# Nickelytics (R-Ads by Robot.com)

> Nickelytics is an out-of-home (OOH) and digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertising
> platform that turns moving assets — rideshare and gig-economy vehicle wraps,
> autonomous sidewalk delivery robots and e-scooters — into measurable media,
> with geo-targeting, route verification, proof-of-play and campaign reporting.
> Nickelytics was acquired by Kiwibot in September 2024; Kiwibot rebranded to
> Robot.com in 2025 and the product now ships as R-Ads, a self-serve suite for
> robot media (RDOOH), vehicle wraps (MOOH) and digital screens (DOOH).

## What an agent can actually call

Nickelytics publishes **no developer portal, no API reference, no SDKs and no
MCP server**. One machine-readable contract is served publicly: the platform
authentication API, a Better Auth instance whose OpenAPI 3.1.1 document is
returned by `/api/auth/open-api/generate-schema` on both API hosts. The
advertising product surface at `https://api.nickelytics.com/v1` is
authenticated (`401 Authorization header required`) and undocumented — campaigns
are bought through the R-Ads Ad Manager UI, not an API.

- Auth API base: https://api-ads.robot.com/api/auth
- Auth API base (legacy host, same load balancer): https://api.nickelytics.com/api/auth
- OpenAPI: https://api-ads.robot.com/api/auth/open-api/generate-schema
- JWKS: https://api-ads.robot.com/api/auth/.well-known/jwks.json (EdDSA / Ed25519)
- Auth: `Authorization: Bearer <token>` or the `apiKeyCookie` session cookie
- Errors: `{"message": "..."}` — not RFC 9457
- Rate limits: 429 declared on every operation; no numbers and no headers published
- Idempotency: not supported

## APIs

- [Nickelytics R-Ads Platform Authentication API](https://www.robot.com/r-advertising): sign-in, sessions, account linking, JWT/JWKS, organizations, teams, invitations, SAML SSO, admin user management and audit events — 151 operations.

## Specs

- [OpenAPI 3.1.1 (harvested verbatim)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/openapi/nickelytics-rads-auth-openapi.json)
- [OpenAPI Overlay — API Evangelist enhancements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/overlays/nickelytics-rads-auth-overlay.yaml)
- [JWKS](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/well-known/nickelytics-jwks.json)

## Artifacts

- [Authentication profile](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/authentication/nickelytics-authentication.yml)
- [API conventions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/conventions/nickelytics-conventions.yml)
- [Error catalog](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/errors/nickelytics-problem-types.yml)
- [Data model](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/data-model/nickelytics-data-model.yml)
- [Conformance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/conformance/nickelytics-conformance.yml)
- [Lifecycle](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/nickelytics-lifecycle.yml)
- [Rate limits](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/nickelytics-rate-limits.yml)
- [Plans and pricing](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/plans/nickelytics-plans-pricing.yml)
- [Packages](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/packages/nickelytics-packages.yml)
- [Well-known probe](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/well-known/nickelytics-well-known.yml)
- [MCP candidate + tool crosswalk](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/mcp/nickelytics-tool-crosswalk.yml)
- [Domain security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nickelytics/refs/heads/main/security/nickelytics-domain-security.yml)

## Docs

- [R-Ads product](https://www.robot.com/r-advertising)
- [R-Ads placements](https://www.robot.com/rads-placements)
- [R-Ads Ad Manager (sign up)](https://admanager.robot.com/)
- [Nickelytics robot advertising](https://robots.nickelytics.com/)
- [Blog](https://robots.nickelytics.com/blogs/)
- [Contact](https://www.robot.com/contact)
- [Terms of use](https://www.robot.com/terms-of-use)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.robot.com/privacy-policy)
- [GitHub organization](https://github.com/Nickelytics)

## Optional

- This file was generated by API Evangelist from the public Nickelytics / R-Ads
  surface on 2026-08-12. Nickelytics does not publish an llms.txt of its own —
  `/llms.txt` returns 404 on nickelytics.com, robot.com and admanager.robot.com.