Ford

Ford Motor Company is a multinational automotive manufacturer that designs, builds and sells cars, trucks, SUVs and commercial vehicles, and operates a partner-facing API program through the Ford Developer Marketplace at developer.ford.com. The flagship surface is FordConnect, which lets an approved application read connected-vehicle data and issue vehicle commands to enrolled Ford and Lincoln vehicles, with the vehicle owner's consent captured as fourteen named data categories in the FordPass account-linking flow. Ford also publishes a WLTP emissions lookup for authorized parties. Access is partner-gated rather than self-serve: applications are registered in a Ford developer account and issued a client id plus two rotating secrets. Ford publishes no OpenAPI, pricing, rate limits, changelog or status page on any surface reachable without signing in.

Ford publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Charging API, Commands API, Images API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Automobiles, Cars, Vehicles, Connected Vehicles, and Automotive.

The Ford catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Ford’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, and 22 more developer resources.

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1 published contract

Automobiles Cars Vehicles Connected Vehicles Automotive Telematics Electric Vehicles Fleet Management

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Vehicle Connected Services Management

BC-3460

ChargingCommands

POST /api/fordconnect/vehicles/v1/{vehicleId}/startCharge GET /api/fordconnect/vehicles/v1/{vehicleId}/chargeSchedules

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 27.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 2.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 15

Access Clarity 1.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.3 / 10

Contract Governance 4.2 / 9

Discoverability 4.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 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 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 12.6 — up to +21.9 composite points
Access Clarity scores 6.6 — up to +18.7 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 38.1 — up to +12.4 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Automotive and Mobility	covered	51.7	-	-
Home Assistant Custom Integrations (HACS)	covered	51.7	-	-
FMCSA Registered Electronic Logging Devices	covered	51.7	-	-

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.

Standards implemented 3

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

OpenID Connect

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

FordConnect

FordConnect allows to send vehicle commands (e.g., lock, unlock, etc.) and request vehicle information (e.g., fuel range, tire pressure, etc.) to Ford and Lincoln vehicles.

Ford WLTP Emissions

With this API, authorized external parties can retrieve WLTP values based on a specific vehicle configuration.

Ford Charging API

The Charging API from Ford — 4 operation(s) for charging.

Ford Commands API

The Commands API from Ford — 7 operation(s) for commands.

Ford Images API

The Images API from Ford — 2 operation(s) for images.

Ford Status API

The Status API from Ford — 2 operation(s) for status.

Ford Vehicles API

The Vehicles API from Ford — 2 operation(s) for vehicles.

Ford O Auth API

The OAuth API from Ford — 1 operation(s) for oauth.

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Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

FordConnect Charging API

OPEN COLLECTION

FordConnect Charging Commands API

OPEN COLLECTION

FordConnect Charging Images API

OPEN COLLECTION

FordConnect Charging OAuth API

OPEN COLLECTION

FordConnect Charging Status API

OPEN COLLECTION

FordConnect Charging Vehicles API

OPEN COLLECTION

FordConnect API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Ford API pricing

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Ford Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ford Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Ford Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Ford API Rules

48 rules · 46 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

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.

Ford Fordconnect Overlay

8 actions · update

DERIVED

Security Posture 3

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

Ford Authentication

oauth2/openIdConnect/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Ford Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Ford Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Ford Scopes

14 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Ford Agentic Access

18 operations · 10 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

18 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Lifecycle

Conformance

Conventions

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: ford
name: Ford
description: 'Ford Motor Company is a multinational automotive manufacturer that designs, builds and sells cars, trucks, SUVs
  and commercial vehicles, and operates a partner-facing API program through the Ford Developer Marketplace at developer.ford.com.
  The flagship surface is FordConnect, which lets an approved application read connected-vehicle data and issue vehicle commands
  to enrolled Ford and Lincoln vehicles, with the vehicle owner''s consent captured as fourteen named data categories in the
  FordPass account-linking flow. Ford also publishes a WLTP emissions lookup for authorized parties. Access is partner-gated
  rather than self-serve: applications are registered in a Ford developer account and issued a client id plus two rotating
  secrets. Ford publishes no OpenAPI, pricing, rate limits, changelog or status page on any surface reachable without signing
  in.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: high
  source:
  - finops
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ford.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-02-25'
modified: '2026-10-06'
position: Consuming
tags:
- Automobiles
- Cars
- Vehicles
- Connected Vehicles
- Automotive
- Telematics
- Electric Vehicles
- Fleet Management
tags_raw:
- Automobiles
- Cars
- Vehicles
- Connected Vehicle
- Automotive
- Telematics
- Electric Vehicles
- Fleet
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ford/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: ford:fordconnect
  name: FordConnect
  tags: []
  humanURL: https://developer.ford.com/apis
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.ford.com/apis
    type: Documentation
  - type: X-MCPServerCandidate
    url: mcp/ford-mcp.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/ford-fordconnect-overlay.yaml
  description: FordConnect allows to send vehicle commands (e.g., lock, unlock, etc.) and request vehicle information (e.g.,
    fuel range, tire pressure, etc.) to Ford and Lincoln vehicles.
  baseURL: https://api.mps.ford.com
- aid: ford:ford-wltp-emissions
  name: Ford WLTP Emissions
  tags: []
  humanURL: https://developer.ford.com/emissions
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.ford.com/emissions
    type: Documentation
  description: With this API, authorized external parties can retrieve WLTP values based on a specific vehicle configuration.
- aid: ford:ford-charging-api
  name: Ford Charging API
  description: The Charging API from Ford — 4 operation(s) for charging.
  humanURL: https://developer.ford.com/apis
  tags:
  - Charging
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ford-charging-api-openapi.yml
  baseURL: https://api.mps.ford.com
- aid: ford:ford-commands-api
  name: Ford Commands API
  description: The Commands API from Ford — 7 operation(s) for commands.
  humanURL: https://developer.ford.com/apis
  tags:
  - Commands
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ford-commands-api-openapi.yml
  baseURL: https://api.mps.ford.com
- aid: ford:ford-images-api
  name: Ford Images API
  description: The Images API from Ford — 2 operation(s) for images.
  humanURL: https://developer.ford.com/apis
  tags:
  - Image
  tags_raw:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ford-images-api-openapi.yml
  baseURL: https://api.mps.ford.com
- aid: ford:ford-status-api
  name: Ford Status API
  description: The Status API from Ford — 2 operation(s) for status.
  humanURL: https://developer.ford.com/apis
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ford-status-api-openapi.yml
  baseURL: https://api.mps.ford.com
- aid: ford:ford-vehicles-api
  name: Ford Vehicles API
  description: The Vehicles API from Ford — 2 operation(s) for vehicles.
  humanURL: https://developer.ford.com/apis
  tags:
  - Vehicles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ford-vehicles-api-openapi.yml
  baseURL: https://api.mps.ford.com
- aid: ford:ford-oauth-api
  name: Ford O Auth API
  description: The OAuth API from Ford — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://developer.ford.com/apis
  baseURL: https://api.mps.ford.com
  tags:
  - OAuth
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - OAuth
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ford-oauth-api-openapi.yml
common:
- url: https://www.ford.com/blog/
  type: Blog
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/ford-capability-edges.yml
  name: Ford Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ford-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ford-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ford-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/ford-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ford
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-motor-company
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.ford.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.ford.com/help/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ford.com/help/privacy/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ford.com/
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/ford-well-known.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/ford-data-dictionary.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/ford-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ford-conformance.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/ford-conventions.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/ford-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/ford-llms.txt
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/ford-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/ford-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ford-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ford-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/ford-finops.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.ford.com/apis
- type: Support
  url: https://developer.ford.com/contact-us
- type: Login
  url: https://developer.ford.com/my-developer-account/my-dashboard
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-10'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v3

Ford API — frequently asked questions

Does Ford have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from Ford, including FordConnect, Ford WLTP Emissions and Ford Charging API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Ford API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Ford, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Ford API?

Ford documents its authentication (oauth2/openIdConnect/http · 3 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Ford Authentication.

Is the Ford API ready for AI agents?

Ford has a Kin Score of 27.0 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 27.5 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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