Nine Fives

Nine Fives builds modern, simple-to-use RF (radio frequency) test equipment for next-generation spacecraft, drones, and cellphones. Founded in 2025 by Andrew Kurtz and Noah Levy — RF hardware engineers who spent a decade at SpaceX designing radios and test systems for Falcon 9, Dragon, and Starship — the Y Combinator-backed company sells programmable, network-connected instruments: the POE-ATTEN-6G programmable attenuator and the POE-SWITCH-6G programmable SPDT switch, powered over USB-C or Power over Ethernet. Each instrument is automation-first: it serves a JSON REST API and a SCPI command interface (raw TCP and HiSLIP/IVI-6.1) directly on the device, plus a browser Web UI and touchscreen, with no drivers to install — control it with a plain curl command. The NineVue platform adds version-controlled test-rack configuration and an LLM skill that turns a rack drawing into functional test-automation code.

Nine Fives publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Attenuator API, Firmware API, Network API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Company, RF Test Equipment, Test and Measurement, Hardware, and IoT.

Nine Fives’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, signup flow, authentication, and 14 more developer resources.

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29.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

5 APIs

CompanyRF Test EquipmentTest and Measurement Hardware IoT Instrumentation Automation AerospaceAttenuatorRF SwitchSCPI

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 29.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 2.6 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 10.6 / 18

Access Clarity 4.3 / 18

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 12

Contract Governance 2.0 / 11

Discoverability 7.3 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

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 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 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 5 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 5

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

Nine Fives Attenuator API

Attenuation setpoint control

Nine Fives Firmware API

Firmware status and dual-slot (A/B) updates

Nine Fives Network API

Ethernet and USB-C interface configuration

Nine Fives Switch API

SPDT switch state control

Nine Fives System API

Device status and reboot

Open Collections 6

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Nine Fives Programmable REST Attenuator API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nine Fives Programmable REST Attenuator Firmware API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nine Fives Programmable REST Attenuator Network API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nine Fives Programmable REST Attenuator Switch API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nine Fives Programmable REST Attenuator System API

OPEN COLLECTION

Security Posture 2

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

Nine Fives Authentication

none · 0 schemes

SECURITY

Nine Fives Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · 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 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

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: nine-fives
name: Nine Fives
description: 'Nine Fives builds modern, simple-to-use RF (radio frequency) test equipment for next-generation spacecraft,
  drones, and cellphones. Founded in 2025 by Andrew Kurtz and Noah Levy — RF hardware engineers who spent a decade at SpaceX
  designing radios and test systems for Falcon 9, Dragon, and Starship — the Y Combinator-backed company sells programmable,
  network-connected instruments: the POE-ATTEN-6G programmable attenuator and the POE-SWITCH-6G programmable SPDT switch,
  powered over USB-C or Power over Ethernet. Each instrument is automation-first: it serves a JSON REST API and a SCPI command
  interface (raw TCP and HiSLIP/IVI-6.1) directly on the device, plus a browser Web UI and touchscreen, with no drivers to
  install — control it with a plain curl command. The NineVue platform adds version-controlled test-rack configuration and
  an LLM skill that turns a rack drawing into functional test-automation code.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nine-fives/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://ninefives.com/cdn/shop/files/NineFivesLogo.svg?v=1775235707
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: has-device-api
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- RF Test Equipment
- Test and Measurement
- Hardware
- IoT
- Instrumentation
- Automation
- Aerospace
- Attenuator
- RF Switch
- SCPI
apis:
- aid: nine-fives:nine-fives-attenuator-api
  name: Nine Fives Attenuator API
  description: Attenuation setpoint control
  humanURL: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  baseURL: http://192.168.0.95
  tags:
  - Attenuator
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nine-fives-attenuator-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/rest-api/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/rest-api/overview/
- aid: nine-fives:nine-fives-firmware-api
  name: Nine Fives Firmware API
  description: Firmware status and dual-slot (A/B) updates
  humanURL: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  baseURL: http://192.168.0.95
  tags:
  - Firmware
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nine-fives-firmware-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/rest-api/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/rest-api/overview/
- aid: nine-fives:nine-fives-network-api
  name: Nine Fives Network API
  description: Ethernet and USB-C interface configuration
  humanURL: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  baseURL: http://192.168.0.95
  tags:
  - Network
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nine-fives-network-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/rest-api/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/rest-api/overview/
- aid: nine-fives:nine-fives-switch-api
  name: Nine Fives Switch API
  description: SPDT switch state control
  humanURL: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  baseURL: http://192.168.0.95
  tags:
  - Switch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nine-fives-switch-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/rest-api/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/rest-api/overview/
- aid: nine-fives:nine-fives-system-api
  name: Nine Fives System API
  description: Device status and reboot
  humanURL: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  baseURL: http://192.168.0.95
  tags:
  - System
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nine-fives-system-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/rest-api/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/getting-started/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.ninefives.com/switch/rest-api/overview/
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/nine-fives-attenuator-overlay.yaml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nine-fives-domain-security.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://ninefives.com/pages/documentation
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.ninefives.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/rest-api/overview/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.ninefives.com/attenuator/getting-started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.ninefives.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://ninefives.com/pages/contact
- type: SignUp
  url: https://ninefives.com/account/login
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://ninefives.com/policies/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://ninefives.com
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nine-fives-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/nine-fives-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/nine-fives-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/nine-fives-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/nine-fives-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/nine-fives-data-model.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/nine-fives-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/nine-fives-llms.txt
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/nine-fives-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: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 20
  pass: local-v1

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