# helping.io

> helping.io is an Open Responses API at https://api.helping.io/v1.

The API is at https://api.helping.io/v1. Point an SDK's base URL at the `/v1` prefix, not at the host on its own.

Authenticate with an API key as a bearer token: `Authorization: Bearer sk_...`. Keys are created in the app at app.helping.io.

The API implements the Open Responses specification; the official OpenAI SDKs are clients that work with it unchanged. Fields beyond that specification carry the `helpingio:` prefix.

## Documentation Sets

- [Abridged documentation](https://docs.helping.io/llms-small.txt): a compact version of the documentation for helping.io, with non-essential content removed
- [Complete documentation](https://docs.helping.io/llms-full.txt): the full documentation for helping.io
- [Quickstart](https://docs.helping.io/_llms-txt/quickstart.txt): Everything needed to make a first call and handle errors

## Notes

- The complete documentation includes all content from the official documentation
- The content is automatically generated from the same source as the official documentation

## Optional

- [Coding agent skill](https://docs.helping.io/skill/helpingio/SKILL.md): the same API as a skill file, with reference tables for errors, stream events, limits, and names
- [AGENTS.md snippet](https://docs.helping.io/skill/AGENTS.md): the short version, to paste into a repository
- [Glossary](https://docs.helping.io/reference/glossary/): what each name on this platform means
- [OpenAPI document](https://docs.helping.io/openapi/v1.json): the `/v1` contract as OpenAPI 3.1, for generating a client rather than reading one
- [API reference](https://docs.helping.io/reference/api/): the same document rendered per operation, with every request and response field