# Introduction The **HealthSherpa ICHRA Partner API** empowers ICHRA platforms and carriers to deliver seamless and secure ICHRA experiences at scale. This API is designed to streamline key workflows that require coordination between platforms and health insurance carriers, ensuring accurate data exchange and compliance throughout the enrollment process. ### For ICHRA Platforms The API enables platforms to programmatically: * Retrieve accurate quotes for ICHRA-eligible individuals * Estimate APTC (Advance Premium Tax Credit) eligibility * Initiate enrollment flows via HealthSherpa-hosted deeplinks By integrating with HealthSherpa, ICHRA platforms can avoid redundant work and instead leverage a single, CMS-trusted connection to access and distribute plan data securely. If you're integrating with an AI assistant or coding agent, see [AI Agents & MCP](https://docs.ichra.healthsherpa.com/getting-started/ai-agents-and-mcp) to query this documentation via MCP. ### For Carriers Carriers benefit from a simplified integration model: connect once with HealthSherpa to unlock access to a network of ICHRA partners. This eliminates the need for custom integrations with each platform while still enabling: * Transparent, real-time access to enrollment activity * Secure downstream communication channels * High standards of compliance, privacy, and data integrity HealthSherpa is a CMS Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) entity and maintains rigorous security protocols. The same standards extend to ICHRA operations, giving carriers peace of mind while expanding reach into the growing ICHRA ecosystem. ### Supported Features The API currently supports: * **QuoteConnect:** Generate personalized plan quotes and estimate APTC subsidies for on- and off-exchange markets. * **Deeplinked Enrollment**: Redirect users or agents to a secure HealthSherpa enrollment interface with pre-filled application data. * **EnrollConnect**: Create, update, submit, and manage off-exchange applications entirely through the API without HealthSherpa UI. * **Webhooks:** Receive real-time notifications on application submission and policy status changes. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.ichra.healthsherpa.com/getting-started/introduction.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.