OpenGov
OpenGov builds cloud enterprise resource planning and public service software for state and local government, serving more than 2,000 communities across budgeting and performance, financial management, procurement and contract management, vendor management, permitting and licensing, enterprise asset management, tax and revenue, utility billing, grants management, 311 request management and open data. The OpenGov Public Service Platform exposes a public developer portal at developer.opengov.com with a catalog of ten OpenAPI 3.x definitions covering roughly 358 operations, an integration/app model with scoped permissions and per-integration API keys, a JSON:API-shaped Permitting & Licensing API, a webhook event catalog of 31 Permitting & Licensing events, SCIM 2.0 identity provisioning, and an in-browser API test console.
Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.
API Evangelist profiles OpenGov the way a machine reads it — 213 machine-readable artifacts across 102 APIs, 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 — OpenGov scores 62.0/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 66/100 (agent native). 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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How we profile OpenGov
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for OpenGov. 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 102
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.
OpenGov Activity API
The activity API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for activity.
OpenGov Activity Logs API
Activity Log APIs allow you to retrieve historical changes and actions performed on entities in the system. Activity logs track create, update, soft delete, and hard delete oper...
OpenGov Admin Settings API
The adminSettings API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for adminsettings.
OpenGov Approval Steps API
Approval Steps are one step type that can be found in a record's workflow.
OpenGov Attachment API
The attachment API from OpenGov — 6 operation(s) for attachment.
OpenGov Attachment Limits API
The attachmentLimits API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for attachmentlimits.
OpenGov Attachments API
The Attachments API from OpenGov — 5 operation(s) for attachments.
OpenGov Budget API
Operations for retrieving budget data.
OpenGov Categories API
The Categories API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for categories.
OpenGov Change Order API
The changeOrder API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for changeorder.
OpenGov Change Order By Po API
The changeOrderByPo API from OpenGov — 10 operation(s) for changeorderbypo.
OpenGov Chart Of Accounts API
Operations for retrieving Chart of Accounts data.
OpenGov Checklist Results API
Inspection Results include Checklist Results for any checklist item that was inspected.
OpenGov Checklist Templates API
A Checklist Template is a single item in an Inspection Type Template's checklist.
OpenGov Claims API
The claims API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for claims.
OpenGov Classes API
The Classes API from OpenGov — 3 operation(s) for classes.
OpenGov Co Attachment API
The coAttachment API from OpenGov — 4 operation(s) for coattachment.
OpenGov Co Comment API
The coComment API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for cocomment.
OpenGov Commands API
The Commands API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for commands.
OpenGov Comment API
The comment API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for comment.
OpenGov Contracts API
The Contracts API from OpenGov — 10 operation(s) for contracts.
OpenGov Co Reason API
The coReason API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for coreason.
OpenGov Co Surface Versions API
The coSurfaceVersions API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for cosurfaceversions.
OpenGov Co Terms API
The coTerms API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for coterms.
OpenGov Co Terms Attachment API
The coTermsAttachment API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for cotermsattachment.
OpenGov Datasets API
**Datasets** are collections of data that can be retrieved using the API. Datasets can be retrieved by using `GET` requests. The base url for datasets is `https://api.procuremen...
OpenGov Departments API
A Department is a group of Record Types.
OpenGov Document Steps API
Document Steps are one step type that can be found in a record's workflow.
OpenGov Entity Custom Fields API
The entity-custom-fields API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for entity-custom-fields.
OpenGov Entity Settings API
The entity-settings API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for entity-settings.
OpenGov Entity Users API
The entity-users API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for entity-users.
OpenGov Event Types API
This is a list of all the types of events we currently send. We may add more at any time, so in developing and maintaining your code, you should not assume that only these types...
OpenGov Fees API
A Payment Step can have one or more Fees.
OpenGov Files API
Files in OpenGov Permitting & Licensing are managed in a two-step process: 1. **File Upload** - First, create a file entry to receive a pre-signed Azure Blob Storage URL - Use t...
OpenGov Gl Suggestions API
The glSuggestions API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for glsuggestions.
OpenGov Group API
Groups are used to group datasets together in categories.
OpenGov Inspection Events API
An Inspection Event is a single inspection appointment, during which one or more Inspection Results are typically created.
OpenGov Inspection Results API
An Inspection Result is created for each Inspection Type inspected during an Inspection Event.
OpenGov Inspection Steps API
Inspection Steps are one step type that can be found in a record's workflow.
OpenGov Inspection Type Templates API
Inspection Type Templates can be added to Inspection Workflow Step Templates.
OpenGov Inspection Types API
An Inspection Record Workflow Step has one or more Inspection Types.
OpenGov Invoice Sync API
The invoiceSync API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for invoicesync.
OpenGov Issued Documents API
The Issued Documents API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for issued documents.
OpenGov Ledger Entries API
A Leger Entry is created for each Fee paid or refunded in a Transaction.
OpenGov Line Item API
The lineItem API from OpenGov — 3 operation(s) for lineitem.
OpenGov Location Flags API
Location Flags can be added to individual Locations to tag them with certain characteristics.
OpenGov Locations API
A Location can be added as the Primary Location or an Additional Location of a Record. A Location can be a Point, Segment, or Parcel.
OpenGov Operation Error API
The operationError API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for operationerror.
OpenGov Organization API
Organizations are used to create, manage and publish datasets.
OpenGov Package API
On early CKAN versions, datasets were called packages and this name has stuck in some places, specially internally and on API calls. Package has exactly the same meaning as data...
OpenGov Payment Steps API
Payment Steps are one step type that can be found in a record's workflow.
OpenGov Print API
The print API from OpenGov — 5 operation(s) for print.
OpenGov Projects API
Project APIs allow you to work with projects that group related records
OpenGov Purchase Order API
The purchaseOrder API from OpenGov — 13 operation(s) for purchaseorder.
OpenGov Purchase Order Type API
The purchaseOrderType API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for purchaseordertype.
OpenGov Receipt Activity API
The receiptActivity API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for receiptactivity.
OpenGov Receipt Attachments API
The receiptAttachments API from OpenGov — 6 operation(s) for receiptattachments.
OpenGov Receipt Comments API
The receiptComments API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for receiptcomments.
OpenGov Receipts API
The receipts API from OpenGov — 9 operation(s) for receipts.
OpenGov Receipt Surface Versions API
The receiptSurfaceVersions API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for receiptsurfaceversions.
OpenGov Receipt Sync API
The receiptSync API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for receiptsync.
OpenGov Record Additional Locations API
A Record can be associated with up to 99 Additional Locations. Record Locations reference Locations.
OpenGov Record API
A Record represents a single permit or license application, code enforcement case, or business process in OpenGov Permitting & Licensing. Records are created in the Employee Por...
OpenGov Record Applicant API
The Applicant is the public user who submitted a Record and/or the primary public contact for the Record.
OpenGov Record Attachments API
A Record can have attachments which either reference a Record Type Attachment or are ad-hoc. Each attachment can have one or more versions.
OpenGov Record Change Requests API
A Record Change Request represents a request from an employee to the applicant for changes to the form or attachments.
OpenGov Record Contacts API
A Record can have one **Applicant** and up to 99 **Guests**. The Applicant is the public user who submitted a Record. The Applicant or any employee user can add Guests to a Record.
OpenGov Record Form API
A Record's **Form** is based on its **Record Type**. A Form is comprised of **Fields** which are contained within **Sections**. Each Field is of a specific data Type, and has a ...
OpenGov Record Forms API
A Record's Form is based on its Record Type. A Form is comprised of Fields which are contained within Sections. Each Field is of a specific data Type, and has a Label and a Value.
OpenGov Record Guests API
Record Guests are additional users who need visibility into the permit/license process. This could include contractors, architects, property owners, or other stakeholders who ne...
OpenGov Record Locations API
A Record can be associated with one **Primary Location** and up to 99 **Additional Locations**. Record Locations reference **Locations**.
OpenGov Record Primary Location API
A Record can be associated with one Primary Location. Record Locations reference Locations.
OpenGov Record Type Attachments API
Record Type Attachments are templates that define the required and optional Attachments for a Record of a particular Record Type.
OpenGov Record Type Document Templates API
Record Type Document Templates provide the format and content of a particular document that should be issued in a Document Step.
OpenGov Record Type Fees API
Record Type Fees define the calculation structure for individual fees charged on Payment Steps.
OpenGov Record Type Form API
The Record Type Form is the form template for records of that Record Type.
OpenGov Record Type Workflow API
The Record Type Workflow is the workflow template for records of that Record Type.
OpenGov Record Types API
A Record Type defines the configuration for individual Records of that Record Type.
OpenGov Record Workflow Step Comments API
Step Comments APIs allow you to retrieve, add or remove comments on workflow steps of a record.
OpenGov Record Workflow Steps API
A Record's Workflow is represented as a collection of **Steps**. Steps are automatically created on a Record at the time it is submitted, based on the Record Type Workflow defin...
OpenGov Records API
**Records** are created in the OpenGov Permitting & Licensing Employee Portal and/or Citizen Portal. A **Record** can have a **Form**, a **Workflow**, one or more public **Conta...
OpenGov Resource API
A resource holds the data itself. A resource can be a CSV or Excel spreadsheet, XML file, PDF document, image file, linked data, etc. A dataset can contain any number of resources.
OpenGov Revisions API
The revisions API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for revisions.
OpenGov Saved Views API
The saved-views API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for saved-views.
OpenGov Spend Summary API
The spendSummary API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for spendsummary.
OpenGov Step Comments API
A Record Step can have **Comments**, which are visible to public Record Contacts, and **Internal Notes**, which are visible to employees only. Comments send Notifications to any...
OpenGov Steps API
A Record's Workflow is represented as a collection of **Steps**. Steps are automatically created on a Record at the time it is submitted, based on the Workflow Template defined ...
OpenGov Surface Versions API
The surfaceVersions API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for surfaceversions.
OpenGov System API
The system API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for system.
OpenGov Tag API
The tag API from OpenGov — 3 operation(s) for tag.
OpenGov Tags API
The Tags API from OpenGov — 18 operation(s) for tags.
OpenGov Terms API
The terms API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for terms.
OpenGov Terms Attachment API
The termsAttachment API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for termsattachment.
OpenGov Transactions API
A Transaction represents an individual payment or refund transaction on a Record.
OpenGov User Flags API
User Flags can be added to individual Users to tag them with certain characteristics.
OpenGov Users API
Users can be attached to Records as the Applicant or as a Guest.
OpenGov Vendor Imports API
The vendor-imports API from OpenGov — 7 operation(s) for vendor-imports.
OpenGov Vendor Notes API
The vendor-notes API from OpenGov — 2 operation(s) for vendor-notes.
OpenGov Vendor Search API
The vendor-search API from OpenGov — 4 operation(s) for vendor-search.
OpenGov Vendor Taskmaster API
The vendor-taskmaster API from OpenGov — 3 operation(s) for vendor-taskmaster.
OpenGov Vendor Recommendations API
The vendorRecommendations API from OpenGov — 1 operation(s) for vendorrecommendations.
OpenGov Vendors API
The vendors API from OpenGov — 5 operation(s) for vendors.
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Open Collections 103
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 COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Activity API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Activity Logs API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Admin Settings API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Approval Steps API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Attachment API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpengov Attachment Limits API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpengov Attachments API
OPEN COLLECTIONBudgeting & Performance Budget API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpengov Categories API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Change Order API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Change Order By Po API
OPEN COLLECTIONBudgeting & Performance Chart Of Accounts API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Checklist Results API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Checklist Templates API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpengov Claims API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Enterprise Asset Management Classes API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Co Attachment API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Co Comment API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Enterprise Asset Management Commands API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Comment API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpengov Contracts API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Co Reason API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Co Surface Versions API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Co Terms API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Co Terms Attachment API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpengov Datasets API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Departments API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Document Steps API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Entity Custom Fields API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Entity Settings API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Entity Users API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting Licensing & Code Enforcement Event Types API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Fees API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Files API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Gl Suggestions API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpen Data CKAN Action Group API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Inspection Events API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Inspection Results API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Inspection Steps API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Inspection Type Templates API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Inspection Types API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Invoice Sync API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Issued Documents API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Ledger Entries API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Line Item API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Location Flags API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Locations API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Operation Error API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpengov Organization API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpen Data CKAN Action Package API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Payment Steps API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Print API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Projects API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Purchase Order Type API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Receipt Receipt Activity API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Receipt Receipt Attachments API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Receipt Receipt Comments API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Receipt Receipts API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Receipt Receipt Surface Versions API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Receipt Sync API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Additional Locations API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Applicant API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Attachments API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Change Requests API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting Licensing & Code Enforcement Record Contacts API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting Licensing & Code Enforcement Record Form API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Forms API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Guests API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting Licensing & Code Enforcement Record Locations API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Primary Location API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Type Attachments API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Type Document Templates API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Type Fees API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Type Form API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Type Workflow API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Types API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Workflow Step Comments API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Record Workflow Steps API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting Licensing & Code Enforcement Records API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpen Data CKAN Action Resource API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Revisions API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Saved Views API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Spend Summary API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting Licensing & Code Enforcement Step Comments API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting Licensing & Code Enforcement Steps API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Surface Versions API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpen Data CKAN Action System API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpen Data CKAN Action Tag API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpengov Tags API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Terms API
OPEN COLLECTIONOpenGov Purchase Order Terms Attachment API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Transactions API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing User Flags API
OPEN COLLECTIONPermitting & Licensing Users API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Vendor Imports API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Vendor Notes API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Vendor Search API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Vendor Taskmaster API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Vendor Recommendations API
OPEN COLLECTIONVendor Management Vendors API
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
opengov-mcp.yml
MCP SERVERRate 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.
Opengov Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSEvent Specifications 1
Not every API is request/response. AsyncAPI describes the event-driven and streaming side — the webhooks and channels — so the asynchronous half of the interface is documented the same way the synchronous half is.
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
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.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes are the vocabulary of least-privilege access. Profiling them shows exactly what an integration — or an agent acting on a user's behalf — is allowed to do.
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Resources
Every other property we hold for OpenGov — 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 4
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 7
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 7
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
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Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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