortcut — 4 operation(s) for epics.
  humanURL: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3
  baseURL: https://api.app.shortcut.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Epics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shortcut-epics-api-openapi.yml
- aid: shortcut:shortcut-workflows-api
  name: Shortcut Workflows API
  description: The Workflows API from Shortcut — 1 operation(s) for workflows.
  humanURL: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v3
  baseURL: https://api.app.shortcut.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Workflows
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shortcut-workflows-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/shortcut-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/shortcut-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/shortcut-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/shortcut-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/shortcut-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shortcutsoftware
- type: Website
  url: https://www.shortcut.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.shortcut.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.shortcut.com/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://app.shortcut.com/signup
- type: Support
  url: https://help.shortcut.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://shortcut.com/blog
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/useshortcut
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.shortcut.com
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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