Question 1

What is Orbyt Intelligence?

Accepted Answer

Orbyt Intelligence. AI compensation, decoded. The API + MCP for AI compensation, skills, companies, and hiring dynamics. Six engines (Role Taxonomy, Skill Premiums, Skill Half-Life, Comp by Stage, Company Signals, Hiring Velocity) for the AI labor market and beyond. 3,445 roles, 81 U.S. cities, 20 endpoints, 6 MCP tools. Data sources include BLS OES, H-1B LCA (DOL), state pay-transparency job postings, and community submissions. Every response includes lineage via /lineage and a citation field r

Question 2

Generate an Intelligence API key

Accepted Answer

Sign in to the Intelligence dashboard at orbytjobs.ai/intelligence/dashboard. Click the API Keys tab. Click Create API Key, give it a name, and copy the key immediately. The key starts with "intelligence_" and is only shown once. Store it securely. You can create up to 25 keys per account.

Question 3

Intelligence pricing and plans

Accepted Answer

Intelligence has four tiers.

Build ($99/mo or $990/yr, 60 req/min): AI Role Taxonomy engine, current data, calculate endpoint, projections, 4-quarter history preview.

Pro ($299/mo or $2,990/yr, 300 req/min): Full quarterly history, citation-ready responses, MCP server, lineage endpoint, Skill Premiums, Half-Life, Comp by Stage, Hiring Velocity engines, priority support.

Scale ($1,999/mo or $19,990/yr, 1,500 req/min): Everything in Pro plus AI Company Signals engine, webhooks, 48-h

Question 4

Intelligence API rate limits

Accepted Answer

Rate limits are per API key, per minute. Build: 60/min. Pro: 300/min. Scale: 1,500/min. Enterprise: 5,000/min. Check the X-RateLimit-Remaining header in every response. If you exceed the limit, you receive a 429 response. Requests are not queued. Wait for the window to reset or upgrade your plan.

Question 5

Intelligence MCP tools

Accepted Answer

Intelligence includes 6 MCP tools for AI assistants like Claude Desktop. list_capabilities ships on every tier; the other five require Pro or above.

list_capabilities: Discover what tools, engines, and tiers are available. Call this first.
analyze_compensation: Salary estimate, history, projection, or offer assessment with citation-ready output.
analyze_skills: Skill premiums and half-life data. Pro+.
analyze_market: Market positioning vs national median, with disagreement flagg

Question 6

What data does Intelligence include?

Accepted Answer

Every role query returns: salary range (25th, 50th, 75th percentiles), experience bands (entry, mid, senior, staff), structured total compensation (base, equity, bonus, signing), company size salary bands, remote salary adjustment, BLS SOC code citation, YoY growth, skill premiums, education premiums, and industry multipliers. City-adjusted when a city parameter is provided. See the full catalog at orbytjobs.ai/intelligence/data.

Question 7

Intelligence API endpoints

Accepted Answer

20 REST endpoints plus 6 MCP tools.

REST API:
- /salaries: Current salary data
- /calculate: Personalized estimate with experience
- /history: Quarterly snapshots
- /projections: Forecasts through 2030
- /compare: Side-by-side role comparison
- /compare-offers: Compare multiple offers head to head
- /skills: Skills that increase pay
- /adjacent: Nearest roles for career transitions
- /employer-cost: Total cost to employer
- /roles: List all roles
- /cities: List all cities
- /companies: 54

Question 8

Intelligence team management

Accepted Answer

Pro and above plans include team seats. The account owner can invite team members via email from the Team tab in the Intelligence dashboard. Roles: Owner (full access), Admin (keys + usage, no billing), Viewer (usage only). Team API keys are shared across all members and count against the team rate limit, not individual limits.