{
  "aod": "0.1",
  "provider": {
    "name": "SignSealShip",
    "url": "https://signsealship.com",
    "portalUrl": "https://docs.signsealship.com",
    "apisJsonUrl": "https://signsealship.com/.well-known/apis.json"
  },
  "maturity": "self-serve",
  "account": {
    "required": true,
    "signupUrl": "https://signsealship.com/partner",
    "agentPolicy": "allowed",
    "prerequisites": [
      "A business-domain work email address. Free-mail domains are accepted but route to human review rather than an instant key.",
      "A coherent, on-topic description of the intended use case."
    ],
    "plans": [
      {
        "name": "Trial key",
        "requiredFor": "Evaluation against the sandbox. Issued instantly by POST /api/partner/request when the work email and use case qualify.",
        "url": "https://signsealship.com/partner"
      },
      {
        "name": "Partner Link — $49/mo",
        "requiredFor": "5 active Closing Rooms, B2B per-document rates, branded intake link. Does NOT include partner webhooks or the order API.",
        "url": "https://signsealship.com/pricing"
      },
      {
        "name": "Pro Office — $149/mo",
        "requiredFor": "Partner webhooks and order API access. This is the tier at which the write API is unlocked. 25 active Closing Rooms.",
        "url": "https://signsealship.com/pricing"
      },
      {
        "name": "Closing Desk — $399/mo",
        "requiredFor": "Unlimited Closing Rooms, 15% off workflow fees, included analytics.",
        "url": "https://signsealship.com/pricing"
      }
    ],
    "termsOfService": {
      "url": "https://signsealship.com/legal/terms",
      "acceptance": "explicit"
    }
  },
  "verification": [
    {
      "name": "Work-email and use-case screen",
      "description": "POST /api/partner/request evaluates the submitted email domain and use case. A business-domain address with a coherent, on-topic use case is issued a trial key immediately and emailed once. Anything else is queued for human review. Both outcomes return HTTP 200, so the response status does not distinguish them — check for the emailed key.",
      "blocking": true,
      "expectedLatency": "instant when it qualifies; otherwise human review",
      "url": "https://signsealship.com/partner"
    }
  ],
  "registration": {
    "applicationNoun": "partner",
    "owner": "organization",
    "mechanisms": [
      {
        "type": "open",
        "description": "Eight read operations require no credential at all: room lookup and the public document-verification endpoints. They resolve a SignSealShip-issued code, so they are open rather than useful for arbitrary querying — a stranger's code returns 404 {\"verdict\":\"unknown\"}.",
        "auth": "anonymous",
        "docsUrls": ["https://docs.signsealship.com/api-reference/openapi.json"]
      },
      {
        "type": "management-api",
        "description": "Self-serve key request. POST https://signsealship.com/api/partner/request is public and unauthenticated, rate limited to 5 requests per hour per IP. Returns 200 whether the key is issued instantly or the request is queued.",
        "registrationEndpoint": "https://signsealship.com/api/partner/request",
        "auth": "anonymous",
        "docsUrls": ["https://docs.signsealship.com"]
      },
      {
        "type": "console-only",
        "description": "Existing partners rotate and manage keys in the dashboard.",
        "baseUrl": "https://signsealship.com/partner/settings/keys",
        "auth": "session",
        "docsUrls": ["https://docs.signsealship.com/api-reference/authentication"]
      }
    ]
  },
  "authentication": {
    "methods": [
      {
        "id": "anonymous",
        "type": "none",
        "bootstrap": "No credential needed for the public verification and room-lookup reads."
      },
      {
        "id": "partner-key",
        "type": "bearer-env",
        "env": ["SIGNSEALSHIP_PARTNER_KEY"],
        "bootstrap": "Request a key at https://signsealship.com/partner, then send it as `Authorization: Bearer sss_pk_...`."
      }
    ]
  },
  "credentials": [
    {
      "type": "api-key",
      "fields": {
        "api_key": "partner key, prefix sss_pk_"
      },
      "oneTimeDisplay": true,
      "rotation": "Emailed once on issue. Rotate in the dashboard at /partner/settings/keys."
    }
  ],
  "scopes": {
    "model": "plan-gated",
    "notes": "There is no scope-string model. Access is gated by plan tier: read/verification operations are open, and the order and webhook write APIs unlock at Pro Office. A sandbox mirrors the order lifecycle at /api/partner/sandbox/* so integrations can be built before a live plan exists."
  },
  "flow": {
    "steps": [
      {
        "order": 1,
        "description": "Request a key.",
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://signsealship.com/api/partner/request"
      },
      {
        "order": 2,
        "description": "Collect the key from the email. It is shown once.",
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://signsealship.com/partner/settings/keys"
      },
      {
        "order": 3,
        "description": "Build against the sandbox order lifecycle before moving to live.",
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://signsealship.com/api/partner/sandbox/orders/{code}/advance"
      }
    ]
  },
  "economics": {
    "pricingUrl": "https://signsealship.com/pricing",
    "freeTier": "Trial key for sandbox evaluation. Public verification and room-lookup reads are free and keyless, permanently. There is no free tier for live order creation — that requires a paid plan, and each order also carries its own per-use fees with government and notary charges itemized and passed through at cost.",
    "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.signsealship.com",
    "slaUrl": "https://signsealship.com/status"
  },
  "gaps": [
    "Rate limits are documented for the public key-request endpoint (5/hour/IP) but a consolidated per-plan rate-limit table is not yet published.",
    "No RFC 7591 dynamic client registration. Key issuance is a single public POST plus an email, which is simpler but not fully programmatic end to end — an agent cannot complete onboarding without reading a mailbox.",
    "No machine-readable SLA document; https://signsealship.com/status is a human-readable status page."
  ],
  "securityProfile": {
    "transport": "TLS only. HSTS with preload.",
    "notes": "SignSealShip is a technology platform, not a law firm or a notary. Notarial acts are performed by independent commissioned notaries and an approved remote online notarization provider under the law of the commissioning state."
  }
}