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Carrier Global

Carrier Global Corporation is a global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and cold-chain solutions, spanning HVAC, refrigeration, fire, security, and building automation technologies. Its digital ecosystem includes the Lynx Fleet telematics platform (Lynx APIs for transport refrigeration units and marine containers), the Abound building management platform, i-Vu and Carrier Comfort Network for commercial building automation, and the Carrier SmartHome app for residential smart thermostats. Lynx Fleet is the only Carrier product publishing machine-readable API contracts: three OpenAPI 3.0.0 documents covering 16 operations across truck/trailer telematics, two-way refrigeration control and container telemetry, served through the developer portal's public GraphQL backend rather than as static files.

Carrier Global publishes 3 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Core API, Core2 API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include HVAC, Cold Chain, Telematics, Building Automation, and IoT.

The Carrier Global catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 JSON-LD context.

Carrier Global’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, support, engineering blog, authentication, and 33 more developer resources.

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53.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 42/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
3 published contracts1 Not an API
HVACCold ChainTelematicsBuilding AutomationIoTRefrigerationFortune 500

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scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0
Composite quality — 53.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 11.7 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 8.1 / 15
Access Clarity 7.5 / 15
Operational Transparency 3.9 / 10
Contract Governance 1.6 / 9
Discoverability 5.2 / 8
Regulatory Posture 5.3 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 42/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 6 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 6 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
Industrial Automation and Robotics standard 52.3 - 1
Building Automation (HVAC, BACnet, KNX, smart buildings) standard 52.3 - 1

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes. MODELED: a real API behind a partner or contract gate; there is no public reference, so API Evangelist drew its shape. NOT AN API: a product area with no API behind it, not counted.

Carrier Lynx Dev Portal GraphQL

The GraphQL backend behind the Lynx Fleet Dev Portal. Its /public/graphql endpoint answers anonymously and is the only way to reach Carrier's API contracts and integration guide...

Carrier i-Vu Building Automation

i-Vu is Carrier's web-based commercial building automation system for monitoring and controlling HVAC, lighting, and related building systems. It integrates with BACnet and othe...

Carrier Comfort Network

Carrier Comfort Network (CCN) is Carrier's proprietary control and communication network for tying together chillers, air handlers, and related HVAC equipment, typically integra...

Carrier Abound

Abound is Carrier's cloud-based building intelligence platform that aggregates data from HVAC, IAQ sensors, and occupancy systems to provide indoor-environmental-quality analyti...

Carrier SmartHome App

The Carrier SmartHome app lets homeowners remotely control Carrier connected smart thermostats and residential HVAC equipment. No public developer API is currently published; in...

NOT AN API

Carrier Global Core API

The core API from Carrier Global — 13 operation(s) for core.

Carrier Global Core2 API

The Core2 API from Carrier Global — 3 operation(s) for core2.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Carrier Global Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Carrier Global Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Carrier Global Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Carrier Global Lynx Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Carrier Global Context

0 classes · 10 properties

JSON-LD

OpenAPI Overlays 3

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Carrier Global Lynx 2Way Command Api Overlay

7 actions · documentation · carrier-global-lynx-2way-command-api-openapi.yaml

GENERATED

Carrier Global Lynx Container Api Overlay

6 actions · documentation · carrier-global-lynx-container-api-openapi.yaml

GENERATED

Carrier Global Lynx Fleet Api Overlay

3 actions · update · carrier-global-lynx-fleet-api-openapi.yaml

GENERATED

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Carrier Global Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Carrier Global Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Carrier Global Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 X-MCPServerCandidate
X-MCPServerCandidate
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance
 DataModel
DataModel
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 Webhooks
Webhooks

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Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 ToolCrosswalk
ToolCrosswalk

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security
Security
 Compliance
Compliance
 Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 RateLimits
RateLimits
 Contact
Contact

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog
 InvestorRelations
InvestorRelations
 Careers
Careers

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 ConsumerSite
ConsumerSite

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: carrier-global
name: Carrier Global
description: 'Carrier Global Corporation is a global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and
  cold-chain solutions, spanning HVAC, refrigeration, fire, security, and building automation technologies. Its digital ecosystem
  includes the Lynx Fleet telematics platform (Lynx APIs for transport refrigeration units and marine containers), the Abound
  building management platform, i-Vu and Carrier Comfort Network for commercial building automation, and the Carrier SmartHome
  app for residential smart thermostats. Lynx Fleet is the only Carrier product publishing machine-readable API contracts:
  three OpenAPI 3.0.0 documents covering 16 operations across truck/trailer telematics, two-way refrigeration control and
  container telemetry, served through the developer portal''s public GraphQL backend rather than as static files.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: Partner
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/carrier-global.png
tags:
- HVAC
- Cold Chain
- Telematics
- Building Automation
- IoT
- Refrigeration
- Fortune 500
created: '2026-03-21'
modified: '2026-09-05'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carrier-global/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: carrier-global:lynx-portal-graphql
  name: Carrier Lynx Dev Portal GraphQL
  description: 'The GraphQL backend behind the Lynx Fleet Dev Portal. Its /public/graphql endpoint answers anonymously and
    is the only way to reach Carrier''s API contracts and integration guides in machine-readable form — the docs host is a
    single-page app that returns an HTML shell for every conventional spec path. Verified queries: getDefaultProducts (the
    product catalogue), getPublicApiSpecYml and getPublicApiSpecJson (the OpenAPI documents), and getPublicProductInfo (contract
    plus structured guide). Introspection is disabled.'
  humanURL: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/
  baseURL: https://api.portal.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/public/graphql
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Developer Portal
  - Discovery
  properties:
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/carrier-global-lynx-portal-graphql.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/
- aid: carrier-global:i-vu-building-automation
  name: Carrier i-Vu Building Automation
  description: i-Vu is Carrier's web-based commercial building automation system for monitoring and controlling HVAC, lighting,
    and related building systems. It integrates with BACnet and other standard building protocols rather than a public REST
    API surface.
  humanURL: https://www.carrier.com/commercial/en/us/products/controls/building-automation/
  tags:
  - Building Automation
  - BACnet
  - HVAC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.carrier.com/commercial/en/us/products/controls/building-automation/
- aid: carrier-global:carrier-comfort-network
  name: Carrier Comfort Network
  description: Carrier Comfort Network (CCN) is Carrier's proprietary control and communication network for tying together
    chillers, air handlers, and related HVAC equipment, typically integrated into BMS/BAS deployments.
  humanURL: https://www.carrier.com/commercial/en/us/products/controls/carrier-comfort-network/
  tags:
  - Building Automation
  - HVAC
  - Chillers
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.carrier.com/commercial/en/us/products/controls/carrier-comfort-network/
- aid: carrier-global:abound-building-platform
  name: Carrier Abound
  description: Abound is Carrier's cloud-based building intelligence platform that aggregates data from HVAC, IAQ sensors,
    and occupancy systems to provide indoor-environmental-quality analytics, energy insights, and healthy-building dashboards
    for commercial real estate operators.
  humanURL: https://abound.carrier.com
  tags:
  - Building Intelligence
  - IAQ
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://abound.carrier.com
- aid: carrier-global:carrier-smarthome
  x-published: false
  name: Carrier SmartHome App
  description: The Carrier SmartHome app lets homeowners remotely control Carrier connected smart thermostats and residential
    HVAC equipment. No public developer API is currently published; integration is via the consumer mobile app and connected
    thermostat web portals.
  humanURL: https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/thermostats/
  tags:
  - Smart Home
  - Thermostats
  - Residential
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/thermostats/
- aid: carrier-global:carrier-global-core-api
  name: Carrier Global Core API
  description: The core API from Carrier Global — 13 operation(s) for core.
  humanURL: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/
  baseURL: https://api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io
  tags:
  - Core
  tags_raw:
  - core
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carrier-global-core-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/apis
  - type: Portal
    url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/api-documentation
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.carrier.com/lynx/terms-of-use
  - type: Products
    url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/products
- aid: carrier-global:carrier-global-core2-api
  name: Carrier Global Core2 API
  description: The Core2 API from Carrier Global — 3 operation(s) for core2.
  humanURL: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/
  baseURL: https://api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io
  tags:
  - Core2
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/carrier-global-core2-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/apis
  - type: Portal
    url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/api-documentation
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.carrier.com/lynx/terms-of-use
  - type: Products
    url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/products
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/carrier-global-lynx-fleet-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/carrier-global-lynx-2way-command-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/carrier-global-lynx-container-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.corporate.carrier.com
- type: ConsumerSite
  url: https://www.carrier.com/us/en/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carrier
- type: Documentation
  name: Lynx Fleet Dev Portal
  url: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  name: Lynx Fleet Developer Portal
  url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/apis
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://doc-api.fleet.lynx.carrier.io/api-documentation
- type: SignUp
  name: Lynx Fleet Developer Portal sign in
  url: https://api.tta.lynxfleet.carrier.com/signin
- type: Support
  url: https://www.corporate.carrier.com/contact-us/
- type: Blog
  name: Carrier News
  url: https://www.corporate.carrier.com/news/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.corporate.carrier.com/legal/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.corporate.carrier.com/legal/privacy-notice/
- type: Security
  name: Carrier PSIRT — report a vulnerability
  url: https://www.carrier.com/us/en/product-security/report-an-issue.html
- type: Compliance
  name: Carrier Product and Software Security Assurance
  url: https://www.carrier.com/us/en/product-security.html
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/carrier-global-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/carrier-global-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/carrier-global-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/carrier-global-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/carrier-global-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/carrier-global-data-model.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/carrier-global-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/carrier-global-plans-pricing.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/carrier-global-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary.yml
- type: Sandbox
  name: Lynx Fleet Dev Portal interactive API console
  url: sandbox/carrier-global-sandbox.yml
- type: Webhooks
  name: Lynx Push API (documented webhook surface)
  url: asyncapi/carrier-global-lynx-webhooks.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/carrier-global-packages.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/carrier-global-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/carrier-global-mcp.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/carrier-global-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/carrier-global-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/carrier-global-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/carrier-global-llms.txt
- type: InvestorRelations
  url: https://ir.carrier.com
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.corporate.carrier.com/careers/
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.corporate.carrier.com/contact-us/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-05'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 29
  pass: local-v3

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