# Nest

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nest/  
**Website:** https://nest.com  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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 The legacy "Works with Nest" API was retired and superseded by Device Access.

## Kin Score — 46.8 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 46.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 45.1 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 63.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 44.7 |
| Access Clarity | 44.7 |

## Agent readiness — 33.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | yes |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **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)

- **Nest MCP Server**

## Security (2)

- **Nest Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Nest Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Hardware, Smart Home, IoT, Home Automation, Thermostat, Google, Device Access

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nest/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.