Brivo launches AI-friendly API for security integrations

Brivo has launched an AI-friendly version of its Security Platform API, intended to make software integrations easier for developers and security systems integrators.

The revised API includes documentation, management tools and other resources designed for AI agents. The changes aim to reduce the time and cost of connecting Brivo's access control and video systems with other business and security applications.

The move reflects a broader effort across the security sector to make technical platforms easier to use with generative AI tools. Companies are increasingly trying to let integrators describe a required outcome in natural language, rather than rely on specialist software developers to write custom code from scratch.

Brivo's platform is designed to support integrations across access control, video, alarms and third-party products. The updated API is also model-agnostic, supporting widely used large language models and AI coding tools.

Integration shift

Dean Drako, Chief Executive Officer of Brivo, said the changes could alter how integrations are built in physical security.

"Agentic AI is upending systems integration in the physical security industry, enabling anyone to build apps on our platform leveraging video, access control, alarms and third-party technologies within hours, not months, and at a fraction of the cost," Drako said. "The Brivo Security Platform API makes this possible with AI-optimized documentation-machine-readable llms.txt and skill files-that provide AI agents everything they need to build diverse applications."

Brivo argued that the update lowers barriers for projects that may previously have been considered too costly or too complex. That could broaden the use of physical security data in routine corporate workflows, including property access, parking, membership management and tenant services.

One example came from Alarm Masters, a Houston-based security integration firm. Its Chief Executive Officer, Collin Trimble, used OpenClaw alongside Brivo's API to link Brivo's access control platform with a third-party intrusion detection product.

"We're now at the age where your ability to develop an integration is only limited by your imagination. I described the outcome I wanted in natural language, and OpenClaw built it," Trimble said. "The biggest benefit for security integrators is that they are no longer beholden to a manufacturer's roadmap. Security integrators can build their own integrations without hiring a developer, waiting years, or spending tens of thousands of dollars."

Trimble also pointed to a broader issue in the market, saying some APIs remain difficult for AI tools to use. He said he hoped more manufacturers would adopt "an open and robust AI-friendly API that has great documentation, helpful examples, and all of the endpoints you need."

Use cases

Brivo listed several deployments built on the platform. They include a coworking operator that automated membership-based door access, a gym franchise that linked member payment status to entry rights, and a property rental group that set up self-guided tours using temporary digital keys sent by text.

The company also cited warehouse, office and apartment sites using licence plate-based gate access to speed vehicle entry without manual check-ins. Another example involved an office building linking licence plate recognition and parking gate opening with its tenant management system.

In childcare, a daycare provider added secure video sharing to its management application so parents could view live footage related to their child's day. Taken together, the examples suggest Brivo is positioning the API as a route to operational software connections as much as a security tool.

Platform scope

The Security Platform API combines the Eagle Eye Video API Platform with the Brivo API Platform following Brivo's merger with Eagle Eye Networks. The combination brings access control and video endpoints into one environment for developers and integrators.

Brivo says it has more than 2 million devices deployed across more than 100,000 locations in 80 countries. More than 25 million users rely on its systems, which cover access control, video intelligence, visitor management and intrusion monitoring.

The latest API changes underline how security vendors are trying to move beyond hardware installation and standard software connections toward more adaptable links with customer systems. For integrators, the commercial appeal is the ability to tailor projects more quickly and with lower development overheads than has traditionally been possible.