> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.coverbase.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> The programmatic surface for the Coverbase third-party risk and procurement platform.

<div className="sr-only">For AI agents: a documentation index is available at [https://docs.coverbase.com/llms.txt](https://docs.coverbase.com/llms.txt) — this page is also available in markdown by appending .md to the URL.</div>

The Coverbase API lets you move vendor, assessment, and risk data between Coverbase and the systems your team already runs, and lets AI assistants act on your TPRM program through natural conversation.

Coverbase exposes three integration surfaces. Each is independent: pick the surface that matches your integration pattern, or combine them.

## Integration surfaces

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Export API" icon="arrow-up-from-bracket" href="/export-api-concepts">
    Pull structured vendor, assessment, and control data out of Coverbase into your dashboards, BI tools, and remediation workflows.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Import API" icon="arrow-down-to-bracket" href="/import-api">
    Push vendor, assessment, and service data into Coverbase from your ERP, CMDB, legacy GRC platform, or service catalog.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MCP Server" icon="robot" href="/mcp/overview">
    Connect Claude, Cursor, Claude Code, or any MCP client and query your TPRM program through natural conversation.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Product capabilities

The API powers the full Coverbase platform across its product surfaces.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Autonomous Intake" icon="inbox-in" href="/products/autonomous-intake">
    Procurement-embedded intake classification, risk path routing, and downstream workflow orchestration.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Assessment Copilot" icon="clipboard-check" href="/products/assessment-copilot">
    Programmatic assessment generation, control extraction from evidence, and delta detection across reassessments.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contract Guardian" icon="file-contract" href="/products/contract-guardian">
    Contract clause extraction, missing-clause detection, and playbook deviation analysis for MSAs, DPAs, SOWs, and BAAs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Supplier Radar" icon="satellite-dish" href="/products/supplier-radar">
    Continuous monitoring event streams, triage workflows, and subscription management for third-party risk signals.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Findings Manager" icon="list-check" href="/products/findings-manager">
    Intelligence layer over findings across every assessment — remediation tracking and systemic risk pattern detection.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Obligations Tracker" icon="file-signature" href="/products/obligations-tracker">
    Track obligations owed when engaging third parties: CUECs, legal terms, SOW duties, and technical controls.
  </Card>

  <Card title="RFP Platform" icon="clipboard-list" href="/products/rfp-platform">
    RFP platform for regulated industries with risk, compliance, security, and legal evaluation embedded into selection.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Agentic Inspect" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/products/agentic-inspect">
    Agentic discovery and monitoring of SaaS applications — access patterns, SLA performance, and behavioral anomalies.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Getting started

<Steps>
  <Step title="Request an API key">
    Ask a Coverbase admin in your organization to provision an API key for your integration.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Secure your key">
    Store the key in a secrets manager such as AWS Secrets Manager or HashiCorp Vault. Never commit keys to source control or embed them in client-side code.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Test the connection">
    Hit `/v1/utils/authtest` with your bearer token to verify connectivity, key validity, and firewall configuration before wiring the API into production logic.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a surface">
    Read the concepts page for the surface you plan to use, then jump to the reference.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Conventions

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  <Card title="Base URL" icon="link">
    `https://api.coverbase.app`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Format" icon="brackets-curly">
    RESTful, JSON over HTTPS, encrypted in transit.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Need help?

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  <Card title="Product support" icon="envelope" href="mailto:support@coverbase.ai">
    [support@coverbase.ai](mailto:support@coverbase.ai)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Security issues" icon="shield-halved" href="mailto:security@coverbase.ai">
    [security@coverbase.ai](mailto:security@coverbase.ai)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Book a meeting" icon="calendar" href="https://www.coverbase.com/contact">
    Talk to our team about your integration.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>