Textsidekick

Textsidekick (Sidekick) is a Y Combinator-backed (S26) workforce communication and knowledge-management platform built for frontline workers who do not have a desk. Workers text a question or report an issue over plain SMS with no app to install and no login; Sidekick triages the message, answers from company knowledge, converts issues into work orders, routes them to the right person, and captures every fix as searchable organizational knowledge. It also AI-generates safety procedures, handbooks, and FAQs, schedules preventive maintenance, and delivers text-based onboarding and training. Founded to serve the roughly 80% of American workers without a desk, it is live across 20+ plants serving 600+ frontline workers. No public developer API, SDK, or API reference is published at this time.

Textsidekick is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, SMS, Frontline Workers, Workforce Communication, and Knowledge-Management.

Textsidekick’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 5 more developer resources.

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10.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

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CompanySMSFrontline WorkersWorkforce CommunicationKnowledge-ManagementWork OrdersArtificial IntelligenceY Combinator

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 10.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.2 / 17

Access Clarity 4.7 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 4.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.9 / 15

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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name: Textsidekick
description: Textsidekick (Sidekick) is a Y Combinator-backed (S26) workforce communication and knowledge-management platform
  built for frontline workers who do not have a desk. Workers text a question or report an issue over plain SMS with no app
  to install and no login; Sidekick triages the message, answers from company knowledge, converts issues into work orders,
  routes them to the right person, and captures every fix as searchable organizational knowledge. It also AI-generates safety
  procedures, handbooks, and FAQs, schedules preventive maintenance, and delivers text-based onboarding and training. Founded
  to serve the roughly 80% of American workers without a desk, it is live across 20+ plants serving 600+ frontline workers.
  No public developer API, SDK, or API reference is published at this time.
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- Company
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- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/textsidekick-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://textsidekick.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://textsidekick.substack.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://textsidekick.com/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://textsidekick.com/terms
- type: Login
  url: https://textsidekick.com/login
- type: Support
  url: mailto:hello@textsidekick.com
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