Staffbase

Staffbase is an AI-native employee experience and internal-communications platform that connects workforce communications across an intranet, a branded employee mobile app, email and newsletters, and an AI-powered knowledge assistant. Used by more than 1,500 enterprises, it is built to reach hard-to-reach frontline, shift, and distributed employees on every channel. Staffbase exposes a Platform API (HTTP Basic auth with an API token, base https://app.staffbase.com/api) covering users, groups, news, pages, media, notifications, spaces, campaigns, analytics, and audit logs, plus first-party Plugins and Custom-Widget SDKs (JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, Java) for embedding apps and widgets inside the Staffbase experience. Backed by Insight Partners.

Staffbase publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Employee Communications, Internal Communications, Employee Experience, and Intranet.

Staffbase’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, changelog, engineering blog, support, pricing, and 24 more developer resources.

41.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyEmployee CommunicationsInternal CommunicationsEmployee ExperienceIntranetEmployee AppEmailHR TechEnterprise

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 41.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 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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APIs 1

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

Staffbase Platform API

REST API for the Staffbase employee experience platform — manage users, groups, news, pages, media, notifications, spaces, campaigns, analytics, and audit logs. Authenticated wi...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

staffbase-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 4

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

Staffbase Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Staffbase Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Staffbase Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Staffbase Trust Center

ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: staffbase
name: Staffbase
description: Staffbase is an AI-native employee experience and internal-communications platform that connects workforce communications
  across an intranet, a branded employee mobile app, email and newsletters, and an AI-powered knowledge assistant. Used by
  more than 1,500 enterprises, it is built to reach hard-to-reach frontline, shift, and distributed employees on every channel.
  Staffbase exposes a Platform API (HTTP Basic auth with an API token, base https://app.staffbase.com/api) covering users,
  groups, news, pages, media, notifications, spaces, campaigns, analytics, and audit logs, plus first-party Plugins and Custom-Widget
  SDKs (JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, Java) for embedding apps and widgets inside the Staffbase experience. Backed by Insight
  Partners.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://logo.clearbit.com/staffbase.com
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/staffbase/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Employee Communications
- Internal Communications
- Employee Experience
- Intranet
- Employee App
- Email
- HR Tech
- Enterprise
apis:
- name: Staffbase Platform API
  description: REST API for the Staffbase employee experience platform — manage users, groups, news, pages, media, notifications,
    spaces, campaigns, analytics, and audit logs. Authenticated with HTTP Basic auth carrying a per-installation API token.
  humanURL: https://developers.staffbase.com/api/
  baseURL: https://app.staffbase.com/api
  tags:
  - Employee Communications
  - Internal Communications
  - Intranet
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.staffbase.com/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.staffbase.com/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/staffbase-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/staffbase-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/staffbase-conventions.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://staffbase.com/en/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.staffbase.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.staffbase.com/api/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.staffbase.com/api/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.staffbase.com/guides/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developers.staffbase.com/changelog/
- type: Blog
  url: https://developers.staffbase.com/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.staffbase.com/hc/en-us
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.staffbase.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Staffbase
- type: Pricing
  url: https://staffbase.com/pricing
- type: Login
  url: https://app.staffbase.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://staffbase.com/legal/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://staffbase.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: Compliance
  url: https://staffbase.com/en/security/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.staffbase.com/
- type: Security
  url: https://staffbase.com/security/bug-bounty
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/staffbase-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/staffbase-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/staffbase-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/staffbase-components.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/staffbase-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/staffbase-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/staffbase-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/staffbase-security.txt
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/staffbase-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/staffbase-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/staffbase-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/staffbase-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/staffbase-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/staffbase-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 14
  pass: local-v1