aid: instawork
name: Instawork
description: >-
  Instawork is a flexible-staffing marketplace that connects businesses in
  hospitality, warehouse, events, retail, and food service with vetted hourly
  workers ("Pros") for short-term shifts across the USA and Canada. Businesses
  post or rebook shifts and Instawork's ML-driven "Smart assign" matching fills
  them, often within hours. Instawork's developer surface is agent-native:
  rather than a public REST API it ships a hosted Partner MCP server
  (finch.instawork.com/mcp/partner) secured with OAuth 2.1, plus a published
  Agent Skill (github.com/instawork/skills) that lets AI assistants such as
  Claude and Cursor search locations and positions, price shifts, and create
  bookings on a business partner's behalf. Backed by Craft Ventures, Greylock,
  GV, and Y Combinator.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fd26f2fd0da53e0276079c/649a16c8f69460000a219a25_Instawork-OG-Image-blue.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instawork/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- craft-ventures
- greylock
- gv
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Marketplace
- Staffing
- Gig Economy
- Hospitality
- Workforce
- Labor
- MCP
- Agents
tags_raw:
- Company
- Marketplace
- Staffing
- Gig Economy
- Hospitality
- Workforce
- Labor
- MCP
- Agent
apis:
- name: Instawork Partner MCP Server
  description: >-
    Hosted Model Context Protocol server that lets business partners find hourly
    workers and book shifts on Instawork using natural language via an AI
    assistant. Secured with OAuth 2.1 (PKCE + dynamic client registration).
    Only the USA and Canada are supported.
  humanURL: https://github.com/instawork/skills
  baseURL: https://finch.instawork.com/mcp/partner/
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Staffing
  - Booking
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/instawork-mcp.yml
  - type: AgentSkill
    url: skills/_index.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/instawork-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/instawork-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/instawork-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/instawork-scopes.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/instawork-well-known.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/instawork-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/instawork-domain-security.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/instawork/skills
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/instawork
- type: Support
  url: https://help.instawork.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://engineering.instawork.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.instawork.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.instawork.com/business
- type: Login
  url: https://www.instawork.com/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://app.instawork.com/legal/instawork-terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://app.instawork.com/legal/instawork-privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://instawork.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence