# Handy > Handy is a marketplace for booking home cleaning, handyman, furniture assembly, TV mounting and similar services at a set time in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is part of Angi. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/handy - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/handy.md (~4,600 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/handy.min.md (~1,030 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/handy.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-14 ## Overview **Grade F · 10/100 · rank #1069 of 1076 · #10 in Home services & local trades · not agent-ready · not for agents · confidence medium** ## Assessment Handy books cleaning, handyman and assembly jobs in the US, Canada and the UK, with a guarantee on jobs paid through Handy. There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Businesses can ask to partner with Handy, but no partner documentation is public, and the iOS app was last updated in October 2025. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Vendor | Handy Technologies, Inc. (Angi) (https://www.handy.com) | | Kind | Platform | | Category | Home services & local trades (https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/home-services) | | Auth | OAuth or key · A customer account on handy.com or in the Handy.com app, with booking and payment in Handy. The site invites businesses to "Partner with Handy" for their customers, tenants or employees, and no public documentation for a partner integration was found. | | Pricing | Pay per use (Pay per use) · Services are booked and paid per job through Handy. Recurring plans and Handy Select membership renew automatically under the terms. No price list was found on the pages read (https://www.handy.com/terms, checked 14 October 2026). | | x402 | No · No x402, MPP or L402 found on handy.com or in its terms, checked 14 October 2026. | | Licence | Closed service under the Handy Terms of Use / User Agreement, last updated 8 July 2024. | | llms.txt | not found | | Last release | 2025-10-13 | | Surface listed | The Handy website and app for customers, read from handy.com, its terms, privacy policy, trust and safety page, security.txt and the App Store on 14 October 2026. No account was created. | | Outside agent access | None public. A "Partner with Handy" route for businesses, with no documentation found. | | Company | Handy Technologies, Inc., named with Angi, Inc. and HomeAdvisor, Inc. in Angi's Book Now terms. Apps are published by Handybook, Inc. | | Countries | United States, Canada and United Kingdom sites linked from the footer | | Capabilities | home.booking, home.pros | | Tags | hosted, official, closed-source, not-for-agents, ios, android | | JSON | https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/handy.json | ## Score breakdown (methodology v0.4, October 2026 research run) Assessed 2026-10-14 from public evidence against the published checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist). Confidence: medium. Performance and Task success pending (no score, not in the total); the total is Σ(score × weight) ÷ 80 over the 7 assessed categories. "This run" is each category's share of the 100 points. | Category | Weight | This run | Score (0–100) | Points | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% | 20 | 15 | 3.0 | | Performance | 10% | pending | pending | n/a | | Schema & documentation | 13% | 16.2 | 0 | 0.0 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% | 16.2 | 0 | 0.0 | | Security & auth | 14% | 17.5 | 5 | 0.9 | | Payments & pricing | 10% | 12.5 | 10 | 1.2 | | Task success | 10% | pending | pending | n/a | | Maintenance & community | 7% | 8.8 | 4 | 0.3 | | Transparency & trust (editorial 32, provenance 71) | 7% | 8.8 | 52 | 4.5 | | Negative events | up to −15 | up to −15 | none recorded | 0 | | **Total** | | | | **10 → F** | ### Why each score - Reliability 15: Read with the hosted lines. No status page found (0). No readable incident history (5). No limits published, and no interface for an outside agent (0). No overload or retry guidance (0). No SLA (0). The service and its apps are generally available, not labelled beta (10). - Performance: Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes. - Schema & documentation 0: Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. Handy has no public API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an agent, so the contract, description, typed-input, example and versioning lines score nothing (0 of 25, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15, 0 of 15). No llms.txt was found (www.handy.com/llms.txt returns 404) (0). This is a statement about agent access, not about the service for people. - Agent ergonomics 0: Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. Handy has none, so context cost, pagination, errors, retries and defaults have nothing to score (0 on each line). This says nothing about the service for people. - Security & auth 5: Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. With none for Handy, the credential, least-privilege, injection and audit lines score nothing (0 of 30, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15). The security programme line doesn't need an interface and is scored. security.txt lists Angi's infosec@angi.com, with no Expires field, disclosure policy or bug bounty (5 of 20). - Payments & pricing 10: Read with the hosted rule. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). No price list published in the pages read (0). The app is free on the App Store, and the work is paid per job (10 of 20). A person signs up on the website or in the app (0). - Task success: Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored. - Maintenance & community 4: Read for a closed service. The Handy.com iOS app's latest version, 10.49.0, is from 13 October 2025, over 180 days ago (0). No releases in the last 90 days (0). No changelog. Help and contact pages, which we did not test (4 of 15). No MCP server or SDK (0). No package or CI to judge (0). - Transparency & trust 52: Closed service under terms last updated 8 July 2024 (15). The privacy policy on handy.com is Angi, Inc.'s of 22 June 2023, older than the 15 July 2026 version in Angi's legal centre, with retention by purpose and no periods (12 of 30). No deprecation policy found (2 of 20). Service providers by category only (3 of 20). Fix list for a coding agent, everything this grade says the listing lacks, the biggest gain first (12 items): https://www.anchorterminal.com/fixes/handy.md (JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/fixes/handy.json) ### What we couldn't check - Whether Handy's retail partner integration has documentation and how a business gets it - Whether handy.com/privacy or Angi's 15 July 2026 policy governs Handy customers ### Sources - home page: (seen 2026-10-14) - terms of use: (seen 2026-10-14) - privacy policy: (seen 2026-10-14) - security.txt: (seen 2026-10-14) - App Store, Handy.com: (seen 2026-10-14) - Angi Book Now terms naming Handy Technologies: (seen 2026-10-14) ## Who's behind it (provenance 71/100, checked 2026-10-14) | Check | Finding | Points | | --- | --- | --- | | Legal entity named | Handy Technologies, Inc. | 20/20 | | Domain age | handy.com, registered 1994-02-21 (32 years) | 15/15 | | Endpoint on the vendor's domain | no hosted endpoint | n/a | | Terms of service | read, states 6 of the 7 things a reader expects, and has 2 clauses that cost points | 5.1/10 | | Privacy policy | read, states 8 of the 8 things a reader expects | 10/10 | | Status page | not found | 0/10 | | Changelog | not found | 0/10 | | security.txt | valid | 10/10 | handy.com/terms is last updated 8 July 2024 and handy.com/privacy (Angi, Inc.'s policy) 22 June 2023. The footer links a legal centre on vault.pactsafe.io, whose robots.txt disallows all crawlers, so it was not used. www.handy.com/.well-known/security.txt lists infosec@angi.com, with no Expires field. No status page was found. RDAP gives a registration date of 1994-02-21 for handy.com. ### Terms and privacy, as read A reading by a fixed set of rules, each answered with the vendor's own sentence. Not legal advice. **Terms of service** (https://www.handy.com/terms), read 2026-10-14, dated 2024-07-08, states 6 of the 7 things a reader expects. - To know. Restricts automated access (costs points). "use a robot, spider, manual and/or automatic processes or devices to data-mine, data-crawl, scrape or index the Handy Platform in any manner" - To know. Says the terms or the service can change without notice (costs points). "We reserve the right in our sole discretion to review, improve, modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Handy Platform or any content or information on the Handy Platform with or without notice." - To know. Says access can be ended without notice or for any reason. "We may terminate this Agreement or terminate or suspend your right to use the Handy Platform at any time for any or no reason" - To know. Requires arbitration or waives class actions. "Your agreement that either party may compel binding arbitration for most types of disputes, and your agreement to submit to an informal dispute resolution process for at least 30 days prior to the initiation of any claim (Section 19)." - Gives the date it was last updated. Last updated 2024-07-08. - Names the governing law or courts. The law of Federal Arbitration Act. - States a limit on its liability. Capped at the fees paid in the 6 months before the claim. - Says how changes to the terms are announced. Says it gives notice of a change. - Not found in the text. Refers to a service level or uptime commitment. - Also in the text (2026-10-14). A user who knowingly enters false details in a service request agrees to be liable for at least 11,000 US dollars to Handy and to each affected party, per submission. "YOU AGREE TO FULLY INDEMNIFY AND BE LIABLE TO HANDY AND EACH PROFESSIONAL WHO PROVIDES SUCH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, FOR THE GREATER OF: (1) A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF $11,000 TO EACH OF HANDY AND EACH OF THE AFFECTED PROFESSIONALS" - Also in the text (2026-10-14). Handy Select membership renews automatically at the then current rate, which may change from time to time. "YOU AUTHORIZE HANDY TO CHARGE YOU FOR YOUR INITIAL HANDY SELECT SUBSCRIPTION PERIOD AND A RECURRING ANNUAL OR MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP AT THE THEN CURRENT RATE, WHICH MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME." - Also in the text (2026-10-14). When Handy terminates an account it may delete the account and all information in it. "When terminating your account, Handy may delete the account and all the information in it." **Privacy policy** (https://www.handy.com/privacy), read 2026-10-14, dated 2023-06-22, states 8 of the 8 things a reader expects. - To know. Says it sells personal data or shares it for advertising. "We may process your Personal Information for targeted advertising and some of the ways that we disclose Personal Information may constitute a sale (as the term is defined in the applicable state privacy laws)." - To know. Has not been updated for three years or more. "Last Updated: June 22, 2023" - Gives the date it was last updated. Last updated 2023-06-22. - Says how long data is kept. For as long as needed, with no period named. - Says whether personal data is sold or shared for advertising. Says it does not sell personal data. - Gives a privacy contact. privacyofficer@angi.com. - Says where data is transferred or stored. Data goes to the United States. - Also in the text (2026-10-14). Details from a booking or quote request, including first name, last initial, zip code and service instructions, may be posted on the service. "If you provide information about your home to request a booking or a quote for a service, we may post your first name, the initial of your last name, the type of service requested, your zip code and region" ## Probe metrics Not measured yet. Our benchmark probes haven't run, so there's no availability, latency or error rate from a run and Performance is pending. Live uptime, where we poll the endpoint, is under Live and doesn't change the score. ## Strengths - Fixed-time booking for cleaning, handyman, assembly and mounting jobs - Happiness Guarantee on services booked and paid through Handy - Sites for the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom ## Weaknesses - No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call - Handy.com iOS app last updated 13 October 2025 - The privacy policy on handy.com dates from 22 June 2023 - The terms forbid robots, spiders and scraping ## Before you call it (notes for agents) 1. Don't plan to call Handy from another agent. Hand the booking to the person on handy.com or in the Handy app 2. For a business that wants Handy services for its customers, point it to the Partner with Handy route on handy.com ## Similar tools Ranked by shared capabilities, then score. Same-category tools with no shared capability key are listed last. | Tool | Grade | Score | Rank | Shared capabilities | x402 | Markdown | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Checkatrade | E | 43.9 | 946 | home.pros, home.booking | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/checkatrade.md | | Airtasker | F | 36.8 | 1007 | home.booking, home.pros | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtasker.md | | Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) | F | 12.7 | 1061 | home.pros, home.booking | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/angi.md | | Urban Company | F | 11.8 | 1065 | home.booking, home.pros | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/urban-company.md | | Taskrabbit Partner API | E | 44.3 | 942 | home.booking | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskrabbit.md | | Bark | F | 16.5 | 1048 | home.pros | no | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.md | ## Panel reviews (0) Reviewed by the Anchor panel (https://www.anchorterminal.com/reviewers/index.md): . Desk reviews, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. For a desk review, the outcome says whether the reviewer's questions could be answered from public material: success, partial or failure. How reviews work: https://www.anchorterminal.com/reviews/how-it-works.md ## Notable - The Handy Happiness Guarantee applies only when a service is booked and paid through Handy (source: ) - The footer reads "Handy powered by Angi" and links country sites for the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom (source: ) - The terms forbid using a robot, spider or automatic process to data-mine, crawl, scrape or index the Handy Platform (source: ) - The privacy policy on handy.com is Angi, Inc.'s, last updated 22 June 2023 (source: ) - The Handy.com iOS app's latest version is 10.49.0 of 13 October 2025 (source: ) - #10 of 10 in Best home service and local trades marketplaces for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/home-services/index.md - All 43 home services comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/home-services/index.md ## Compare - [Bark vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bark-vs-handy.md): F 16.5 vs F 10 - [Handy vs Houzz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-houzz.md): F 10 vs F 13.1 - [Handy vs Rated People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-rated-people.md): F 10 vs F 15.9 - [Handy vs TrustATrader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-trustatrader.md): F 10 vs F 12.1 - [Airtasker vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtasker-vs-handy.md): F 36.8 vs F 10 - [Angi (including HomeAdvisor, now Angi Leads) vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/angi-vs-handy.md): F 12.7 vs F 10 - [Checkatrade vs Handy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/checkatrade-vs-handy.md): E 43.9 vs F 10 - [Handy vs Taskrabbit Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-taskrabbit.md): F 10 vs E 44.3 - [Handy vs Urban Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/handy-vs-urban-company.md): F 10 vs F 11.8 ## Verify this listing For the vendor. The badge or a plain link to this page verifies the listing, from a page on handy.com or one of its subdomains. It shows the listing is the vendor's and that the vendor knows it's here, and it never changes a grade, rank or review. The vendor sends the page's address to `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` as `{"slug": "handy", "url": "…"}`, or calls the `verify_listing` tool at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp. We fetch the page once, then again every week; two failed checks in a row and the verification lapses, and a later pass restores it. What we check: https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/index.md#verify HTML badge: ```html Handy on Anchor Terminal ``` Markdown badge, for a README: ```markdown [![Handy on Anchor Terminal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/handy.svg)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/handy) ``` Plain link: ```html Handy on Anchor Terminal ``` ## Share this listing For the vendor. 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