Palmetto

Palmetto is a clean-energy technology company that helps homeowners and partners adopt solar, HVAC, battery storage, water heaters and financing. For developers and technology partners it publishes three API products under docs.palmetto.com: the Energy Intelligence API (physics-based building energy modeling and solar simulation for any US home, down to hourly granularity and disaggregated to end use), the Energy Platform API (submit customers, designs and pricing into Palmetto's fulfillment pipeline), and the Finance (LightReach) API for financing clean-energy projects, complete with webhooks. Backed by Social Capital.

Palmetto publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Bem API and Health API. Tagged areas include Company, Clean Energy, Solar, Energy, and Building Energy Modeling.

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

Palmetto’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, authentication, and 21 more developer resources.

52.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 61/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
4 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyClean EnergySolarEnergyBuilding Energy ModelingHome EnergyFinancingSustainability

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 52.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 61/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 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 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 4

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

Palmetto Energy Platform API

Submit customers, designs and pricing into Palmetto's transparent, auditable clean-energy fulfillment pipeline.

Palmetto Finance (LightReach) API

Finance solar, storage and other clean-energy projects; includes contracts, documents, organizations, users and a webhook event surface.

Palmetto Bem API

The Bem API from Palmetto — 1 operation(s) for bem.

Palmetto Health API

The Health API from Palmetto — 1 operation(s) for health.

MCP Servers 1

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

palmetto-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

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

Security Posture 2

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

Palmetto Authentication

apiKey/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Palmetto Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

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Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: palmetto
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/palmetto.png
name: Palmetto
description: 'Palmetto is a clean-energy technology company that helps homeowners and partners adopt solar, HVAC, battery
  storage, water heaters and financing. For developers and technology partners it publishes three API products under docs.palmetto.com:
  the Energy Intelligence API (physics-based building energy modeling and solar simulation for any US home, down to hourly
  granularity and disaggregated to end use), the Energy Platform API (submit customers, designs and pricing into Palmetto''s
  fulfillment pipeline), and the Finance (LightReach) API for financing clean-energy projects, complete with webhooks. Backed
  by Social Capital.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/palmetto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- social-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Clean Energy
- Solar
- Energy
- Building Energy Modeling
- Home Energy
- Financing
- Sustainability
apis:
- name: Palmetto Energy Platform API
  description: Submit customers, designs and pricing into Palmetto's transparent, auditable clean-energy fulfillment pipeline.
  humanURL: https://docs.palmetto.com/energy/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://palmetto.energy
  tags:
  - Energy Platform
  - Fulfillment
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/api/energy
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/energy/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/energy/getting-started/
- name: Palmetto Finance (LightReach) API
  description: Finance solar, storage and other clean-energy projects; includes contracts, documents, organizations, users
    and a webhook event surface.
  humanURL: https://docs.palmetto.com/finance/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://palmetto.finance
  tags:
  - Finance
  - LightReach
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/api/finance
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/finance/getting-started/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/finance/getting-started/
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/finance/webhooks/
- aid: palmetto:palmetto-bem-api
  name: Palmetto Bem API
  description: The Bem API from Palmetto — 1 operation(s) for bem.
  humanURL: https://docs.palmetto.com/ei-api/overview/
  baseURL: https://ei.palmetto.com
  tags:
  - Bem
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/palmetto-bem-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/api/ei
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/ei-api/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ei.docs.palmetto.com/docs/getting-started
- aid: palmetto:palmetto-health-api
  name: Palmetto Health API
  description: The Health API from Palmetto — 1 operation(s) for health.
  humanURL: https://docs.palmetto.com/ei-api/overview/
  baseURL: https://ei.palmetto.com
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/palmetto-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/api/ei
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.palmetto.com/ei-api/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://ei.docs.palmetto.com/docs/getting-started
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://palmetto.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.palmetto.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.palmetto.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.palmetto.com/energy/getting-started/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.palmetto.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://palmetto.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/palmetto
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.palmetto.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://palmetto.com/business/energy-intelligence-api
- type: SignUp
  url: https://ei.docs.palmetto.com/docs/getting-started
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://palmetto.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://palmetto.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/palmetto-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/palmetto-domain-security.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/palmetto-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/palmetto-components.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/palmetto-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/palmetto-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/palmetto-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/palmetto-energy-intelligence-overlay.yaml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/palmetto-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/palmetto-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/palmetto-lifecycle.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/palmetto-sandbox.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/palmetto-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/palmetto-data-model.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/palmetto-finance-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/palmetto-model-home-energy.md
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 17
  pass: local-v1