Quick update on this well-aged thread: the team has broken ground on building a public REST API, which we hope to get into a few users’ hands within the next several weeks for early testing. Beyond the API (which will stand on its own) we plan to build a layer of infrastructure to enable powerful integrations with agent-based tools like Claude Code. See this post for a bit more detail.
Something I’ll repeat from that post: I’d be eager to hear feedback and concrete use cases you’d like us to pay attention to when developing these APIs. We do our best to use good judgment and target a flexible but not overwhelming API, but it’s always better to hear from potential API users about their motivating use cases and priorities. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have thoughts!
It’s an exciting moment for the Paperpile team – we’re (finally) in a place where enough of the critical-path product and infrastructure improvements are either completed, or far enough along, that we can invest strategically in opening up Paperpile as a platform to developers. And it’s especially timely, as coding agents are greatly expanding everyone’s ability to build new tools to facilitate their work. I’m eager to see what new workflows and tools emerge that we wouldn’t have been able to dream up on our own!