For Agents
Read Tado home structure, zone state, and devices, plus override the heating or cooling schedule for a zone. Returns current temperature readings and zone state across 13 operations.
Install Jentic One Beta
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Tado API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fmy.tado.com%2Ftado" | shStep 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fmy.tado.com%2Ftado" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
What an agent can do with Tado API.
Read the authenticated user's profile and home memberships
Describe a home including its zones and connected devices
List all zones in a home with current state and capabilities
Set or remove a temperature overlay on a zone to override the schedule
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Use for: I need to set my living room temperature to 21 degrees for two hours, Check the current temperature in each zone, List all zones in my home, Get the weather at my home's location
Not supported: Does not control lighting, security cameras, or non-Tado devices - use for Tado smart heating and cooling zone control only.
The Tado API is the v2 surface used by the Tado web and mobile apps to manage smart heating and cooling devices in residential homes. It exposes home and zone configuration, current device state, weather at the home location, schedule timetables, and zone overlays that override the active schedule for a defined period. Authenticated users can read home structure, list devices, modify zone setpoints, and inspect each zone's capabilities and current readings.
Read the active schedule timetable and its time blocks for a zone
Pull weather conditions at the home location for context-aware automations
Inspect each zone's capabilities including supported temperature range and modes
Patterns agents use Tado API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Manual Temperature Override from a Voice Assistant
Let a voice assistant set a Tado zone to a specific temperature for a defined period. PUT /homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay accepts a setpoint and termination condition (timer, manual, or schedule-aligned), then the zone holds that temperature until the overlay expires. DELETE on the same path returns the zone to its scheduled program in one call.
Call PUT /homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay with setting=heating at 21 degrees and termination=TIMER for 7200 seconds, then DELETE the overlay when the user says 'cancel'.
Energy Usage Dashboard
Build a dashboard that shows current zone temperatures, target setpoints, and weather context to help residents understand heating behavior. The /homes/{home}/zones, zone state, and /homes/{home}/weather endpoints supply everything needed for a single-screen overview without polling individual devices. The 13-endpoint surface keeps the data model small and easy to refresh.
Refresh every 5 minutes: GET /homes/{home}/zones, then GET /homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/state for each, plus GET /homes/{home}/weather, and render a dashboard tile per zone.
Schedule Inspection and Audit
Inspect the configured weekly schedule for each Tado zone for compliance audits or energy reviews. The schedule timetable and timetable-blocks endpoints expose the full block-by-block program a zone runs through. Energy and facilities teams use this to flag zones that hold high setpoints overnight or during unoccupied hours.
Pull each zone's active timetable via /schedule/activeTimetable and then /schedule/timetables/{timetable}/blocks to compute hours per day above 20 degrees.
Geofencing Boost or Setback
Drive boost-on-arrival or setback-on-departure behavior from an external geofence event source. When the user crosses the geofence, the agent calls the overlay endpoint to bring zones to comfort temperature; on departure it removes the overlay so the schedule resumes. This complements Tado's built-in geofencing for households that drive automation from a different presence source.
On geofence-enter, PUT overlay at 20 degrees with termination=MANUAL on each zone; on geofence-exit, DELETE the overlay so the schedule resumes.
AI Agent Smart Home Assistant
Equip a Jentic-driven home assistant with Tado control as one of its tools. The agent searches Jentic for 'set Tado zone temperature', loads PUT /homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay, and calls it in response to user requests. Jentic handles the OAuth 2.0 flow so the agent never sees the user's Tado credentials.
Through Jentic, search for 'override Tado zone temperature', load the overlay endpoint, and set the bedroom to 19 degrees until the next schedule change.
13 endpoints — the tado api is the v2 surface used by the tado web and mobile apps to manage smart heating and cooling devices in residential homes.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
/me
Get the authenticated user's profile
/homes/{home}
Describe a home
/homes/{home}/zones
List zones in a home
/homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/state
Get current state of a zone
/homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay
Set a temperature overlay on a zone
/homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay
Remove an overlay and return to schedule
/homes/{home}/weather
Get weather at home location
/me
Get the authenticated user's profile
/homes/{home}
Describe a home
/homes/{home}/zones
List zones in a home
/homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/state
Get current state of a zone
/homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay
Set a temperature overlay on a zone
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the Tado API by hand means running its OAuth 2.0 password flow against the token endpoint, refreshing tokens, and threading home and zone ids through each heating call yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Tado API from the API Directory, complete the OAuth grant once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
Tado puts the home and zone ids in the URL path (/homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/...), so a rule can pin your agent to one zone: it can read that zone's state and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so a call like setting or clearing the overlay is not included unless you add it.
Credential isolation
Your Tado OAuth grant is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance, refreshed automatically, and injected at execution time. The tokens never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'set tado temperature' or 'list heating zones', and Jentic returns the matching Tado operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Specific to using Tado API through Jentic.
What authentication does the Tado API use?
Tado uses OAuth 2.0. The user authenticates with their Tado account and the resulting access token is sent on each request. Through Jentic, the OAuth flow is handled in your Jentic One instance and tokens are refreshed automatically, so agent code never holds raw user credentials.
Can I set a specific temperature with the Tado API?
Yes. PUT /homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay accepts a setting (heating mode and target temperature) and termination condition. The overlay holds until it expires or until you DELETE it on the same path to return to the schedule.
How do I remove a manual override through Jentic?
Through Jentic, search for 'remove Tado zone overlay', load DELETE /homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay, and call it with the home and zone IDs. Jentic forwards the call with the OAuth access token and the zone returns to its scheduled program.
What are the rate limits for the Tado API?
Rate limits are not declared in the OpenAPI spec. Tado throttles high-frequency polling at the gateway, so refresh zone state on a 1-5 minute cadence rather than per-second polling, and back off on 429 responses.
Can I read the weather at my home location?
Yes. GET /homes/{home}/weather returns the current weather conditions Tado uses for its own automation. This is useful for context-aware rules like 'do not preheat if outside is already warm enough'.
Does the Tado API expose schedule timetables?
Yes. GET /homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/schedule/activeTimetable returns the active timetable and GET /homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/schedule/timetables/{timetable}/blocks returns its block-by-block program. Read these together for full audit visibility.
/homes/{home}/zones/{zone}/overlay
Remove an overlay and return to schedule
/homes/{home}/weather
Get weather at home location