# TakeLessons

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/takelessons/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

TakeLessons was an online and in-person lessons marketplace founded in 2007 by Steven Cox and headquartered in San Diego, California. It connected students with independent instructors for music, languages, academic subjects, cooking, and professional training, handling scheduling, payments, and instructor discovery. Microsoft acquired TakeLessons in September 2021 to expand its edtech offerings, then wound the service down: the last day to book lessons was August 15, 2024 and the consumer site closed on November 15, 2024. The company is now defunct and publishes no live website, developer portal, or API surface; this record is retained as a portfolio-lineage stub for the API Evangelist network.

## Kin Score — 0.9 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 0.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 0.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| 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 |

## Access

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

## Tags

Company, Education, EdTech, Tutoring, Online Learning, Music Lessons, Marketplace, Defunct

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