The Nudge

The Nudge is a free consumer lifestyle app that texts its members short videos from locals recommending their favorite real-world things to do — secret hikes, date ideas, restaurants, and activities — a few "Nudges" each week to help people (primarily millennials) have more fun in real life and be more adventurous, romantic, and social. Founded in 2018 by siblings Sarah and John Peterson and based in San Francisco, The Nudge is available on iOS and Android and is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners among other investors. It is a business-to-consumer product delivered over SMS and mobile apps, with no public API or developer program.

The Nudge is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Lifestyle, Mobile App, and Recommendations.

The Nudge’s developer surface includes support and 2 more developer resources.

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7.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyConsumerLifestyleMobile AppRecommendationsLocal DiscoverySMSMillennials

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 7.6/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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
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Security Posture 1

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

The Nudge Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: the-nudge
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  try_now: false
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/the-nudge.png
name: The Nudge
description: The Nudge is a free consumer lifestyle app that texts its members short videos from locals recommending their
  favorite real-world things to do — secret hikes, date ideas, restaurants, and activities — a few "Nudges" each week to help
  people (primarily millennials) have more fun in real life and be more adventurous, romantic, and social. Founded in 2018
  by siblings Sarah and John Peterson and based in San Francisco, The Nudge is available on iOS and Android and is backed
  by Lightspeed Venture Partners among other investors. It is a business-to-consumer product delivered over SMS and mobile
  apps, with no public API or developer program.
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created: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Lifestyle
- Mobile App
- Recommendations
- Local Discovery
- SMS
- Millennials
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/the-nudge-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.nudgetext.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.nudgetext.com/contact
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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