# Smartcat > Smartcat is an AI-powered platform for translation and localization of global content across 280+ languages, combining machine translation, AI agents, human linguist workflows, translation memories, and glossaries. Its integration API (`/api/integration/v1`) exposes projects, documents, translation memories, glossaries, quotes, invoices, vendors, and status callbacks over HTTP with Basic authentication. ## APIs - [Smartcat API v1 reference](https://developers.smartcat.com/api/): 176 operations across 27 resource groups (Project, Document, ProjectTask, TranslationMemories, Glossary, Quote, Invoice, Client, Vendor, Callback, and more). - [API guides](https://developers.smartcat.com/api-guides/): authentication, rate limits (4 req/s), regional hosts, callbacks. ## Specs - [OpenAPI 3.0.1 (verbatim)](openapi/smartcat-openapi-original.json) - [OpenAPI 3.0.1 (working copy)](openapi/smartcat-openapi.json) - [OpenAPI Overlay (AE enhancements)](overlays/smartcat-openapi-overlay.yaml) ## Docs - [Developer portal](https://developers.smartcat.com/) - [Getting started](https://developers.smartcat.com/api-guides/) - [Changelog](https://developers.smartcat.com/changelog/) - [CLI](https://developers.smartcat.com/cli/) - [Help center](https://help.smartcat.com/) - [Security & compliance (SOC 1/2/3)](https://www.smartcat.com/security/) - [Status page](https://status.smartcat.com/) ## Artifacts - [Authentication](authentication/smartcat-authentication.yml) — HTTP Basic (AccountId:ApiKey) - [Conventions](conventions/smartcat-conventions.yml) — pagination, rate limits, error envelopes - [Error catalog](errors/smartcat-problem-types.yml) — ProblemDetails / ErrorResponse - [Lifecycle](lifecycle/smartcat-lifecycle.yml) — versioning, deprecation, status page - [Webhooks](asyncapi/smartcat-callbacks-webhooks.yml) — project.status / document.status callbacks - [Packages/SDKs](packages/smartcat-packages.yml) — official PHP client - [MCP (candidate)](mcp/smartcat-mcp.yml) - [Agent Skills](skills/_index.yml) - [Data model](data-model/smartcat-data-model.yml)