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Rainbow.AI

Rainbow.AI provides hyperlocal precipitation forecasting APIs that deliver minute-by-minute rain and snow predictions at 1 km resolution, helping businesses and developers optimize weather-sensitive operations with accurate nowcast and map tile data globally.

Rainbow.AI publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Nowcast API, Radar API, Snapshots API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Weather, Precipitation, Forecasting, Nowcast, and Radar.

The Rainbow.AI catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Rainbow.AI’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, pricing, and 11 more developer resources.

58.0/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 38/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
WeatherPrecipitationForecastingNowcastRadarTilesGeospatial

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 58.0/100 · strong
Contract Quality 18.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

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

Rainbow.AI Nowcast API

Minute-by-minute precipitation forecasting operations

Rainbow.AI Radar API

Real-time radar data operations

Rainbow.AI Snapshots API

Map snapshot and static image operations

Rainbow.AI Tiles API

Weather map tile retrieval operations

Postman Collections 4

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Open Collections 2

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

Rainbow.AI Nowcast API

OPEN COLLECTION

Rainbow.AI Tiles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rainbow Ai Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Rainbow Ai Context

5 classes · 11 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Rainbow.AI API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Rainbow.AI API Rules

8 rules · 2 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Rainbow.AI Nowcast Response

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rainbow Ai Nowcast Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 2

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

Rainbow Ai Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Rainbow Ai Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Rainbow Ai Agentic Access

5 operations

5 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: rainbow-ai
name: Rainbow.AI
description: Rainbow.AI provides hyperlocal precipitation forecasting APIs that deliver minute-by-minute rain and snow predictions
  at 1 km resolution, helping businesses and developers optimize weather-sensitive operations with accurate nowcast and map
  tile data globally.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rainbow-ai.png
tags:
- Weather
- Precipitation
- Forecasting
- Nowcast
- Radar
- Tiles
- Geospatial
created: '2025-02-06'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rainbow-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: rainbow-ai:rainbow-ai-nowcast-api
  name: Rainbow.AI Nowcast API
  description: Minute-by-minute precipitation forecasting operations
  humanURL: https://doc.rainbow.ai
  baseURL: https://api.rainbow.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Nowcast
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rainbow-ai-nowcast-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.rainbow.ai
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rainbow-ai-nowcast-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rainbow-ai-nowcast-structure.json
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.rainbow.ai/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.rainbow.ai/business
- aid: rainbow-ai:rainbow-ai-radar-api
  name: Rainbow.AI Radar API
  description: Real-time radar data operations
  humanURL: https://doc.rainbow.ai
  baseURL: https://api.rainbow.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Radar
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rainbow-ai-radar-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.rainbow.ai
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rainbow-ai-nowcast-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rainbow-ai-nowcast-structure.json
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.rainbow.ai/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.rainbow.ai/business
- aid: rainbow-ai:rainbow-ai-snapshots-api
  name: Rainbow.AI Snapshots API
  description: Map snapshot and static image operations
  humanURL: https://doc.rainbow.ai
  baseURL: https://api.rainbow.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Snapshots
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rainbow-ai-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.rainbow.ai
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rainbow-ai-nowcast-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rainbow-ai-nowcast-structure.json
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.rainbow.ai/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.rainbow.ai/business
- aid: rainbow-ai:rainbow-ai-tiles-api
  name: Rainbow.AI Tiles API
  description: Weather map tile retrieval operations
  humanURL: https://doc.rainbow.ai
  baseURL: https://api.rainbow.ai/v1
  tags:
  - Tiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rainbow-ai-tiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.rainbow.ai
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rainbow-ai-nowcast-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rainbow-ai-nowcast-structure.json
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.rainbow.ai/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.rainbow.ai/business
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/rainbowai/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/rainbow-ai-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rainbow-ai-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/rainbow-ai-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Rainbow-AI
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rainbowai
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rainbow.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://doc.rainbow.ai
- type: Signup
  url: https://developer.rainbow.ai/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.rainbow.ai/business
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developer.rainbow.ai/terms-of-service
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.rainbow.ai
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/rainbow-ai-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/rainbow-ai-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/rainbow-ai-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com