Descript
Descript is an AI-powered video and audio editing platform. Descript's API lets you programmatically create projects, import media, run AI ("Underlord") edits, publish compositions, and export transcripts — all without opening the desktop app. The API surfaces the same job model that backs the desktop editor and is currently in early access.
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API Evangelist profiles Descript the way a machine reads it — 32 machine-readable artifacts across 1 API, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Descript scores 54.9/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 32/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
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Kin Score
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How we profile Descript
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Descript. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 3
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Descript API Endpoints API
Import media, edit projects with AI, and query jobs and projects.
Descript Edit in Descript API
> **Note:** The Edit in Descript integration requires contacting Descript for access. [Reach out to us](https://descript.com/api) to get started. Edit in Descript API enables pa...
Descript Export from Descript API
Users of Descript currently have three options to export their edited content. They can export files in various formats, share a Descript link, or use our [one-click cloud expor...
Open Collections 5
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONDescript API Endpoints API
OPEN COLLECTIONDescript API Endpoints Edit in Descript API
OPEN COLLECTIONDescript API Endpoints Export from Descript API
OPEN COLLECTIONDescript API
OPEN COLLECTIONPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the things the Kin Score reads for access clarity — renamed from commercial clarity in rubric 0.12, because a free statutory interface has access terms and no commercial ones.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Descript Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Descript Finops
FINOPSFeatures 10
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Project Creation
Create new projects in a Drive and import media from public or pre-signed URLs in a single API request.
Direct File Upload
Receive 3-hour signed upload URLs from the import endpoint and PUT media bytes directly to storage.
AI Agent Editing
Send natural-language prompts to the Underlord agent to apply Studio Sound, captions, filler-word removal, translation, dubbing, and rough-cut building.
Asynchronous Jobs
All long-running operations return a job_id; clients poll GET /v1/jobs/{job_id} or supply a callback_url for webhook delivery.
Composition Publishing
Publish compositions to public, unlisted, drive, or private access levels with configurable resolution (480p–4K) for video.
Transcript Export
Export composition transcripts in txt, markdown, html, rtf, or docx with configurable speaker labels, markers, and timecodes.
Multi-Language Transcription
Automatically transcribe imported media in 25 languages with multi-speaker detection on paid plans.
Edit-in-Descript Partner Flow
Generate one-time import URLs for partner integrations so users can hand off media into Descript with a single click.
Published Project Metadata
Retrieve metadata (download URL, privacy, subtitles in WebVTT) for published projects via a public slug endpoint.
Rate-Limit Headers
429 responses include Retry-After, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Consumed for client-side budgeting.
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 6
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Podcast Production Automation
Import recordings, run Studio Sound and filler-word removal, and publish episodes without opening the desktop app.
Bulk Video Captioning
Programmatically caption a backlog of videos in 25 languages and export captions for downstream platforms.
AI-Driven Rough Cuts
Send raw multitrack recordings to the agent with a prompt like "build a rough cut" and retrieve a near-finished timeline.
Translation and Dubbing
Translate and dub video content into 30+ languages with proofread review using the Business plan's translation pipeline.
Content Repurposing
Generate clips, social cuts, and shorts from long-form recordings using Underlord prompts.
Embedded Video Workflows
Use the Edit-in-Descript partner endpoint to embed Descript editing into third-party recording tools (Ecamm, Restream, SquadCast, Zoom, Captivate).
Resources
Every other property we hold for Descript — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 6
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 4
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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