Hydrosat

Hydrosat delivers thermal infrared satellite data and analytics for monitoring resources and detecting change, combining thermal-infrared imaging, proprietary algorithms, and field-tested expertise to support food security, water security, and industrial monitoring across 60+ countries. Its Discovery platform exposes a STAC-compliant (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) API at stac.hydrosat.com serving VZ-1 (Van Zyl-01) thermal and VNIR imagery at processing levels L1A, L1B, and L2, accessible via the Discovery Portal web app, direct download, or the OAuth2-protected STAC API. Products include the IrriWatch irrigation-planning tool and water/crop management solutions.

Hydrosat publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Catalog API, Collections API, Items API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Company, Satellite Imagery, Thermal Infrared, Geospatial, and Earth Observation.

Hydrosat’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, changelog, support, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

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38.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-21 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs

Company Satellite ImageryThermal InfraredGeospatial Earth Observation Remote Sensing STAC Agriculture Water Management Data

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-21 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 38.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 9.4 / 20

Access Clarity 4.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

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 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 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 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

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APIs 5

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

Hydrosat Catalog API

The Catalog API from Hydrosat — 2 operation(s) for catalog.

Hydrosat Collections API

The Collections API from Hydrosat — 2 operation(s) for collections.

Hydrosat Items API

The Items API from Hydrosat — 2 operation(s) for items.

Hydrosat Queryables API

The Queryables API from Hydrosat — 2 operation(s) for queryables.

Hydrosat Search API

The Search API from Hydrosat — 1 operation(s) for search.

Open Collections 6

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Hydrosat STAC Catalog API

OPEN COLLECTION

Hydrosat STAC Catalog Collections API

OPEN COLLECTION

Hydrosat STAC Catalog Items API

OPEN COLLECTION

Hydrosat STAC Catalog Queryables API

OPEN COLLECTION

Hydrosat STAC Catalog Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Security Posture 2

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

Hydrosat Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Hydrosat Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: hydrosat
name: Hydrosat
description: Hydrosat delivers thermal infrared satellite data and analytics for monitoring resources and detecting change,
  combining thermal-infrared imaging, proprietary algorithms, and field-tested expertise to support food security, water security,
  and industrial monitoring across 60+ countries. Its Discovery platform exposes a STAC-compliant (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog)
  API at stac.hydrosat.com serving VZ-1 (Van Zyl-01) thermal and VNIR imagery at processing levels L1A, L1B, and L2, accessible
  via the Discovery Portal web app, direct download, or the OAuth2-protected STAC API. Products include the IrriWatch irrigation-planning
  tool and water/crop management solutions.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hydrosat/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
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: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://hydrosat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Field-Irrigation-Planning-2.png
tags:
- Company
- Satellite Imagery
- Thermal Infrared
- Geospatial
- Earth Observation
- Remote Sensing
- STAC
- Agriculture
- Water Management
- Data
apis:
- aid: hydrosat:hydrosat-catalog-api
  name: Hydrosat Catalog API
  description: The Catalog API from Hydrosat — 2 operation(s) for catalog.
  humanURL: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-reference-and-specification
  baseURL: https://stac.hydrosat.com
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hydrosat-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hydrosat-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hydrosat-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hydrosat-conformance.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hydrosat-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hydrosat-data-model.yml
- aid: hydrosat:hydrosat-collections-api
  name: Hydrosat Collections API
  description: The Collections API from Hydrosat — 2 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-reference-and-specification
  baseURL: https://stac.hydrosat.com
  tags:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - Collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hydrosat-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hydrosat-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hydrosat-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hydrosat-conformance.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hydrosat-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hydrosat-data-model.yml
- aid: hydrosat:hydrosat-items-api
  name: Hydrosat Items API
  description: The Items API from Hydrosat — 2 operation(s) for items.
  humanURL: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-reference-and-specification
  baseURL: https://stac.hydrosat.com
  tags:
  - Item
  tags_raw:
  - Items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hydrosat-items-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hydrosat-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hydrosat-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hydrosat-conformance.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hydrosat-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hydrosat-data-model.yml
- aid: hydrosat:hydrosat-queryables-api
  name: Hydrosat Queryables API
  description: The Queryables API from Hydrosat — 2 operation(s) for queryables.
  humanURL: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-reference-and-specification
  baseURL: https://stac.hydrosat.com
  tags:
  - Queryables
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hydrosat-queryables-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hydrosat-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hydrosat-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hydrosat-conformance.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hydrosat-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hydrosat-data-model.yml
- aid: hydrosat:hydrosat-search-api
  name: Hydrosat Search API
  description: The Search API from Hydrosat — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-reference-and-specification
  baseURL: https://stac.hydrosat.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hydrosat-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hydrosat-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hydrosat-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hydrosat-conformance.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hydrosat-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hydrosat-data-model.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/hydrosat-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/hydrosat-stac-overlay.yaml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://discover.hydrosat.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-reference-and-specification
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://satdocs.hydrosat.com/stac-api-how-to-guides
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/hydrosat-authentication.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/hydrosat-llms.txt
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/hydrosat-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.hydrosat.com/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/hydrosat-changelog.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://hydrosat.com/contact/
- type: Blog
  url: https://hydrosat.com/stories-blogs/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Hydrosat
- type: SignUp
  url: https://discover.hydrosat.com/login
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://hydrosat.com/privacy-policy/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hydrosat-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://hydrosat.com/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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