Nest

Nest is Google's smart home brand — thermostats, cameras, doorbells, and the Nest Hub — originally founded as Nest Labs (a Lightspeed Venture Partners portfolio company) and acquired by Google. Developers integrate with authorized Nest devices through the Google Nest Device Access program and its Smart Device Management (SDM) API, a Google Cloud REST API authorized with Google OAuth 2.0. The API lets partner apps list structures, rooms, and devices, read device traits (temperature, humidity, camera, doorbell), and execute trait commands, with asynchronous device events delivered via Google Cloud Pub/Sub. The legacy "Works with Nest" API was retired and superseded by Device Access.

Nest publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Hardware, Smart Home, IoT, and Home Automation.

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

Nest’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, signup flow, pricing, authentication, and 19 more developer resources.

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42.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyHardwareSmart HomeIoTHome AutomationThermostatGoogleDevice Access

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 42.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 5.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 14.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 1

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

Smart Device Management (SDM) API

Google Nest Device Access REST API for accessing, controlling, and managing authorized Nest devices (thermostats, cameras, doorbells, Hub Max) via enterprises/structures/rooms/d...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Nest Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

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

MCPServer

MCPServer

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Lifecycle

Conformance

Webhooks

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

Deprecation

Deprecation

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: nest
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
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/nest.png
name: Nest
description: Nest is Google's smart home brand — thermostats, cameras, doorbells, and the Nest Hub — originally founded as
  Nest Labs (a Lightspeed Venture Partners portfolio company) and acquired by Google. Developers integrate with authorized
  Nest devices through the Google Nest Device Access program and its Smart Device Management (SDM) API, a Google Cloud REST
  API authorized with Google OAuth 2.0. The API lets partner apps list structures, rooms, and devices, read device traits
  (temperature, humidity, camera, doorbell), and execute trait commands, with asynchronous device events delivered via Google
  Cloud Pub/Sub. The legacy "Works with Nest" API was retired and superseded by Device Access.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nest/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: lightspeed-venture-partners-portfolio
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
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  artifacts_added: 0
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tags:
- Company
- Hardware
- Smart Home
- IoT
- Home Automation
- Thermostat
- Google
- Device Access
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Smart Device Management (SDM) API
  description: Google Nest Device Access REST API for accessing, controlling, and managing authorized Nest devices (thermostats,
    cameras, doorbells, Hub Max) via enterprises/structures/rooms/devices resources and a device executeCommand method.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
  baseURL: https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/reference/rest
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/get-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/nest-authentication.yml
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nest-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://nest.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/reference/rest
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/registration
- type: Support
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/support
- type: SignUp
  url: https://console.nest.google.com/device-access
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/registration
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developers.google.com/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nest-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/nest-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/nest-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/nest-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/nest-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/nest-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/nest-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/nest-conformance.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/nest-mcp.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/nest-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/nest-packages.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/nest-events.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/nest-llms.txt