TrueVault

TrueVault provides developer infrastructure for storing and managing sensitive personal data in a compliant way. Its original product, TrueVault Safe, is a HIPAA-oriented REST API and secure datastore that lets applications create Vaults and store encrypted Documents, BLOBs, Users, and Schemas, with group-based access control (the Access Grid), full-text and geospatial Search, transactional Email/SMS messaging, password-reset flows, and scoped access tokens. Authentication is via API keys or user access tokens passed in an HTTP Basic header. TrueVault's newer Polaris product is privacy-compliance software that helps ecommerce brands comply with US state privacy laws, the GDPR, and the CCPA. TrueVault is a Y Combinator-backed company.

TrueVault publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Data Privacy, Security, Compliance, and HIPAA.

TrueVault’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 18 more developer resources.

36.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 33/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyData PrivacySecurityComplianceHIPAAData StorageEncryptionIdentityPrivacyPII

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scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 36.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 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 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

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

TrueVault Safe REST API

TrueVault Safe is a REST API and secure datastore for sensitive personal data. Resources include Users, Groups (with policy-based Access Grid permissions), Vaults, BLOBs, Docume...

MCP Servers 1

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

Security Posture 2

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

Truevault Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Truevault Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: truevault
name: TrueVault
description: TrueVault provides developer infrastructure for storing and managing sensitive personal data in a compliant way.
  Its original product, TrueVault Safe, is a HIPAA-oriented REST API and secure datastore that lets applications create Vaults
  and store encrypted Documents, BLOBs, Users, and Schemas, with group-based access control (the Access Grid), full-text and
  geospatial Search, transactional Email/SMS messaging, password-reset flows, and scoped access tokens. Authentication is
  via API keys or user access tokens passed in an HTTP Basic header. TrueVault's newer Polaris product is privacy-compliance
  software that helps ecommerce brands comply with US state privacy laws, the GDPR, and the CCPA. TrueVault is a Y Combinator-backed
  company.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/truevault/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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
image: https://github.com/truevault.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-public-surface
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 11
  pass: local-v1
tags:
- Company
- Data Privacy
- Security
- Compliance
- HIPAA
- Data Storage
- Encryption
- Identity
- Privacy
- PII
apis:
- aid: truevault:truevault-safe-api
  name: TrueVault Safe REST API
  humanURL: https://docs.truevault.com/
  baseURL: https://api.truevault.com/v1
  tags:
  - Data Storage
  - Security
  - HIPAA
  - Users
  - Documents
  - Search
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.truevault.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.truevault.com/
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://docs.truevault.com/Overview.html
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: authentication/truevault-authentication.yml
    type: Authentication
  - url: conventions/truevault-conventions.yml
    type: Conventions
  - url: errors/truevault-problem-types.yml
    type: ErrorCatalog
  description: TrueVault Safe is a REST API and secure datastore for sensitive personal data. Resources include Users, Groups
    (with policy-based Access Grid permissions), Vaults, BLOBs, Documents, Schemas, Search (full-text and geospatial), Messaging
    (Email and SMS), Password Reset Flows, and Scoped Access Tokens. Requests are authenticated with an API key or user access
    token via HTTP Basic; responses are JSON envelopes carrying result and transaction_id. Base URL https://api.truevault.com/v1.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
- name: TrueVault
  url: https://www.truevault.com
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://console.truevault.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.truevault.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.truevault.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.truevault.com/Overview.html
- type: Support
  url: https://www.truevault.com/contact
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.truevault.com/learn
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/truevault
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.truevault.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://console.truevault.com/register
- type: Login
  url: https://console.truevault.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.truevault.com/legal/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.truevault.com/privacy-policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.truevault.com/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/truevault-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/truevault-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/truevault-packages.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/truevault-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/truevault-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/truevault-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/truevault-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/truevault-conformance.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/truevault-mcp.yml
  name: TrueVault MCP Server manifest (candidate)
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/truevault-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/truevault-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/truevault-domain-security.yml