LIFX

LIFX designs and manufactures smart lighting products that can be controlled via Wi‑Fi without a hub. Their platform includes an HTTP Remote Control API for developers to integrate lighting control into applications, automations, and services. The API provides endpoints for listing lights, setting states, applying effects, and managing scenes, with authentication, rate‑limit, and error handling documentation.

LIFX publishes 3 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network: Color API, Lights API, and Scenes API. Tagged areas include Smart Lighting, Wi‑Fi Bulbs, Home Automation, and Lighting Fixtures.

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

LIFX’s developer surface includes authentication, support, documentation, API reference, and 28 more developer resources.

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43.6/100 developing Agent 34/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract 1 Agent Skills

Smart LightingWi‑Fi BulbsHome AutomationLighting Fixtures

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 43.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.1 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 8.8 / 17

Access Clarity 3.6 / 17

Operational Transparency 5.8 / 11

Contract Governance 1.9 / 10

Discoverability 5.0 / 9

Regulatory Posture 4.6 / 15

Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 5 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

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The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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

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)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too

4 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Access Clarity scores 21.1 — up to +15.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 47.3 — up to +13.2 composite points
Contract Governance scores 18.2 — up to +9.8 composite points

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APIs 3

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

LIFX Color API

The Color API from LIFX — 1 operation(s) for color.

LIFX Lights API

The Lights API from LIFX — 16 operation(s) for lights.

LIFX Scenes API

The Scenes API from LIFX — 2 operation(s) for scenes.

Agent Skills 1

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

lifx-set-light-state

AGENT SKILL

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Lifx Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

LIFX API Rules

11 rules · 8 errors 2 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

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

Lifx Authentication

2 schemes

SECURITY

Lifx Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Lifx Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Lifx Agentic Access

19 operations · 16 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

Spectral

ErrorCatalog

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

SDKs

SDKs

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 10

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityTxt

Security

Authentication

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

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Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Newsroom

Newsroom

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: lifx
name: LIFX
image: http://www.lifx.com/cdn/shop/files/LIFX_BrandImage_T1-logo.jpg?v=1773807872
description: LIFX designs and manufactures smart lighting products that can be controlled via Wi‑Fi without a hub. Their platform
  includes an HTTP Remote Control API for developers to integrate lighting control into applications, automations, and services.
  The API provides endpoints for listing lights, setting states, applying effects, and managing scenes, with authentication,
  rate‑limit, and error handling documentation.
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/lifx/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:new-submission
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-10-28 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-28'
modified: '2026-10-28'
tags:
- Smart Lighting
- Wi‑Fi Bulbs
- Home Automation
- Lighting Fixtures
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/lifx-lifx-security.txt
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/lifx-agentic-access.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/lifx-rate-limits.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/lifx-rules.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.lifx.com/pages/privacy-security-responsible-disclosure-of-security-vulnerabilities
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/lifx-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/lifx-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/lifx-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/lifx-llms.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/lifx-www-security.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/lifx-status-security.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/lifx-security.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/lifx-security-security.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/lifx-app-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/lifx-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/lifx-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/lifx-vendors.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/lifx-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/lifx-packages.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.lifx.com/policies/terms-of-service
- type: Support
  url: https://support.lifx.com/hc/en-us
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.lifx.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.lifx.com/policies/privacy-policy
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.lifx.com/pages/press
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/LIFX
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/lifx-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lifx-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://lifx.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://api.developer.lifx.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.developer.lifx.com/llms.txt
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.developer.lifx.com/reference/introduction.md
apis:
- aid: lifx:lifx-color-api
  name: LIFX Color API
  description: The Color API from LIFX — 1 operation(s) for color.
  humanURL: https://api.developer.lifx.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.lifx.com/v1
  tags:
  - Color
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lifx-color-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lifx:lifx-lights-api
  name: LIFX Lights API
  description: The Lights API from LIFX — 16 operation(s) for lights.
  humanURL: https://api.developer.lifx.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.lifx.com/v1
  tags:
  - Lights
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lifx-lights-api-openapi.yml
- aid: lifx:lifx-scenes-api
  name: LIFX Scenes API
  description: The Scenes API from LIFX — 2 operation(s) for scenes.
  humanURL: https://api.developer.lifx.com/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://api.lifx.com/v1
  tags:
  - Scenes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lifx-scenes-api-openapi.yml
x-submission-probe: 301 https://www.lifx.com/, 2026-10-26
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-28'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 30
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

LIFX API — frequently asked questions

Does LIFX have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 3 APIs from LIFX, including LIFX Color API, LIFX Lights API and LIFX Scenes API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the LIFX API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for LIFX, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the LIFX API?

LIFX uses bearer-token authentication (2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Lifx Authentication.

Is the LIFX API ready for AI agents?

LIFX has a Kin Score of 43.6 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 34.2 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-10-31.

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