# Basecamp API for AI Agents

Trusted by millions, Basecamp puts everything you need to get work done in one place. Call the Basecamp API from the agent stack you already run. Swytchcode supplies the manifest, then handles authentication, retries, idempotency, and validation on every call.

## Copy paste to your AI agent

Build me a Basecamp AI assistant  
Set up [https://www.swytchcode.com/skills.md](/content/skills.md)

[Visit official site](https://basecamp.com/) [View documentation](https://github.com/basecamp/bc-api)

**Provider**: Basecamp  
**Category**: General  
**License**: Proprietary  
**Manifest**: basecamp  
**Official site**: [basecamp.com](https://basecamp.com/)  
**API docs**: [View docs](https://github.com/basecamp/bc-api)

## Use cases

### What can you build with the Basecamp API?

1. Call Basecamp directly from an AI agent without writing custom auth, retry, or error-handling code.
2. Get the right endpoints and call sequence for the workflow you need, instead of having the agent explore the Basecamp API surface.
3. Chain Basecamp with other approved integrations in one workflow, each step validated against your policy before it runs.
4. Give an agent safe read/write access to Basecamp in production, with idempotent retries if a call fails.

## Setup guide

### How to connect the Basecamp API to an AI agent

Four steps, no SDK, no boilerplate. Every Basecamp call routed through Swytchcode is idempotency-keyed and safe to retry.

1. **Install the CLI**  
   Run "npx swytchcode" to install the Swytchcode CLI—no account required to start.

2. **Pull the manifest**  
   Run "swytchcode get basecamp" to pull the Basecamp API manifest, including its schema and available actions.

3. **Authenticate once**  
   Provide your Basecamp API credentials a single time. Swytchcode stores and refreshes them so your agent never handles raw secrets.

4. **Call it from your agent**  
   Run "swytchcode exec basecamp.<action> --key value" from any agent or script. No SDK, no framework lock-in.

### Copy

```
swytchcode get basecamp
swytchcode exec basecamp.<action> --key value
```

## FAQ

### Frequently asked questions

- **What is Swytchcode?**  
- **How do I get started with Swytchcode?**  
- **How does an AI agent actually call the Basecamp API through Swytchcode?**  
- **What happens if a Basecamp call fails, times out, or hits a rate limit?**  
- **Can I restrict which Basecamp actions my agent is allowed to run?**  
- **Where does Swytchcode store my Basecamp credentials?**  
- **Do I need to write a custom Basecamp SDK integration for my agent?**  
- **How is calling Basecamp through Swytchcode different from calling its API directly?**  
- **Do I need a specific framework to call Basecamp?**  
- **Does Swytchcode log what my agent does with Basecamp?**

## Build me a Basecamp AI assistant

Copy the prompt into your agent. It will load Swytchcode and wire up Basecamp.

Build me a Basecamp AI assistant  
Set up [https://www.swytchcode.com/skills.md](/content/skills.md)