startups as

API.Contractors api.contractors

namespace seednamespaceMarketplace

Checking that a contractor is licensed means a different state board's search page in each state, each with its own fields and no API, so homeowners skip it and agents cannot do it at all.

From the Startup card at api.sb/api.contractors · Designed · Agent.

contested · 1 tension

tier: namespace · discovery lens A reads namespace (namespace); lens B reads discovery (view)

The two lenses (and any ledger statement) are kept side by side, not resolved. Most names carry one; it is a reading to explore, not an error.

What it is

Tier	namespace	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (tier)
Status	namespace seed	Inferred · med · lens A tier namespace
Product kind	Marketplace	Inferred · low · seed rule: lens B abstraction D-catalog; product kinds per studio CONTEXT.md (Cloud · Data · Software · Service · Commerce · Marketplace)
Core noun	Capability listing	Inferred · low · seed rule: the unit noun of lens B abstraction D-catalog (portfolio-lens-b.md §1)
Buyer and position	Vertical cut of the API catalog (scope: contractors); promotes to a projection once a contractors abstraction is built	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (icp_or_position)
Closed set or journey	S20 api(s).[vertical] namespace · contractors	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (set_or_journey)
Abstraction	D-catalog	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (abstraction)
Role (lens B)	discovery	Inferred · med · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (role)
Registrar	netim	Inferred · high · holdings ledger (domains repo, read-only)

Its stack

Generated around API.Contractors

                                                                    API.Contractors                                                  centre
                                                                           │
                                                                        API.SB                                                       brands
                                                                           │
                                                                  StartupBuilder.Dev                                                 brands
                                                                           │
                                       Startups.Management ──────── Startups.Studio                                                  the factory
                                                       ╱            ╱      │      ╲            ╲
   SaaS.Studio ────────────── SaaS.Dev               MonthEnd.Finance Objects.do   Services.do                Workers.do             the foundation · Do.Industries
                                         ╲             ╱                          ╲
                                           Headless.ly                                        Gigs.Accountants                       the abstractions

Click any node to re-centre the stack on it; the trail above keeps the nesting. Each node's own page is one more click.

Neighbours

Same abstraction (D-catalog)

API.QA Apps.AX Directories.Studio Earn.AX Message.AX Talk.AX API.Auction APIs.Healthcare Gigs.Exchange Agentic.Services Agis.Directory API.HT API.Mt APIs.AX APIs.Directory Apistatus.Page Data.Mt Databases.Directory Icps.Directory Industries.Directory Personas.Directory Processes.Directory SaaS.Mt Services.Delivery Site.Mt Source.Mt Startups.AX Studio.Mt Subcontractors.Directory Svcs.Directory Transformation.Directory Vendors.Directory AX.org.ai Axp.org.ai Directories.do Directory.do Directory.org.ai API.Bingo API.Cleaning API.Equipment +109 more

Listed by

API.HT

In logo rows

API.SB's row runs today
APIs.Dev's row runs today
StartupBuilder.Dev's row specified

Slices

in no slice

Relationships (4)

from	verb	to	provenance
API.Contractors	runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier)	API.SB	Inferred · high · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvruns today api.sb/api.contractors answers (status Designed, fetched 2026-10-24)
API.Contractors	runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier)	APIs.Dev	Inferred · high · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvruns today sb def api.contractors: built on apis.dev [low] — 'Stated by the live route ("apis.dev"); the apis family template.'
API.Contractors	runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier)	StartupBuilder.Dev	Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified sb/poc/startup-as-noun/defs/api.contractors/startup.data.mdx
API.Contractors	listed-by logo row on a catalog venue (listed by)	API.HT	Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable sb def api.contractors: built on api.ht [low] — targets.jsonl relates it to api.ht, where reference lookups run. Inferred as the lookup runtime.

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