Narrative Sports

Narrative Sports (Narrative AI Inc., YC Fall 2025, listed by Y Combinator as "usenarrative") is an AI-powered sports content platform that automates the creation and distribution of broadcast-ready highlight videos for broadcasters, teams, and leagues. Its API ingests live SRT streams for soccer and MMA, detects key moments in real time, and returns rendered clips in multiple aspect ratios, single-game recaps, multi-game highlight packages, and OTIO edit timelines.

Narrative Sports publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Health API, Highlight Packages API, Highlights API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Sports, Video, Artificial Intelligence, Highlights, and Broadcasting.

Narrative Sports’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, pricing, engineering blog, support, authentication, and 18 more developer resources.

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46.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 65/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
6 APIs 1 MCP Servers
SportsVideoArtificial IntelligenceHighlightsBroadcastingMediaSports Technology

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 46.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 11.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 65/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 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 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 6

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

Narrative Sports Health API

The Health API from Narrative Sports — 1 operation(s) for health.

Narrative Sports Highlight Packages API

The Highlight Packages API from Narrative Sports — 3 operation(s) for highlight packages.

Narrative Sports Highlights API

The Highlights API from Narrative Sports — 4 operation(s) for highlights.

Narrative Sports Projects API

The Projects API from Narrative Sports — 1 operation(s) for projects.

Narrative Sports Recaps API

The Recaps API from Narrative Sports — 3 operation(s) for recaps.

Narrative Sports Tasks API

The Tasks API from Narrative Sports — 8 operation(s) for tasks.

MCP Servers 1

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

usenarrative-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

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

Usenarrative Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Usenarrative Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Usenarrative Agentic Access

24 operations · 10 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

24 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Login
Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Conventions
Conventions
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance
 DataModel
DataModel

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 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: usenarrative
name: Narrative Sports
description: Narrative Sports (Narrative AI Inc., YC Fall 2025, listed by Y Combinator as "usenarrative") is an AI-powered
  sports content platform that automates the creation and distribution of broadcast-ready highlight videos for broadcasters,
  teams, and leagues. Its API ingests live SRT streams for soccer and MMA, detects key moments in real time, and returns rendered
  clips in multiple aspect ratios, single-game recaps, multi-game highlight packages, and OTIO edit timelines.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/usenarrative/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://narrative-sports.com/largelogofrontend_white2.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Sports
- Video
- Artificial Intelligence
- Highlights
- Broadcasting
- Media
- Sports Technology
apis:
- aid: usenarrative:usenarrative-health-api
  name: Narrative Sports Health API
  description: The Health API from Narrative Sports — 1 operation(s) for health.
  humanURL: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/api-reference/sports/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.narrative-sports.com
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/usenarrative-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/quickstart
- aid: usenarrative:usenarrative-highlight-packages-api
  name: Narrative Sports Highlight Packages API
  description: The Highlight Packages API from Narrative Sports — 3 operation(s) for highlight packages.
  humanURL: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/api-reference/sports/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.narrative-sports.com
  tags:
  - Highlight Packages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/usenarrative-highlight-packages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/quickstart
- aid: usenarrative:usenarrative-highlights-api
  name: Narrative Sports Highlights API
  description: The Highlights API from Narrative Sports — 4 operation(s) for highlights.
  humanURL: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/api-reference/sports/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.narrative-sports.com
  tags:
  - Highlights
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/usenarrative-highlights-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/quickstart
- aid: usenarrative:usenarrative-projects-api
  name: Narrative Sports Projects API
  description: The Projects API from Narrative Sports — 1 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/api-reference/sports/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.narrative-sports.com
  tags:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/usenarrative-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/quickstart
- aid: usenarrative:usenarrative-recaps-api
  name: Narrative Sports Recaps API
  description: The Recaps API from Narrative Sports — 3 operation(s) for recaps.
  humanURL: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/api-reference/sports/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.narrative-sports.com
  tags:
  - Recaps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/usenarrative-recaps-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/quickstart
- aid: usenarrative:usenarrative-tasks-api
  name: Narrative Sports Tasks API
  description: The Tasks API from Narrative Sports — 8 operation(s) for tasks.
  humanURL: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/api-reference/sports/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.narrative-sports.com
  tags:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/usenarrative-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/quickstart
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.narrative-sports.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/api-reference/sports/introduction
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.narrative-sports.com/quickstart
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://app.narrative-sports.com/api-dashboard
- type: Login
  url: https://app.narrative-sports.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://narrative-sports.com/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://narrative-sports.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://narrative-sports.com/support
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://narrative-sports.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://narrative-sports.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.narrative-sports.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Narrative-Sports
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/usenarrative-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/usenarrative-mcp.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/usenarrative-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/usenarrative-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/usenarrative-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/usenarrative-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/usenarrative-data-model.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/usenarrative-sports-overlay.yaml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/usenarrative-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/usenarrative-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/usenarrative-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 17
  pass: local-v1