# Garmin **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/garmin/ **Website:** https://www.garmin.com **APIs profiled:** 17 Garmin is the global leader in GPS-enabled wearables, cycling computers, outdoor handhelds, marine electronics, aviation avionics, and automotive navigation. Garmin's developer surface spans the Connect IQ wearable app platform (Monkey C, watch faces, data fields, widgets, device apps), the Garmin Connect Developer Program cloud APIs (Health, Activity, Women's Health, Training, Courses), the Health SDK for direct BLE streaming from wearables, the FIT SDK that defines the industry's de-facto endurance data interchange format, Navionics marine cartography, inReach satellite messaging, the ANT/ANT+ wireless protocol, and specialized APIs for golf, aviation flight data, fleet telematics, and custom outdoor maps. ## Kin Score — 32.1 / 100 (thin) Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.1). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 64.8 | | Contract Quality | 43.3 | | Governance | 0.0 | | Contract Governance | 0.0 | | Operational Transparency | 18.4 | | Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 | | Commercial Clarity | 23.7 | | Access Clarity | 23.7 | Regulatory layer — **Health**: 12.5 (matched via tags). ## Agent readiness — 15.4 (agent-aware) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | no | | Reversibility Documented | no | | MCP Server | no | | Auth Clarity | no | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | no | | OpenAPI Examples | no | | Rate Limit Signal | no | | Event Surface Described | no | | Agent Skills | no | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low). ## APIs (17) - **Garmin Connect IQ Platform** — Connect IQ is Garmin's open platform for building wearable apps that run on Garmin watches and cycling computers. Developers write apps in Monkey C — Garmin's purpose-built obje... - **Garmin Connect Health API** — Inbound cloud API for receiving all-day health summary metrics from Garmin wearables — daily summaries, epoch summaries, sleep data, heart rate, steps, stress, Body Battery, pul... - **Garmin Connect Activity API** — Inbound cloud API providing comprehensive workout and activity data across 30+ activity categories — GPS tracks, FIT file fetch, manually entered activities, lap details, and de... - **Garmin Connect Women's Health API** — Inbound cloud API exposing menstrual cycle tracking and pregnancy data captured in the Garmin Connect mobile app. Partner-only access requiring approval; user permissions are gr... - **Garmin Connect Training API** — Outbound cloud API for pushing structured workouts and training plans from partner platforms to a user's Garmin device. Supports the full Garmin workout step model (warmup, inte... - **Garmin Connect Courses API** — Outbound cloud API for pushing GPS courses and routes from partner platforms (Komoot, Strava, Ride with GPS, etc. pattern) to a user's Garmin wearable or Edge cycling computer f... - **Garmin Health SDK** — Mobile SDKs for iOS and Android that pair directly with Garmin wearables over BLE and stream raw real-time sensor data — accelerometer, heart rate, pulse ox, respiration, stress... - **Garmin FIT SDK** — The Flexible and Interoperable Data Transfer (FIT) protocol is Garmin's compact binary file format for sport, fitness, and health data — activities, courses, workouts, monitorin... - **Garmin Golf API** — Premium partner API exposing data from the Garmin Golf app — scorecard data (par, strokes per hole, fairway hits, putts), Garmin launch monitor metrics (ball and club data from ... - **Garmin Navionics Marine Charts and Maps** — Web API and iOS/Android mobile SDK for embedding Navionics marine cartography — HD contour depth data, spot soundings, detailed shorelines, navigational objects, and SonarChart ... - **Garmin inReach Portal Connect** — Enterprise API for organizations to integrate inReach satellite communicator data — two-way messaging, location tracking, MapShare, SOS events — into their own dispatch, fleet, ... - **Garmin ANT Wireless Network** — Garmin (via dynastream) operates the ANT and ANT+ ultra-low-power 2.4GHz wireless protocol used across cycling, running, fitness, and health sensors industry-wide. ANT+ device p... - **Garmin Tacx Trainer Communication** — Communication protocol documentation for controlling Tacx smart trainers (NEO, Flux, Boost line) over ANT+ FE-C and Bluetooth FTMS for indoor cycling and virtual-ride apps (Zwif... - **Garmin Radar Data BLE Program** — BLE GATT service that allows third-party head units, smartphones, and cycling-safety apps to receive vehicle-approach data from Garmin Varia rearview radars (RTL515, RCT715) — v... - **Garmin Aviation Flight Data Log API** — Aviation API for accessing flight data logs (FDL/FDM) generated by Garmin avionics — G1000/G3000/G5000 integrated flight decks and G500/G600 TXi displays — for fleet operators, ... - **Garmin Fleet Management Platform** — Developer integration for Garmin Fleet purpose-built truck and commercial vehicle navigators, enabling dispatch, route, message, and stop integration between Garmin Fleet device... - **Garmin Custom Maps API** — Specification for creating KMZ-based custom maps that load on Garmin outdoor handhelds and fitness watches — used by parks, search-and-rescue teams, race organizers, and event o... ## Security (1) - **Garmin Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC ## Tags GPS, Fitness, Wearables, Outdoor, Connect IQ, Health, Cycling, Marine, Aviation, Automotive, FIT, ANT --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/garmin/). 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