Install Jentic One Beta
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Ship&co Shipping API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fshipandco.com%2Fshipandco" | shStep 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fshipandco.com%2Fshipandco" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
What an agent can do with Ship&co Shipping API.
Create a shipment
List shipments
Get a shipment
Delete a shipment
Register a carrier
GET STARTED
Patterns agents use Ship&co Shipping API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Developer Tools Operations
Use the Ship&co Shipping API to perform developer tools operations programmatically. The API provides 23 endpoints covering core functionality including create a shipment, list shipments, get a shipment.
Call POST /shipments to create a shipment
Automated Shipments Management
Automate shipments operations by combining multiple Ship&co Shipping API endpoints. Agents can list shipments and then get a shipment in a single workflow.
Call GET /shipments to list shipments, then verify the result
AI Agent Integration via Jentic
AI agents discover and call Ship&co Shipping API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.
Search Jentic for 'create a shipment', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials
23 endpoints — ship&co api enables you to create shipments, retrieve shipping rates, manage carriers, track packages, and manage addresses and warehouses.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
/shipments
Create a shipment
/shipments
List shipments
/shipments/{id}
Get a shipment
/shipments/{id}
Delete a shipment
/rates
Get shipping rates
/carriers
Register a carrier
/carriers
List carriers
/carriers/{id}
Update a carrier
/shipments
Create a shipment
/shipments
List shipments
/shipments/{id}
Get a shipment
/shipments/{id}
Delete a shipment
/rates
Get shipping rates
/carriers
Register a carrier
/carriers
List carriers
/carriers/{id}
Update a carrier
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the Ship&co Shipping API by hand means placing your key in the x-access-token header, pointing at the api.shipandco.com host, and threading it through shipment, rate, and carrier calls yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Ship&co Shipping API from the API Directory, store the key once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
Ship&co puts the shipment id in the URL path (/shipments/{id}), so a rule can pin your agent to one shipment. You choose the operations it may call, so a destructive one like deleting a shipment is not included unless you add it.
Credential isolation
Your Ship&co API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create a shipment' or 'get shipping rates', and Jentic returns the matching Ship&co operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Specific to using Ship&co Shipping API through Jentic.
What authentication does the Ship&co Shipping API use?
The Ship&co Shipping API uses an API key passed in the `x-access-token` header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.
Can I create a shipment with the Ship&co Shipping API?
Yes. Use the POST /shipments endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.
What are the rate limits for the Ship&co Shipping API?
Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.
How do I create a shipment through Jentic?
Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'create a shipment'. Jentic returns the matching Ship&co Shipping API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.
How many endpoints does the Ship&co Shipping API have?
The Ship&co Shipping API exposes 23 endpoints covering shipments, rates, carriers operations.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Ship&co Shipping API?
Yes. Because Jentic One is self-hosted, you decide which Ship&co operations your agent may call, so you can grant read access to list and get shipments (GET /shipments, GET /shipments/{id}) while withholding a destructive call like deleting a shipment (DELETE /shipments/{id}) unless you explicitly add it. Ship&co puts the shipment id in the URL path, so your own rules can pin the agent to a single shipment rather than the whole account. Your API key is held by your instance and injected at execution time, so the agent acts only within the boundaries you set.
For Agents
Programmatically create a shipment, list shipments. Covers 23 operations with apiKey authentication.
Use for: I need to a shipment, I want to shipments, Search for a shipment, Find all a shipment
Not supported: Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for developer tools only.
Ship&co API enables you to create shipments, retrieve shipping rates, manage carriers, track packages, and manage addresses and warehouses. The API exposes 23 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.
This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.
Base layer of spec validity and structural soundness.
Aggregated quality score from linter diagnostics, weighted by severity.
Percentage of `$ref` references that resolve successfully.
Checks whether the API description parses successfully and conforms to its declared specification (e.g., OpenAPI).
Structural correctness score based on schema issues using logarithmic dampening.
Clarity, completeness, and ingestion readiness for developers and tooling.
How richly the API is illustrated with examples.
Percentage of examples that conform to their schemas.
Percentage of operations with complete response definitions (success, client error, server error).
Health of API ingestion, bundling, and resolution within Jentic pipelines.
Semantic breadth, depth, and agent comprehension for AI systems.
Coverage of descriptions across API elements.
Coverage of RFC 9457 Problem Details for error responses.
Coverage, uniqueness, and casing consistency of operationIds for AI inference.
Coverage of summaries across operations/tags/info.
Functional utility, complexity comfort, and AI orchestration readiness.
Agent comfort level based on API operational and structural complexity.
Trust, risk posture, and security compliance.
Average quality of security schemes based on authentication method strength (weakest link for OAuth2).
Findability, semantic richness, and reasoning readiness.
Clarity and depth of descriptions across API elements.
Score it yourself
Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>