# Shortcut

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shortcut/  
**Website:** https://www.shortcut.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

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.

## Kin Score — 32.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 53.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 31.6 |
| Access Clarity | 31.6 |

## Agent readiness — 17.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| 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 | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Shortcut Agentic Access** — 28 operations · 15 acting

## Security (4)

- **Shortcut Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Shortcut Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Shortcut Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published
- **Shortcut Trust Center** — SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR

## Tags

Project Management, Agile, Software Development, Issue Tracking, Kanban, Sprint Planning, Collaboration, Developer Tools

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