Paedae

Paedae is the company behind the Gimbal proximity and location platform (a 500 Global portfolio company; paedae.com now redirects to gimbal.com, operated under Infillion). Gimbal provides beacons, geofencing, and a proximity SDK for iOS and Android, plus a Gimbal Manager REST API to manage applications, places, beacons, beacon configurations, and location-triggered communications. Beacon sighting events (Arrived/Departed/Sighted) are delivered via HTTP callbacks. This profile was enriched from the live Gimbal developer surface at docs.gimbal.com and manager.gimbal.com.

Paedae publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Applications API, Beacon Configurations API, Beacons API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Company, Proximity, Location, Beacons, and Geofencing.

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

Paedae’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, developer portal, signup flow, support, and 10 more developer resources.

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39.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
5 APIs
CompanyProximityLocationBeaconsGeofencingMobile SDKAdvertisingMarketing

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 39.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 16.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 5

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

Paedae Applications API

The Applications API from Paedae — 2 operation(s) for applications.

Paedae Beacon Configurations API

The Beacon Configurations API from Paedae — 2 operation(s) for beacon configurations.

Paedae Beacons API

The Beacons API from Paedae — 4 operation(s) for beacons.

Paedae Communications API

The Communications API from Paedae — 7 operation(s) for communications.

Paedae Places API

The Places API from Paedae — 2 operation(s) for places.

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Paedae Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Paedae Authentication

2 schemes

SECURITY

Paedae Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Paedae Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Portal
Portal
 SignUp
SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 WellKnown
WellKnown

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: paedae
name: Paedae
description: Paedae is the company behind the Gimbal proximity and location platform (a 500 Global portfolio company; paedae.com
  now redirects to gimbal.com, operated under Infillion). Gimbal provides beacons, geofencing, and a proximity SDK for iOS
  and Android, plus a Gimbal Manager REST API to manage applications, places, beacons, beacon configurations, and location-triggered
  communications. Beacon sighting events (Arrived/Departed/Sighted) are delivered via HTTP callbacks. This profile was enriched
  from the live Gimbal developer surface at docs.gimbal.com and manager.gimbal.com.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/paedae/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: live-api-surface
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: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Proximity
- Location
- Beacons
- Geofencing
- Mobile SDK
- Advertising
- Marketing
image: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/paedae/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: paedae:paedae-applications-api
  name: Paedae Applications API
  description: The Applications API from Paedae — 2 operation(s) for applications.
  humanURL: https://docs.gimbal.com/rest.html
  baseURL: https://manager.gimbal.com/api
  tags:
  - Applications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/paedae-applications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/paedae-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/paedae-problem-types.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/paedae-webhooks.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/paedae-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/paedae-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/paedae-conformance.yml
- aid: paedae:paedae-beacon-configurations-api
  name: Paedae Beacon Configurations API
  description: The Beacon Configurations API from Paedae — 2 operation(s) for beacon configurations.
  humanURL: https://docs.gimbal.com/rest.html
  baseURL: https://manager.gimbal.com/api
  tags:
  - Beacon Configurations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/paedae-beacon-configurations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/paedae-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/paedae-problem-types.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/paedae-webhooks.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/paedae-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/paedae-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/paedae-conformance.yml
- aid: paedae:paedae-beacons-api
  name: Paedae Beacons API
  description: The Beacons API from Paedae — 4 operation(s) for beacons.
  humanURL: https://docs.gimbal.com/rest.html
  baseURL: https://manager.gimbal.com/api
  tags:
  - Beacons
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/paedae-beacons-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/paedae-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/paedae-problem-types.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/paedae-webhooks.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/paedae-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/paedae-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/paedae-conformance.yml
- aid: paedae:paedae-communications-api
  name: Paedae Communications API
  description: The Communications API from Paedae — 7 operation(s) for communications.
  humanURL: https://docs.gimbal.com/rest.html
  baseURL: https://manager.gimbal.com/api
  tags:
  - Communications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/paedae-communications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/paedae-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/paedae-problem-types.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/paedae-webhooks.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/paedae-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/paedae-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/paedae-conformance.yml
- aid: paedae:paedae-places-api
  name: Paedae Places API
  description: The Places API from Paedae — 2 operation(s) for places.
  humanURL: https://docs.gimbal.com/rest.html
  baseURL: https://manager.gimbal.com/api
  tags:
  - Places
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/paedae-places-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/paedae-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/paedae-problem-types.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/paedae-webhooks.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/paedae-data-model.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/paedae-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/paedae-conformance.yml
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/paedae-domain-security.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/paedae-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.gimbal.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.gimbal.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.gimbal.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.gimbal.com/rest.html
- type: Portal
  url: https://manager.gimbal.com
- type: SignUp
  url: https://manager.gimbal.com
- type: Support
  url: https://support.gimbal.com/hc/en-us/
- type: StatusPage
  url: http://status.gimbal.com
- type: Packages
  url: packages/paedae-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/paedae-packages.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/paedae-lifecycle.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/paedae-well-known.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 16
  pass: local-v1