Install Jentic One Beta
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the RainViewer Weather Maps 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%2Frainviewer.com%2Frainviewer" | 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%2Frainviewer.com%2Frainviewer" | 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 RainViewer Weather Maps API.
Get available weather radar map frames
Access RainViewer Weather Maps API data enrichment resources via REST API
Query RainViewer Weather Maps API endpoints with structured JSON responses
Authenticate requests with none credentials managed by Jentic
Access RainViewer Weather Maps API resources programmatically via REST
GET STARTED
Patterns agents use RainViewer Weather Maps API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Data Enrichment Operations
Use the RainViewer Weather Maps API to perform data enrichment operations programmatically. The API provides 1 endpoints covering core functionality including get available weather radar map frames.
Call GET /public/weather-maps.json to get available weather radar map frames
Data Retrieval and Monitoring
Query RainViewer Weather Maps API endpoints to retrieve structured data for monitoring, reporting, or downstream processing. The API returns JSON responses that agents can parse directly, enabling automated data collection workflows.
Query the RainViewer Weather Maps API API to retrieve current data and verify the response structure
AI Agent Integration via Jentic
AI agents discover and call RainViewer Weather Maps API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle none tokens manually.
Search Jentic for 'get available weather radar map frames', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials
1 endpoints — weather radar data api by rainviewer.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
/public/weather-maps.json
Get available weather radar map frames
/public/weather-maps.json
Get available weather radar map frames
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the RainViewer Weather Maps API by hand still means writing a client for its public endpoint and parsing the returned radar frame timestamps yourself, even though it needs no auth. Through Jentic you install once, import the RainViewer Weather Maps API from the API Directory, and your agent calls it with no credential to manage.
Permission scoping
RainViewer exposes a single public read endpoint (GET /public/weather-maps.json), so scoping is operations-only: you limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as fetching the current radar map frames. This API has no write or destructive operations to grant.
Credential isolation
The RainViewer Weather Maps API requires no credential, so there is no secret to store. Any configuration your Jentic One instance holds stays out of the agent's prompt, logs, and context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'get available weather radar map frames', and Jentic returns the matching RainViewer 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 RainViewer Weather Maps API through Jentic.
What authentication does the RainViewer Weather Maps API use?
The RainViewer Weather Maps API uses no authentication. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.
Can I get available weather radar map frames with the RainViewer Weather Maps API?
Yes. Use the GET /public/weather-maps.json endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.
What are the rate limits for the RainViewer Weather Maps API?
Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.
How do I get available weather radar map frames through Jentic?
Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'get available weather radar map frames'. Jentic returns the matching RainViewer Weather Maps API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.
How many endpoints does the RainViewer Weather Maps API have?
The RainViewer Weather Maps API exposes 1 endpoints covering public operations.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the RainViewer Weather Maps API?
Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which operations the agent may call, and the RainViewer Weather Maps API exposes just one public read endpoint, GET /public/weather-maps.json for fetching current radar map frames. You can restrict the agent to only that operation, and since the API has no write or destructive calls, there is nothing beyond radar-frame reads to grant. The API needs no credential, so there is no secret for the agent to reach.
For Agents
Programmatically get available weather radar map frames. Covers 1 operations.
Use for: I need to available weather radar map frames, I want to integrate RainViewer Weather Maps API into my workflow, Search for available RainViewer Weather Maps API operations, Get the API schema for RainViewer Weather Maps API
Not supported: Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for data enrichment only.
Weather radar data API by RainViewer. Provides past 2 hours of weather radar data with 10-minute intervals as map tiles. Suitable for displaying in applications, websites, or mapping software. Available for personal and educational use only. The API exposes 1 endpoints.
This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.
Base layer of spec validity and structural soundness.
Aggregated quality score from linter diagnostics, weighted by severity.
Percentage of `$ref` references that resolve successfully.
Checks whether the API description parses successfully and conforms to its declared specification (e.g., OpenAPI).
Structural correctness score based on schema issues using logarithmic dampening.
Clarity, completeness, and ingestion readiness for developers and tooling.
How richly the API is illustrated with examples.
Percentage of examples that conform to their schemas.
Percentage of operations with complete response definitions (success, client error, server error).
Health of API ingestion, bundling, and resolution within Jentic pipelines.
Semantic breadth, depth, and agent comprehension for AI systems.
Coverage of descriptions across API elements.
Coverage of RFC 9457 Problem Details for error responses.
Coverage, uniqueness, and casing consistency of operationIds for AI inference.
Coverage of summaries across operations/tags/info.
Functional utility, complexity comfort, and AI orchestration readiness.
Agent comfort level based on API operational and structural complexity.
Trust, risk posture, and security compliance.
Average quality of security schemes based on authentication method strength (weakest link for OAuth2).
Findability, semantic richness, and reasoning readiness.
Clarity and depth of descriptions across API elements.
Score it yourself
Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>