diff --git a/static/api-specs/nerm/parameters/_index.yaml b/static/api-specs/nerm/parameters/_index.yaml
index 3576a3d8919..7a2d9d09c92 100644
--- a/static/api-specs/nerm/parameters/_index.yaml
+++ b/static/api-specs/nerm/parameters/_index.yaml
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@ workflow_session_id:
 result:
   $ref: './query/result.yaml'
 metadata:
-  $ref: './query/metadata.yaml'
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+  $ref: './query/metadata.yaml'
+after_id:
+  $ref: './query/after_id.yaml'
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diff --git a/static/api-specs/nerm/parameters/query/after_id.yaml b/static/api-specs/nerm/parameters/query/after_id.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b521c547da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/api-specs/nerm/parameters/query/after_id.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: after_id
+in: query
+description: Represents the ID where the query should begin from. If blank, it represents the first ID. When used, forces sorting by ID ascending and does not allow use of `offset`. When after_id is specified it changes the mode of the API such that any filter parameters other than profile_type_id, limit, and offset are not supported and will be either silently ignored or result in an HTTP 400 error. For example you can not include and after_id along with an archived=false in the same request.
+required: false
+schema:
+  type: string
+  format: uuid
+  example: 4eaa719f-4312-4c5b-9264-d0eb04d4a02a
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diff --git a/static/api-specs/nerm/paths/profiles.yaml b/static/api-specs/nerm/paths/profiles.yaml
index 9b8728013ab..d7fd01f29fd 100644
--- a/static/api-specs/nerm/paths/profiles.yaml
+++ b/static/api-specs/nerm/paths/profiles.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ get:
     - $ref: "../parameters/query/profile_type_id.yaml"
     - $ref: "../parameters/query/status.yaml"
     - $ref: "../parameters/query/metadata.yaml"
+    - $ref: "../parameters/query/after_id.yaml"
   responses:
     '200':
       $ref: "../responses/Profiles_Meta.yaml"
diff --git a/static/api-specs/nerm/responses/Profiles_Meta.yaml b/static/api-specs/nerm/responses/Profiles_Meta.yaml
index 799402f2745..e3990db0dc2 100644
--- a/static/api-specs/nerm/responses/Profiles_Meta.yaml
+++ b/static/api-specs/nerm/responses/Profiles_Meta.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ content:
           items:
             $ref: '../schemas/GET/Profile.yaml'
         _metadata:
-          $ref: '../schemas/Metadata.yaml'
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+          $ref: '../schemas/MetadataWithAfterId.yaml'
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diff --git a/static/api-specs/nerm/schemas/MetadataWithAfterId.yaml b/static/api-specs/nerm/schemas/MetadataWithAfterId.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86e640e0b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/api-specs/nerm/schemas/MetadataWithAfterId.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+type: object
+properties:
+  limit:
+    type: integer
+    description: The maximum number of records to return in the search
+    example: /endpoint?limit=10
+    format: int32
+  offset:
+    type: integer
+    description: The number of records to skip before starting to return results.
+    example: /endpoint?offset=60
+    format: int32
+  total:
+    type: integer
+    description: The total number of records available matching the search criteria.
+    example: /endpoint?total=10
+    format: int32
+  next:
+    type: string
+    description: The ID of the first record in the next set of results
+    example: /endpoint?limit=10&offset=60
+  previous:
+    type: string
+    description: The ID of the last record in the previous set of results
+    example: /endpoint?limit=10&offset=40
+  after_id:
+    type: string
+    format: uuid
+    example: 4eaa719f-4312-4c5b-9264-d0eb04d4a02a
+    description: The ID from which the search will start, ignoring all records before it.
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