Is there a sandbox before production?

Yes. Each API exposes a sandbox host on va.gov for testing, and production access to submit real benefits-claim documents requires approval through the VA developer program.

How do these APIs work with AI agents through Jentic?

Once Jentic One is installed, you or your agent can find and add any of these VA APIs from the Jentic directory to your workspace. The agent searches by intent, receives the matching operation schema, and executes the call while your Jentic One instance injects the stored API key.

VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) APIs for AI Agents

StorageDocument ManagementContact ManagementOfficial Vendor SpecsAPI keyAgent Ready

www.va.gov·Developer portal → developer.va.gov

VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) API Catalog

3 APIs across 3 product groups. All share one credential.

Which VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) API should I use?

I want to...	Use	Why
Submit and track benefits-claim documents into VBA intake	Benefits Intake	Benefits Intake issues a secure upload location, validates PDFs, accepts the payload, and reports per-submission and batch status.
Look up VA forms and download links	VA Forms	VA Forms returns all forms with revision dates and finds a specific form by name, so an agent fetches the right blank form before a claim.
Confirm a person's Veteran status	Veteran Confirmation	Veteran Confirmation returns a Confirmed or Not Confirmed result for an individual, useful for verification before a submission or for discounts.

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Connect the VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) APIs to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) APIs, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Why Jentic?

What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.

Setup

Wiring the VA APIs by hand means passing the apikey header, choosing between the sandbox and production va.gov hosts, and coding the document upload flow for sensitive Veteran data yourself. Through Jentic you install Jentic One once, add the VA APIs from the Jentic directory, store the key once, and your agent calls any of them.

Permission scoping

The VA APIs mix read-only lookups with a claim-submission path, so your own rules pin the agent to only the operations it needs, such as confirming a Veteran and reading a form while blocking document submission. You choose that allowed set, so nothing outside it runs.

Credential isolation

Your single VA-issued 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.

FAQs

Specific to using VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) APIs through Jentic.

What can an agent do across the VA APIs?

An agent can look up VA forms and their revision dates, confirm whether an individual is a Veteran, and submit and track benefits-claim documents into the Veterans Benefits Administration intake process. These steps can be chained into one workflow that verifies a person, fetches the right form, and files the completed document.

Do the VA APIs share one credential?

Yes. All three APIs use a single VA-issued API key passed in the apikey header, so one credential from the VA developer program covers VA Forms, Veteran Confirmation, and Benefits Intake.

How do I get access to the VA APIs?

Access is granted through the VA Lighthouse developer program at developer.va.gov. You apply for credentials, start against the sandbox host on va.gov, and request production approval before submitting real Veteran data.

Are these official VA APIs?

Yes. They are published by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, so form metadata, Veteran-status confirmations, and the claim-intake path come directly from the VA rather than a third-party source.

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APIs3 in catalogue

Endpoints9 indexed

AuthAPI key — 1 credential for all 3 APIs

ProvenanceOfficial OpenAPI specs

An agent can look up VA forms and their revision dates, confirm whether a person is a Veteran, and request a secure upload location to submit and track benefits-claim documents into the VBA intake process. The three APIs share one VA-issued API key, so an agent can chain form lookup, status confirmation, and document submission in a single workflow.

These are official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs APIs, so the form data, Veteran-status confirmations, and claim-intake path come straight from the VA rather than a third-party mirror. The set spans the full path from finding the right form to verifying a Veteran to submitting a tracked claim document.

Use for: Looking up VA form metadata, confirming an individual's Veteran status, and submitting or tracking benefits-claim documents into the VBA intake pipeline

Not supported: payment processing, direct messaging, real-time streaming, claim adjudication, eligibility calculation

Credentials: All three APIs authenticate with a single VA-issued API key passed in the apikey header, so one credential from the VA developer program covers the whole set.

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%2Fva.gov" | sh

Step 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%2Fva.gov" | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic 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 AI Agents Can Do with VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

Each workflow spans multiple VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) APIs. Jentic routes each operation to the right API automatically.

Verify a Veteran, then submit their claim

Before an agent submits a benefits-claim document, it confirms the individual is a Veteran, then requests a secure upload location and sends the PDF into VBA intake. This gives a casework assistant a single flow from identity check to a tracked submission.

Example prompt:

Call POST /status to confirm Veteran status, then POST /uploads to request an upload location and PUT the claim PDF

APIs used

Veteran Confirmation + Benefits Intake

Fetch the right form, then file it

An agent looks up the correct VA form and its download link by name, then submits the completed document into the VBA intake pipeline and captures the submission id. This replaces manual form hunting and fax filing with one digital path.

Example prompt:

Call GET /forms/{form_name} to get the form and its PDF link, then POST /uploads and submit the completed document

APIs used

VA Forms + Benefits Intake

Confirm, retrieve the form, and submit end to end

For a full intake workflow an agent confirms the person is a Veteran, pulls the matching form and its revision date, then validates and submits the claim document and monitors its status. All three steps run under the one VA API key.

Example prompt:

Call POST /status, then GET /forms/{form_name}, then POST /uploads/validate_document and POST /uploads to file and track the claim

APIs used

Veteran Confirmation + VA Forms + Benefits Intake

VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) APIs for AI Agents

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