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Joan
API + MCP · v1

The licensing intelligence API
for collegiate & sports brands.

Joan is a single source of truth for institutions, licenses, retailers, and the people behind them — across every IP-management platform (CLC, BrandManager360, BrandComply, Affinity, and more). Query it from code, agents, or Claude.

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753
Institutions
2,501
Licenses
115,831
Retailers
93
People

One clean layer over a messy industry.

Every IP-management platform uses its own codes for the same real-world entity. Joan unifies them behind stable slugs, exposes them through a typed REST + MCP API, and keeps contact data for the licensing directors and retail buyers you actually need to reach.

Institutions
Universities, conferences, bowl games, and pro teams — with the IPM that currently represents each one.
Retailers
Every approved retailer from the CLC network (and growing), with type, global flag, and buyer contacts.
People
Licensing directors, buyers, and sponsorship leads — with roles and channels for outreach.

Built for agents, not dashboards.

Joan is API-first. We ship a typed REST surface and a native MCP server so LLM agents — Claude Desktop, Cursor, your own automations — can answer questions like

  • “Who's the licensing director at the University of South Carolina?”
  • “Which retailers are approved to sell Alabama merchandise?”
  • “Pull every multi-license across the SEC and email me the buyer contacts.”
bash
curl https://joanapi.com/api/v1/institutions/USC \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer joan_live_…" | jq

{
  "name": "University of South Carolina",
  "slug": "university-of-south-carolina-usc",
  "kind": "university",
  "codes": {
    "clc": { "code": "USC", "metadata": { … } }
  },
  "licenses": [ … ]
}

Two ways to connect.

Same data, same bearer token. Pick whichever your tooling prefers.

REST API
JSON over HTTPS. Works from any language with an HTTP client — backends, scripts, data pipelines.
REST reference →
MCP server
Native tool-calling for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any Model-Context-Protocol client. Add the URL, paste your token, done.
MCP setup →

Ready to plug Joan in?

API access is gated to approved organizations. Onbase mints your token; you start querying in minutes.

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