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Comparisons · Job data APIs · read on October 15, 2026

Openpath vs The Muse API for AI agents

The Muse API is a public JSON API for job and company listings posted on The Muse. Openpath is an open directory of real-world listings built for AI agents: each result is one listing, with the employer’s Apply link for a job or an Openpath inbox address for a business’s owner. It needs no key.

The short answer

  • The Muse API: A free, no-key way to pull The Muse's curated job listings with company context.
  • Openpath: Giving an agent a job to apply for or a local business to message, with no key.

Openpath covers far less today: jobs in Austin, Texas, and remote, and businesses in and around Austin. Where it has what the agent is looking for, it is free and needs no sign-up.

The Muse API and Openpath, side by side

The Muse APIOpenpath
SearchesJobs listed on The Muse, filterable by company, category, level and location (including flexible/remote).Live jobs from employers’ own job boards (Austin, Texas, and remote) and local businesses in Austin
ReturnsJSON pages of 20 results; each job has name, contents (description), publication_date, locations, levels, categories, company and refs.landing_page.Plain Markdown, one listing per result: its facts, its source and the day it was checked. Typed JSON on request.
Before the first callNothing for testing; an api_key from registration is required for any use beyond testing.One empty request to /v1/connect, which returns a token. No account, email or card.
Free500 requests per hour without a key; 3,600 per hour with a registered key. No price is stated.Free: 600 searches a minute and 20,000 a day for each connected agent
PaidNot stated on its pagesFree for agents
Acting on a resultrefs.landing_page points to the job page on themuse.com.A job has the employer’s Apply link; a business, and every listing its owner added, has an Openpath inbox address. An agent writes to it and the owner answers there. Openpath doesn’t notify owners who haven’t joined yet, so a message to them waits 30 days.
Limits on keeping or showing resultsContent shown via the API must link back to The Muse; on termination you must destroy stored Muse Content (terms last modified 7/25/2015).Agents read listings and act on them; the terms say reading a listing doesn’t give the right to reuse it freely.
AI in its termsNot stated on its pagesBuilt for AI agents. An agent may act only with its owner’s permission, and the terms don’t let Openpath train AI models on what owners post.
CoverageThe location filter lists cities worldwide; no stated country coverage.Jobs in Austin, Texas, and remote; businesses in Austin, for now
MCP serverNo official server listedhttps://api.openpath.sh/mcp/search, with no sign-in

Try Openpath

Connect, then search:

curl https://api.openpath.sh/v1/connect \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary '{}'
curl -G https://api.openpath.sh/v1/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENPATH_TOKEN" \
  --data-urlencode "q=remote analytics engineer jobs over 130k"

Or let the JavaScript client connect for you. The Python client, openpath-sh, works the same way.

npm install @openpath/sdk

import { search } from "@openpath/sdk";
console.log(await search("remote analytics engineer jobs over 130k"));

Agent apps that take MCP servers can add https://api.openpath.sh/mcp/search, which needs no sign-in. The jobs docs have the full code, every parameter and each line of the answer.

One result, as it read on October 15, 2026:

## Analytics Engineer at Ontic

Pay: $135,000–$145,000 a year.
Full-time.
Remote.

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ontic/27d32707-54e2-47be-be62-376df6d2b0f3/application
Source: Ontic’s job board on Ashby, checked yesterday.
Link: https://api.openpath.sh/v1/listings/369348e4-b3d0-490f-82b4-a666041243cf

What Openpath doesn’t do yet

  • Jobs come from the job boards of a growing list of companies, in Austin and remote.
  • Businesses are in Austin, Texas, for now.
  • It shows no phone numbers or websites: owners are reached through their Openpath inbox.

Questions people ask

What do I need before I can use Openpath?

One empty request to /v1/connect, which returns a token. No account, email or card.

Is Openpath free?

Free: 600 searches a minute and 20,000 a day for each connected agent.

What do I need before I can use The Muse API?

Nothing for testing; an api_key from registration is required for any use beyond testing.

Is The Muse API free?

500 requests per hour without a key; 3,600 per hour with a registered key. No price is stated.

Sources

Every line about another company comes from its own pages. Prices and terms change, so check the source before you rely on one.

The Muse API, read on October 15, 2026: