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Siemens MindSphere

Siemens MindSphere (now Insights Hub) is Siemens' Industrial IoT as a Service platform that connects industrial machines and assets to the cloud. It enables companies to harness the wealth of data generated by their operations through APIs for asset management, time series data ingestion, event management, file services, identity management, and agent connectivity. MindSphere supports digital twin creation and industrial analytics use cases across manufacturing, energy, transportation, and infrastructure.

Siemens MindSphere publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Aspect Types API, Asset Types API, Assets API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include IoT, Industrial, Digital Twin, Time Series, and Asset Management.

The Siemens MindSphere catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Siemens MindSphere’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, GitHub presence, and 7 more developer resources.

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50.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessEnterpriseSelf serve
9 APIs
IoTIndustrialDigital TwinTime SeriesAsset ManagementIndustrial IoTInsights Hub

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Composite quality — 50.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 20.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · 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 7 / 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 9

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

Siemens MindSphere Identity Management API

Manages environments, users, and groups within MindSphere (Insights Hub). Provides user provisioning, group membership management, and role assignment for industrial IoT platfor...

Siemens MindSphere IoT File Service API

File management service for files related to IoT assets. Enables uploading, downloading, and managing files attached to asset instances such as firmware images, configuration fi...

Siemens MindSphere Event Management API

The Event Management Service captures and manages events generated by industrial devices in MindSphere. Events represent significant occurrences such as alarms, machine state ch...

Siemens MindSphere Agent Management API

API to onboard, offboard, update, and delete MindConnect agents that act as gateways connecting field devices to the MindSphere platform. Manages agent configurations and certif...

Siemens MindConnect Node.js SDK

TypeScript and JavaScript community SDK for Industrial IoT APIs providing convenient wrappers around the MindSphere REST APIs for asset management, time series, file upload, and...

Siemens MindSphere Aspect Types API

Aspect type (data model template) management

Siemens MindSphere Asset Types API

Asset type definition management

Siemens MindSphere Assets API

Asset instance management

Siemens MindSphere Timeseries API

Time-series data read and write operations

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Open Collections 2

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

Siemens MindSphere Asset Management API

OPEN COLLECTION

Siemens MindSphere IoT Time Series API

OPEN COLLECTION

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Siemens MindSphere GraphQL API

Siemens MindSphere is an industrial IoT platform. The API covers asset management, time series data ingestion and retrieval, IoT connectivity, analytics pipelines, digital twin ...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Siemens Mindsphere Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Siemens Mindsphere Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Siemens Mindsphere Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Siemens Mindsphere Context

23 classes · 11 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Siemens MindSphere API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 20

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

AspectRef

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AspectType

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AspectTypeCreate

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AspectTypeListResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MindSphere Asset

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AssetCreate

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AssetListResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AssetType

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AssetTypeCreate

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AssetTypeListResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AssetUpdate

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ErrorResponse

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

HALLinks

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Location

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PageMetadata

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MindSphere Time Series Data Point

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TimeseriesDataPoint

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TimeseriesInput

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VariableDefinition

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VariableValue

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Siemens Mindsphere Asset Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Siemens Mindsphere Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Siemens Mindsphere Ingest Timeseries Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Siemens Mindsphere List Assets Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

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

Siemens Mindsphere Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Siemens Mindsphere Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Siemens Mindsphere Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Siemens Mindsphere Agentic Access

14 operations · 8 acting

14 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: siemens-mindsphere
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apis:
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:identity-management-api
  name: Siemens MindSphere Identity Management API
  tags:
  - Identity
  - Access Management
  - Users
  - Industrial
  humanURL: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/core-identitymanagement/api-identitymanagement-overview.html
  properties:
  - url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/core-identitymanagement/api-identitymanagement-overview.html
    type: Documentation
  description: Manages environments, users, and groups within MindSphere (Insights Hub). Provides user provisioning, group
    membership management, and role assignment for industrial IoT platform access control.
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:iot-file-service-api
  name: Siemens MindSphere IoT File Service API
  tags:
  - IoT
  - File Management
  - Storage
  - Industrial
  humanURL: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/iot-iotfile/api-iotfile-overview.html
  properties:
  - url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/iot-iotfile/api-iotfile-overview.html
    type: Documentation
  description: File management service for files related to IoT assets. Enables uploading, downloading, and managing files
    attached to asset instances such as firmware images, configuration files, and maintenance records.
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:event-management-api
  name: Siemens MindSphere Event Management API
  tags:
  - IoT
  - Events
  - Alerts
  - Industrial
  humanURL: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-eventmanagement/api-eventmanagement-overview.html
  properties:
  - url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-eventmanagement/api-eventmanagement-overview.html
    type: Documentation
  description: The Event Management Service captures and manages events generated by industrial devices in MindSphere. Events
    represent significant occurrences such as alarms, machine state changes, maintenance triggers, and threshold violations
    from connected industrial equipment.
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:agent-management-api
  name: Siemens MindSphere Agent Management API
  tags:
  - IoT
  - Connectivity
  - Agent
  - Industrial
  humanURL: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/connectivity-agentmanagement/api-agentmanagement-overview.html
  properties:
  - url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/connectivity-agentmanagement/api-agentmanagement-overview.html
    type: Documentation
  description: API to onboard, offboard, update, and delete MindConnect agents that act as gateways connecting field devices
    to the MindSphere platform. Manages agent configurations and certificates for secure connectivity.
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:mindconnect-nodejs-sdk
  name: Siemens MindConnect Node.js SDK
  tags:
  - SDK
  - Node.js
  - TypeScript
  - IoT
  - Connectivity
  humanURL: https://developer.siemens.com/industrial-iot-open-source/mindconnect-nodejs/sdk/index.html
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.siemens.com/industrial-iot-open-source/mindconnect-nodejs/sdk/index.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/mindsphere/mindconnect-nodejs
    type: GitHub
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mindconnect/mindconnect-nodejs
    type: SDKs
  description: TypeScript and JavaScript community SDK for Industrial IoT APIs providing convenient wrappers around the MindSphere
    REST APIs for asset management, time series, file upload, and event management.
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:siemens-mindsphere-aspect-types-api
  name: Siemens MindSphere Aspect Types API
  description: Aspect type (data model template) management
  humanURL: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-assetmanagement/api-assetmanagement-overview.html
  baseURL: https://gateway.eu1.mindsphere.io/api/assetmanagement/v3
  tags:
  - Aspect Types
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/siemens-mindsphere-aspect-types-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-assetmanagement/api-assetmanagement-overview.html
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/siemens-mindsphere-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/industrial-iot-monitoring.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/siemens-mindsphere-asset-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/siemens-mindsphere-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/siemens-mindsphere-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/siemens-mindsphere-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/iot-iottimeseries/api-iottimeseries-overview.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/siemens-mindsphere-timeseries-schema.json
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:siemens-mindsphere-asset-types-api
  name: Siemens MindSphere Asset Types API
  description: Asset type definition management
  humanURL: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-assetmanagement/api-assetmanagement-overview.html
  baseURL: https://gateway.eu1.mindsphere.io/api/assetmanagement/v3
  tags:
  - Asset Types
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/siemens-mindsphere-asset-types-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-assetmanagement/api-assetmanagement-overview.html
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/siemens-mindsphere-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/industrial-iot-monitoring.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/siemens-mindsphere-asset-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/siemens-mindsphere-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/siemens-mindsphere-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/siemens-mindsphere-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/iot-iottimeseries/api-iottimeseries-overview.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/siemens-mindsphere-timeseries-schema.json
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:siemens-mindsphere-assets-api
  name: Siemens MindSphere Assets API
  description: Asset instance management
  humanURL: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-assetmanagement/api-assetmanagement-overview.html
  baseURL: https://gateway.eu1.mindsphere.io/api/assetmanagement/v3
  tags:
  - Assets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/siemens-mindsphere-assets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-assetmanagement/api-assetmanagement-overview.html
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/siemens-mindsphere-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/industrial-iot-monitoring.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/siemens-mindsphere-asset-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/siemens-mindsphere-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/siemens-mindsphere-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/siemens-mindsphere-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/iot-iottimeseries/api-iottimeseries-overview.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/siemens-mindsphere-timeseries-schema.json
- aid: siemens-mindsphere:siemens-mindsphere-timeseries-api
  name: Siemens MindSphere Timeseries API
  description: Time-series data read and write operations
  humanURL: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-assetmanagement/api-assetmanagement-overview.html
  baseURL: https://gateway.eu1.mindsphere.io/api/assetmanagement/v3
  tags:
  - Timeseries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/siemens-mindsphere-timeseries-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/advanced-assetmanagement/api-assetmanagement-overview.html
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/siemens-mindsphere-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/industrial-iot-monitoring.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/siemens-mindsphere-asset-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/siemens-mindsphere-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/siemens-mindsphere-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/siemens-mindsphere-graphql.md
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/apis/iot-iottimeseries/api-iottimeseries-overview.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/siemens-mindsphere-timeseries-schema.json
name: Siemens MindSphere
tags:
- IoT
- Industrial
- Digital Twin
- Time Series
- Asset Management
- Industrial IoT
- Insights Hub
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/siemens-mindsphere.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
segments:
- Industrial IoT
- Asset Management
- Time Series Data
description: Siemens MindSphere (now Insights Hub) is Siemens' Industrial IoT as a Service platform that connects industrial
  machines and assets to the cloud. It enables companies to harness the wealth of data generated by their operations through
  APIs for asset management, time series data ingestion, event management, file services, identity management, and agent connectivity.
  MindSphere supports digital twin creation and industrial analytics use cases across manufacturing, energy, transportation,
  and infrastructure.
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/siemens-mindsphere-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/siemens-mindsphere-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/siemens-mindsphere-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/siemens-mindsphere-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://siemens.com/mindsphere
- type: Documentation
  url: https://documentation.mindsphere.io/MindSphere/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.siemens.com/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/mindsphere
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://siemens.mindsphere.io/en/terms
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developer.siemens.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'