Loom API
Loom is an async video messaging platform. Its REST API allows agents to retrieve video metadata, manage libraries and folders, create share links, and receive webhook events on video creation or view events. Primarily a read and metadata API — agents cannot create videos via API.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Community/specialized tool. Apply standard security practices for category. Review documentation for specific security requirements.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
An agent manages an existing Loom library — organizing, sharing, or linking to human-recorded videos in automated workflows.
Avoid When
You need to create, upload, or edit video content programmatically — Loom's API is read-and-metadata-only.
Use Cases
- • Retrieving video links and metadata for embedding in automated communications
- • Organizing videos into folders based on agent-classified content
- • Monitoring new video uploads via webhooks to trigger processing pipelines
- • Generating share links for automated distribution workflows
- • Auditing video libraries for stale or unused content
Not For
- • Programmatic video creation or recording — the API does not support this
- • High-frequency video analytics or view-count aggregation at scale
- • Agents that need to upload or generate video content
Interface
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 only — no API keys or personal access tokens for programmatic use. Scopes include read and write permissions for videos, folders, and workspaces. OAuth flow requires user interaction for initial authorization, which complicates fully automated agent setups.
Pricing
Free tier's 25-video cap makes it impractical for agents managing active libraries. Business plan required for meaningful agent automation. Acquired by Atlassian in 2023 — pricing and roadmap may evolve.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ OAuth-only auth means agents cannot use simple API key flows — user authorization required at setup
- ⚠ API cannot create or upload videos; agents are limited to managing existing human-created content
- ⚠ Rate limits are undocumented — implement conservative throttling
- ⚠ Atlassian acquisition may result in API deprecations or platform changes
- ⚠ No SDK available — agents must implement OAuth flow and HTTP client from scratch
- ⚠ Webhook reliability is not formally documented; treat as best-effort
- ⚠ Free tier 25-video limit is easily hit in automated library management scenarios
Alternatives
Full Evaluation Report
Detailed scoring breakdown, competitive positioning, security analysis, and improvement recommendations for Loom API.
Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.