# External integration - Rachio (smart irrigation)

**URL:** <https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/integration-externe-rachio-arrosage-connecte/11165>\
**Category:** Développement\
**Tags:** integration-externe\
**Created:** [October 14, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/integration-externe-rachio-arrosage-connecte/11165 "2026-10-14T13:40:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/integration-externe-rachio-arrosage-connecte/11165/1 "2026-10-14T13:40:14Z")

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Hi everyone!

As announced in the feature request thread, here is **Rachio** in Gladys:  
connected irrigation schedulers, very popular in North America  
and also found here.

**What it does**

- **One device per controller** : online or not, power switch on/standby, watering in progress, current zone, remaining minutes, remaining rain delay hours.
- **One device per zone** : a « Watering » switch (on, the zone waters the default duration; off, watering stops) and the date of the last watering.
- **Four scene triggers** : watering started, watering finished (with the zone and duration), rain delay set or lifted, controller offline or back online.
- **Six scene actions** : water zone N minutes, water multiple zones in sequence, run a program, skip a program, stop watering, set a rain delay (0 to lift it).
- **A « Rachio Garden » widget** : the status of the controller and zones, with buttons to water a zone, stop, run a program, or set a rain delay.
- **With Gladys Plus** (optional): a Rachio webhook notifies Gladys in real-time. Without it, the integration reads Rachio every 10 minutes, and every 2 minutes during watering.

**The cool part**

- Rain forecast for tomorrow → 24-hour rain delay, without opening the app.
- End of vegetable garden watering → « Vegetable garden watered 15 min » on the phone.
- Controller offline during vacation → message, before finding the lawn scorched.
- A button on the dashboard to water the tomatoes for 10 minutes.

**Installation**

Gladys 5.1 minimum. It will arrive in the store at the next indexer run. In a hurry? **Integrations → Install from GitHub** , with the address [GitHub - LM1LC3N7/gladys-rachio: Gladys Assistant external integration for Rachio smart sprinkler controllers (US & Canada): zones, start/stop watering, rain delay, schedules and watering scene triggers, through the official Rachio API. Unofficial, not affiliated with Rachio. · GitHub](https://github.com/LM1LC3N7/gladys-rachio)

1. Get your API key: Rachio app → **Profile** → API key (or on [app.rach.io](http://app.rach.io)).
2. Paste it into the configuration, then click on **Test Rachio** : the list of your controllers, zones, and programs is displayed.
3. **Discovery** tab: add the controller and zones.

**Honest small reservations**

- **Beta, developed without Rachio** : I don’t have a controller or an account. Field names come from the official API documentation, and everything left to confirm is listed in the TODO of the repository. A first feedback with your model (Gen 2, Gen 3) would be precious.
- Rachio limits the number of calls per day and per key: the integration stays well below and slows itself down if the quota decreases. Without Gladys Plus, a few minutes of watering can pass between two readings.
- The Smart Hose Timer (the connected tap) is not yet supported.

Like the previous ones, developed with **Claude Code**. Independent project, not affiliated with Rachio.

Repository: [GitHub - LM1LC3N7/gladys-rachio: Gladys Assistant external integration for Rachio smart sprinkler controllers (US & Canada): zones, start/stop watering, rain delay, schedules and watering scene triggers, through the official Rachio API. Unofficial, not affiliated with Rachio. · GitHub](https://github.com/LM1LC3N7/gladys-rachio)