# Shotstack

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shotstack/  
**Website:** https://shotstack.io  
**APIs profiled:** 5

Shotstack is a cloud video-editing platform that turns a JSON timeline into a rendered video, image, or audio file. The Edit API renders programmatically from a JSON edit specification and templates, the Ingest API uploads and transforms source footage, the Serve API hosts and delivers generated assets, and the Create API generates AI assets such as text-to-speech, text-to-image, and image-to-video.

## Kin Score — 38.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 56.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 19.8 (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 | documented |
| 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

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **Shotstack Create API** — Generate AI assets such as text-to-speech and text-to-image.
- **Shotstack Edit API** — Render videos, images, and audio from a JSON edit specification.
- **Shotstack Ingest API** — Upload, store, and transform source assets.
- **Shotstack Serve API** — Inspect, manage, and deliver hosted assets.
- **Shotstack Templates API** — Manage and render reusable edit templates with merge fields.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Shotstack Agentic Access** — 20 operations · 11 acting

## Security (2)

- **Shotstack Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Shotstack Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Shotstack Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Video, Video Editing, Media, Rendering, Generative AI

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