theCut

theCut is a mobile application and web platform that connects clients with barbers and hair professionals across all 50 U.S. states. Users find a barber near them, browse portfolio photos and verified reviews, see upfront pricing, book and confirm appointments in real time, message their barber in-app, and pay with cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Cash App Pay. The service has facilitated over 100 million haircut bookings. theCut publishes no public developer API or documentation; this profile is maintained in the API Evangelist network as a company record.

theCut is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Barbershop, Booking, Scheduling, and Appointments.

theCut’s developer surface includes support, engineering blog, and 2 more developer resources.

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8.1/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyBarbershopBookingSchedulingAppointmentsMarketplaceConsumerMobile

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 8.1/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 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.

Thecut Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · 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 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: thecut
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/thecut.png
name: theCut
description: theCut is a mobile application and web platform that connects clients with barbers and hair professionals across
  all 50 U.S. states. Users find a barber near them, browse portfolio photos and verified reviews, see upfront pricing, book
  and confirm appointments in real time, message their barber in-app, and pay with cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Cash App
  Pay. The service has facilitated over 100 million haircut bookings. theCut publishes no public developer API or documentation;
  this profile is maintained in the API Evangelist network as a company record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thecut/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Barbershop
- Booking
- Scheduling
- Appointments
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- Mobile
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://thecut.co/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.thecut.co/
- type: Blog
  url: https://thecut.co/blog
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/thecut-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1