# Skydio

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/skydio/  
**Website:** https://www.skydio.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Skydio is a U.S. manufacturer of autonomous drones for public safety, defense, and enterprise customers, building self-flying aircraft such as the X10, X10D, X2, and S2+ along with the Skydio Cloud platform for fleet management, mission planning, live telemetry, and media sync. Skydio exposes a public REST API through Skydio Cloud (apidocs.skydio.com) for managing vehicles, docks, flights, missions, media, alerts, webhooks, and users, alongside on-vehicle integration interfaces such as the Control & Telemetry ICD, Android Intent API, and Attachment ICD for partners and developers.

## Kin Score — 41.5 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 72.2 |
| Contract Quality | 55.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 44.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 36.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 35.5 |
| Access Clarity | 35.5 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **Skydio Cloud API** — The Skydio Cloud API is an HTTP-based REST API with JSON request and response bodies that lets developers manage Skydio drone fleets programmatically. It covers vehicles, docks,...
- **Skydio Control & Telemetry ICD** — Real-time command and control interface for the Skydio X10D using MAVLink/RAS-A, enabling integration with ground control stations and third-party autonomy stacks. Access is gat...
- **Skydio Android Intent API** — Android Intent API for the X10D Controller that lets third-party Android applications running on the controller receive information from the Skydio flight stack.
- **Skydio Attachment ICD** — Mechanical, electrical, and power interface specification for building custom attachments and payloads for the Skydio X10 and X10D platforms. Access requires a request through S...
- **Skydio Flights API** — Retrieve flights and flight metadata.
- **Skydio Markers API** — Create or update markers (incidents).
- **Skydio Vehicles API** — Manage vehicles in your Skydio Cloud organization.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Skydio Agentic Access** — 3 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **Skydio Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Skydio Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Skydio Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Autonomous Systems, Defense, Drones, Enterprise, Fleet Management, Public Safety, Robotics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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