Flic

Flic (Shortcut Labs) makes wireless smart buttons and dials — the Flic Button, Flic Twist, Flic Duo, and the Flic Hub — that let people control smart-home devices, lights, music, and cloud services with a single press. Its developer surface is SDK- and protocol-centric rather than a REST API: first-party flic2lib SDKs for iOS, Android, C, Linux, and Windows implement the open Flic 2 Bluetooth protocol, the Flic Hub SDK runs JavaScript modules (MQTT, OSC) on the hub, and "Cloud Buttons" deliver physical button presses to any HTTP endpoint as a signed-JWT webhook. Flic is backed by 500 Global and lists 1,000+ compatible devices and services across smart home, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and logistics.

Flic is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Smart Buttons, IoT, Smart Home, and Bluetooth.

The Flic catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Flic’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, authentication, and 10 more developer resources.

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28.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 15/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanySmart ButtonsIoTSmart HomeBluetoothWebhooksSDKHardware

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 28.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 5.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 15/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Webhooks

Webhooks

Conformance

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: flic
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/flic.png
name: Flic
description: 'Flic (Shortcut Labs) makes wireless smart buttons and dials — the Flic Button, Flic Twist, Flic Duo, and the
  Flic Hub — that let people control smart-home devices, lights, music, and cloud services with a single press. Its developer
  surface is SDK- and protocol-centric rather than a REST API: first-party flic2lib SDKs for iOS, Android, C, Linux, and Windows
  implement the open Flic 2 Bluetooth protocol, the Flic Hub SDK runs JavaScript modules (MQTT, OSC) on the hub, and "Cloud
  Buttons" deliver physical button presses to any HTTP endpoint as a signed-JWT webhook. Flic is backed by 500 Global and
  lists 1,000+ compatible devices and services across smart home, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and logistics.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/flic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Smart Buttons
- IoT
- Smart Home
- Bluetooth
- Webhooks
- SDK
- Hardware
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://flic.io
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://flic.io/flic-hub-sdk
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/50ButtonsEach/flic2-documentation
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://flic.io/start
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/50ButtonsEach
- type: Support
  url: https://community.flic.io/
- type: Blog
  url: https://flic.io/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://flic.io/shop
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://flic.io/privacy-policy
- type: Packages
  url: packages/flic-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/flic-packages.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/flic-cloud-buttons-webhooks.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/flic-authentication.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/flic-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/flic-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/flic-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Flic

Kin Score

Event Specifications 1

Flic Cloud Buttons Webhooks

Security Posture 2

Flic Authentication

Flic Domain Security

Resources