aid: lit-protocol
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lit-protocol/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Lit Protocol
x-type: company
description: Lit Protocol is a decentralized key management network providing Programmable
  Key Pairs (PKPs), Lit Actions (off-chain JS execution), threshold encryption, and
  access-control conditions. The Chipotle Express API exposes account, PKP, and Lit
  Action management as REST endpoints alongside the JavaScript SDK.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Web3
- Key Management
- MPC
- Programmable Keys
- Lit Actions
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: lit:chipotle-api
  name: Lit Protocol Chipotle Express API (Core v1)
  description: REST API for account management, API keys, PKP minting, IPFS-anchored
    Lit Actions, encryption/decryption helpers, and credit balance / usage queries.
  humanURL: https://developer.litprotocol.com/
  baseURL: https://api.chipotle.litprotocol.com/core/v1
  tags:
  - REST
  - PKP
  - Lit Actions
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.litprotocol.com/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/lit-protocol-core-v1-openapi.json
- aid: lit:network-rpc
  name: Lit Network Node JSON-RPC (SDK-mediated)
  description: Threshold-cryptography network of Lit nodes accessed via the Lit JS
    SDK for signing, encryption, decryption, and Lit Action execution. Direct REST
    access is via the Chipotle API; raw node JSON-RPC is documented for SDK contributors.
  humanURL: https://developer.litprotocol.com/v3/sdk/installation
  baseURL: https://serrano.litgateway.com/web/litaction (SDK-mediated)
  tags:
  - JSON-RPC
  - Network
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.litprotocol.com/v3/sdk/installation
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.litprotocol.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/lit-protocol-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/lit-protocol-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/lit-protocol-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com