# Rachio

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

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.

## Kin Score — 41.3 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 45.1 |
| Governance | 4.5 |
| Contract Governance | 4.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 58.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 31.6 |
| Access Clarity | 31.6 |

## Agent readiness — 36.5 (agent-ready)

| 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 | documented |
| 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)

- **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...

## MCP servers (1)

- **Rachio MCP Server** — Candidate MCP server tool surface derived from the documented Rachio Public API operations. Rachio does not publish an official hosted/remote MCP server; this is a governance st...

## Security (2)

- **Rachio Authentication** — oauth2/http · 1 scheme
- **Rachio Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Smart Home, IoT, Irrigation, Home Automation, Water Management, Webhook

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