Trato

TRATO is an AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and electronic signature platform used by more than 180,000 users to centralize, draft, approve, sign and track contracts. It offers template-based smart drafting, automated approval routing, real-time contract tracking, and secure e-signatures, with multi-jurisdiction legal expertise across Mexico, Spain and Germany and support for Mexican NOM-151 advanced electronic signatures. TRATO exposes a JWT-authenticated REST API (Contracts, Templates, Milestones) and webhook events for programmatic contract generation and integration with CRM, document management and payment systems. Founded in 2014 in Mexico City and backed by 500 Global.

Trato publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Contracts API, Custom Properties API, Participants API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Company, Contract Management, Contract Lifecycle Management, Electronic Signature, and Legaltech.

The Trato catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Trato’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, pricing, authentication, and 22 more developer resources.

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52.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 61/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
5 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyContract ManagementContract Lifecycle ManagementElectronic SignatureLegaltechDocument ManagementWorkflow AutomationLegal

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 52.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 14.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 61/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 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 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 5

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

Trato Contracts API

Create, configure, send, sign and manage contracts.

Trato Custom Properties API

Attach custom metadata properties to a contract.

Trato Participants API

Manage participants (signers) on a contract.

Trato Spectators API

Manage read-only observers of a contract.

Trato Templates API

List reusable contract templates.

MCP Servers 1

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

trato-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

TRATO Webhooks

TRATO delivers contract and milestone lifecycle events to subscriber URLs as HTTP POST callbacks. Webhooks are configured in the user profile per event type. Each request carrie...

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Trato Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Trato Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 Login
Login
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference
 AsyncAPI
AsyncAPI

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Webhooks
Webhooks
 Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 DataModel
DataModel
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: trato
name: Trato
description: TRATO is an AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and electronic signature platform used by more than
  180,000 users to centralize, draft, approve, sign and track contracts. It offers template-based smart drafting, automated
  approval routing, real-time contract tracking, and secure e-signatures, with multi-jurisdiction legal expertise across Mexico,
  Spain and Germany and support for Mexican NOM-151 advanced electronic signatures. TRATO exposes a JWT-authenticated REST
  API (Contracts, Templates, Milestones) and webhook events for programmatic contract generation and integration with CRM,
  document management and payment systems. Founded in 2014 in Mexico City and backed by 500 Global.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trato/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Contract Management
- Contract Lifecycle Management
- Electronic Signature
- Legaltech
- Document Management
- Workflow Automation
- Legal
image: https://trato.io
apis:
- aid: trato:trato-contracts-api
  name: Trato Contracts API
  description: Create, configure, send, sign and manage contracts.
  humanURL: https://developer.trato.io/
  baseURL: https://enterprise.api.trato.io
  tags:
  - Contracts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trato-contracts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/trato-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.trato.io/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/trato-authentication.yml
- aid: trato:trato-custom-properties-api
  name: Trato Custom Properties API
  description: Attach custom metadata properties to a contract.
  humanURL: https://developer.trato.io/
  baseURL: https://enterprise.api.trato.io
  tags:
  - Custom Properties
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trato-custom-properties-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/trato-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.trato.io/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/trato-authentication.yml
- aid: trato:trato-participants-api
  name: Trato Participants API
  description: Manage participants (signers) on a contract.
  humanURL: https://developer.trato.io/
  baseURL: https://enterprise.api.trato.io
  tags:
  - Participants
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trato-participants-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/trato-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.trato.io/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/trato-authentication.yml
- aid: trato:trato-spectators-api
  name: Trato Spectators API
  description: Manage read-only observers of a contract.
  humanURL: https://developer.trato.io/
  baseURL: https://enterprise.api.trato.io
  tags:
  - Spectators
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trato-spectators-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/trato-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.trato.io/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/trato-authentication.yml
- aid: trato:trato-templates-api
  name: Trato Templates API
  description: List reusable contract templates.
  humanURL: https://developer.trato.io/
  baseURL: https://enterprise.api.trato.io
  tags:
  - Templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/trato-templates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/trato-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.trato.io/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/trato-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://trato.io
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.trato.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.trato.io/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.trato.io/contracts
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.trato.io/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.trato.io
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.trato.io
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/contratosapp
- type: Support
  url: https://trato.io/contact
- type: Pricing
  url: https://trato.io/#pricing
- type: Login
  url: https://clm.trato.io/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://trato.io/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://trato.io/privacy-policy
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tratolegaltech/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/trato-authentication.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/trato-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
- type: AsyncAPI
  url: asyncapi/trato-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/trato-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/trato-sandbox.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/trato-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/trato-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/trato-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/trato-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/trato-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/trato-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/trato-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/trato-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/trato-openapi-overlay.yaml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
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  pass: local-v1