# ShotSpotter (SoundThinking)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shotspotter/  
**Website:** https://www.soundthinking.com  
**APIs profiled:** 2

ShotSpotter is the flagship acoustic gunshot detection service of SoundThinking, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSTI), the public safety technology company formerly named ShotSpotter, Inc. SoundThinking operates a portfolio of law-enforcement and security products including ShotSpotter gunfire detection, SafePointe AI weapons detection, PlateRanger license-plate recognition, CrimeTracer investigative search, CaseBuilder case management, and ResourceRouter patrol analytics. Developers integrate via the SoundThinking developer documentation at docs.soundthinking.com, which publishes REST data APIs for ShotSpotter (incident data, CAD incident ID, ILS) and SafePointe (alert data, line-crossing data), plus NAPI, a webhook/push notification interface that delivers real-time XML alert documents (ShotSpotter IALRT incident presentations and SafePointe SPALRT alerts) to a customer network endpoint, alongside an Applications IT Resource Guide.

## Kin Score — 23.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 23.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 45.1 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 29.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

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

## APIs (2)

- **ShotSpotter Data APIs** — REST data APIs for ShotSpotter gunfire detection — incident data, CAD incident ID lookup, and ILS (Investigative Lead Summary) retrieval.
- **SafePointe Data APIs** — REST data APIs for SafePointe AI weapons detection — alert data and line-crossing data.

## MCP servers (1)

- **ShotSpotter (SoundThinking) MCP Server**

## Security (1)

- **Shotspotter Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Public Safety, Gunshot Detection, Law Enforcement, Weapons Detection, Acoustic Sensors, Government, Security, Webhook

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