Rachio
Rachio makes smart, WiFi-connected irrigation controllers, Smart Hose Timers and lighting controllers for homes and landscapes. The Rachio Public API lets developers read a person's account, controllers (devices) and irrigation zones, start and stop watering, manage fixed and Flex (weather-adjusted) schedules, set rain delays, and subscribe to real-time webhook events for schedule and zone activity. Requests authenticate with an OAuth2 bearer token retrieved from the Rachio mobile app; the Controller and User API is served at https://api.rach.io/1 and newer product surfaces at https://cloud-rest.rach.io, with a quota of 3,500 requests per day per token.
Rachio publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Public API, Lighting Service API, Program Service API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Company, Smart Home, IoT, Irrigation, and Home Automation.
The Rachio catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Rachio’s developer surface includes signup flow, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, and 24 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IoT and Smart Home | standard | 18.9 (thin) | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
APIs 8
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Rachio Public API
REST API for Rachio smart irrigation controllers, Smart Hose Timers and lighting controllers: read people, devices and zones; start/stop watering; manage schedules and rain dela...
Rachio Lighting Service API
The LightingService API from Rachio — 28 operation(s) for lightingservice.
Rachio Program Service API
The ProgramService API from Rachio — 11 operation(s) for programservice.
Rachio Property Service API
The PropertyService API from Rachio — 3 operation(s) for propertyservice.
Rachio Public API
The Public API from Rachio — 21 operation(s) for public.
Rachio Summary Service API
The SummaryService API from Rachio — 1 operation(s) for summaryservice.
Rachio Valve Service API
The ValveService API from Rachio — 7 operation(s) for valveservice.
Rachio Webhook Service API
The WebhookService API from Rachio — 7 operation(s) for webhookservice.
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Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Rachio Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSEvent Specifications 1
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
Rachio Webhooks
ASYNCAPISemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Rachio Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Rachio API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 21
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
CreateLightingProgramRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateLightingSceneRequest
JSON SCHEMACreatePlannedRunSkipOverridesResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateProgramV2Request
JSON SCHEMACreateSkipOverridesResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateWebhookRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateWebhookResponse
JSON SCHEMADeleteSkipOverridesRequest
JSON SCHEMAFindPropertyByEntityResponse
JSON SCHEMAGetPropertyResponse
JSON SCHEMAGetValveDayViewsRequest
JSON SCHEMAGetWebhookResponse
JSON SCHEMAListPropertiesResponse
JSON SCHEMAListWebhookEventTypesResponse
JSON SCHEMAListWebhooksResponse
JSON SCHEMAUpdateLightingProgramRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateLightingSceneRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateLightingZoneGroupRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateLightingZoneRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateProgramV2Request
JSON SCHEMAUpdateWebhookRequest
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 9
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
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