Workflowy

Workflowy is a minimalist infinite outliner for organizing notes, tasks, and ideas in a single infinitely nested, zoomable bullet list, with mirrors, kanban boards, real-time collaboration, an AI writing assistant, and apps for web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows. For developers Workflowy ships an official REST API (nodes and targets at workflowy.com/api/v1, API-key bearer auth), an open-source CLI (wf) with an embedded MCP server, a desktop MCP app for connecting AI agents like Claude and Cursor, and a published llms.txt. A Bloomberg Beta portfolio company.

Workflowy publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Nodes API and Targets API. Tagged areas include Productivity, Notes, Outliner, Task Management, and Lists.

Workflowy’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 20 more developer resources.

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49.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 55/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
2 APIs 1 MCP Servers
ProductivityNotesOutlinerTask ManagementListsCollaborationKnowledge ManagementAI Assistant

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 49.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 55/100 · agent ready
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 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 2

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

Workflowy Nodes API

Create, read, update, move, complete, and delete outline nodes.

Workflowy Targets API

System targets and user-defined shortcuts that point at nodes.

MCP Servers 1

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

workflowy-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

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

Workflowy Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Workflowy Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp
 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

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 DataModel
DataModel
 Conformance
Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 CLI
CLI
 Packages
Packages

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: workflowy
name: Workflowy
description: Workflowy is a minimalist infinite outliner for organizing notes, tasks, and ideas in a single infinitely nested,
  zoomable bullet list, with mirrors, kanban boards, real-time collaboration, an AI writing assistant, and apps for web, iOS,
  Android, macOS, and Windows. For developers Workflowy ships an official REST API (nodes and targets at workflowy.com/api/v1,
  API-key bearer auth), an open-source CLI (wf) with an embedded MCP server, a desktop MCP app for connecting AI agents like
  Claude and Cursor, and a published llms.txt. A Bloomberg Beta portfolio company.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workflowy/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bloomberg-beta
x-tier: enriched
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'
image: https://workflowy.com/media/webflow/open-graph-image.png
tags:
- Productivity
- Notes
- Outliner
- Task Management
- Lists
- Collaboration
- Knowledge Management
- AI Assistant
apis:
- aid: workflowy:workflowy-nodes-api
  name: Workflowy Nodes API
  description: Create, read, update, move, complete, and delete outline nodes.
  humanURL: https://workflowy.com/api-reference/
  baseURL: https://workflowy.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/workflowy-nodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://workflowy.com/api-reference/
- aid: workflowy:workflowy-targets-api
  name: Workflowy Targets API
  description: System targets and user-defined shortcuts that point at nodes.
  humanURL: https://workflowy.com/api-reference/
  baseURL: https://workflowy.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Targets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/workflowy-targets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://workflowy.com/api-reference/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://workflowy.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://workflowy.com/help/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://workflowy.com/api-reference/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://workflowy.com/help/get-started/
- type: Support
  url: https://community.workflowy.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.workflowy.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/workflowy
- type: Pricing
  url: https://workflowy.com/pricing/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://workflowy.com/signup/
- type: Login
  url: https://workflowy.com/login/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://workflowy.com/privacy-policy/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.workflowy.com/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://workflowy.com/whats-new/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/workflowy-changelog.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/workflowy-mcp.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/workflowy-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/workflowy-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/workflowy-well-known.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/workflowy-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/workflowy-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/workflowy-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/workflowy-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/workflowy-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/workflowy-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/workflowy-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/workflowy-domain-security.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 19
  pass: local-v1