TwelveLabs

TwelveLabs builds video-understanding foundation models (Marengo for search and embeddings, Pegasus for analyzing video and generating text). The TwelveLabs API lets developers upload and index video, run any-to-video semantic search, generate text from video (titles, topics, hashtags, summaries, chapters, highlights, and open-ended analysis), and create multimodal embeddings over a REST interface authenticated with an x-api-key header.

TwelveLabs publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Analyze API, Embed API, Indexes API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Video Understanding, Multi-Modal, Search, and Embeddings.

The TwelveLabs catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

TwelveLabs’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

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40.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

Artificial Intelligence Video Understanding Multi-Modal Search Embeddings

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Composite quality — 40.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 13.3 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.4 / 18

Access Clarity 7.1 / 18

Operational Transparency 4.0 / 12

Contract Governance 1.2 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 6

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

TwelveLabs Analyze API

Generate text from video with Pegasus (analyze, gist, summarize).

TwelveLabs Embed API

Create multimodal Marengo embeddings.

TwelveLabs Indexes API

Create and manage video indexes.

TwelveLabs Search API

Any-to-video semantic search powered by Marengo.

TwelveLabs Tasks API

Upload and index video via asynchronous indexing tasks.

TwelveLabs Videos API

Manage videos within an index.

Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

TwelveLabs Analyze API

OPEN COLLECTION

TwelveLabs Analyze Embed API

OPEN COLLECTION

TwelveLabs Analyze Indexes API

OPEN COLLECTION

TwelveLabs Analyze Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

TwelveLabs Analyze Tasks API

OPEN COLLECTION

TwelveLabs Analyze Videos API

OPEN COLLECTION

TwelveLabs API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Twelvelabs Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Twelvelabs Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Twelvelabs Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

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

TwelveLabs Analyze Streaming (HTTP + NDJSON)

AsyncAPI 2.6 description of TwelveLabs' **analyze (text generation) streaming** surface. TwelveLabs does not publish a WebSocket API. The only asynchronous / event-style transpo...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

TwelveLabs API Rules

8 rules · 1 errors 7 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Twelvelabs Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Twelvelabs Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Twelvelabs Agentic Access

22 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: twelvelabs
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/twelvelabs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: TwelveLabs
kind: company
description: TwelveLabs builds video-understanding foundation models (Marengo for search and embeddings, Pegasus for analyzing
  video and generating text). The TwelveLabs API lets developers upload and index video, run any-to-video semantic search,
  generate text from video (titles, topics, hashtags, summaries, chapters, highlights, and open-ended analysis), and create
  multimodal embeddings over a REST interface authenticated with an x-api-key header.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/twelvelabs.png
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Video Understanding
- Multi-Modal
- Search
- Embeddings
tags_raw:
- AI
- Video Understanding
- Multimodal
- Search
- Embeddings
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-analyze-api
  name: TwelveLabs Analyze API
  description: Generate text from video with Pegasus (analyze, gist, summarize).
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Analyze
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-analyze-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-embed-api
  name: TwelveLabs Embed API
  description: Create multimodal Marengo embeddings.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Embed
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-embed-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-indexes-api
  name: TwelveLabs Indexes API
  description: Create and manage video indexes.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Indexes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-indexes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-search-api
  name: TwelveLabs Search API
  description: Any-to-video semantic search powered by Marengo.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-tasks-api
  name: TwelveLabs Tasks API
  description: Upload and index video via asynchronous indexing tasks.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Task
  tags_raw:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-videos-api
  name: TwelveLabs Videos API
  description: Manage videos within an index.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-videos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/twelvelabs-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/twelvelabs-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/twelvelabs-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/twelvelabs-io
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twelvelabs
- type: Website
  url: https://www.twelvelabs.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io
- type: Plans
  url: plans/twelvelabs-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/twelvelabs-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/twelvelabs-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog

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