Your Plants, in Your Ecosystem.
NIH-01 is not an island. Its bio-signal data — VPD, health score, soil moisture, leaf temperature, transpiration index — is designed to flow freely into the smart home infrastructure you already have. Automate your humidifier, grow lights, and fans based on real plant biometrics. Connect to the platforms you already use.
Platform Support
6 Integrations, Zero Compromise
Home Assistant
Full HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) integration with a one-click install. NIH-01 exposes every bio-signal as a native Home Assistant entity — VPD sensor, health score sensor, soil moisture sensor, transpiration index, and leaf temperature. MQTT autodiscovery supported; the hub announces itself to your broker with zero manual configuration. Build custom automations using NIH-01 entities in HA automations YAML or the visual Flow editor. Supports Lovelace dashboard cards with our custom card component.
Apple HomeKit
NIH-01 exposes itself as a native HomeKit accessory via the Matter protocol. Once paired through the Home app, all bio-signal sensors appear in the Apple Home ecosystem. Ask Siri "How is my Monstera doing?" for a spoken health score and VPD reading. Build HomeKit automations: trigger a humidifier scene when VPD rises above threshold, or receive a Home notification when health score drops below 65. Works across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV home hubs.
Google Home
NIH-01 is certified Works with Google Home. Link your Vriksh Vani account in the Google Home app and all hubs appear as connected devices. Ask Google Assistant "What is the health score of my Fiddle Leaf Fig?" for an instant spoken readout. Build Google Home routines that respond to NIH-01 triggers — turn on a grow-light scene when your plant's light exposure score drops, or activate a fan group when leaf temperature exceeds 30°C.
Amazon Alexa
Enable the Vriksh Vani Alexa skill and ask "Alexa, ask Vriksh Vani for a plant health report" to get a spoken summary of your top plants at risk. Individual plant queries ("Alexa, what is the VPD for my Pothos?") return real-time readings. Build Alexa Routines triggered by NIH-01 sensor thresholds — available via the Alexa app routine builder. Compatible with all Echo devices, Echo Show screens, and the Alexa app.
IFTTT
Twelve pre-built IFTTT applets cover the most common plant automation scenarios — no configuration required. Triggers include: VPD above threshold, health score below threshold, soil moisture critical, watering reminder due, and weekly health summary. Actions include: Philips Hue light scenes, smart plug on/off, Google Sheets logging, email notification, iOS/Android push, and SMS. Build custom applets using the Vriksh Vani IFTTT service — any of the 14 NIH-01 signals can trigger any IFTTT action.
Zapier
The Zapier integration unlocks NIH-01 data inside 5,000+ apps — from Notion plant-care logs to Salesforce CRM records for commercial accounts, from Airtable maintenance trackers to Slack channel alerts for hospitality teams. Multi-step Zaps allow complex logic: if health score drops below 60 AND VPD is above 1.4 kPa, create a maintenance ticket in Jira and notify the head horticulturist via WhatsApp. Available exclusively on the Enterprise plan.
Automation Recipes
What You Can Build Today
When NIH-01 detects vapour pressure deficit climbing above 1.4 kPa — the threshold for mild plant stress — trigger your smart humidifier via Home Assistant, HomeKit, or Alexa. The hub re-evaluates every 90 seconds; when VPD drops back below 1.0 kPa, a second automation switches the humidifier off. Your plant stays in its optimal transpiration zone without any manual intervention.
via Home Assistant / HomeKit / Alexa
For enterprise and commercial installations, route critical health alerts directly to a Slack channel. A Zapier multi-step Zap catches the health score drop trigger, formats a message including the plant name, hub location, current health score, and top contributing factor (e.g., "Soil moisture: 12% — below critical threshold"), and posts it to your #plant-care Slack channel with @mention to the on-call horticulturist.
via Zapier — Enterprise
NIH-01's Nature Intelligence engine models each plant's internal circadian rhythm based on its species, light history, and seasonal position. When the hub detects the plant's optimal morning light window has opened, it triggers your grow light scene — gradually ramping from 10% to 80% over 20 minutes, mimicking a natural dawn. Built as an IFTTT applet or a Home Assistant automation using the circadian-window entity.
via Home Assistant / IFTTT
Technical Foundation
Open Protocols, Your Infrastructure
MQTT Broker Support
NIH-01 publishes all 14 bio-signals to any MQTT broker (Mosquitto, HiveMQ, EMQX). Autodiscovery payload uses Home Assistant MQTT convention. QoS Level 1, retain flag supported. Publish interval: 90 seconds default, configurable to 30s on Enterprise.
REST Webhooks
Configure up to 10 webhook endpoints per hub. POST payloads are JSON with full sensor state, hub metadata, and a Unix timestamp. Supports Basic Auth and Bearer token authentication on the receiving end. Webhook delivery is retried 3× with exponential backoff on failure.
Local API
NIH-01 exposes a local HTTP REST API on your LAN at http://nih01-[serial].local — no cloud dependency. Endpoints: GET /health, GET /sensors, GET /config. The local API is documented in full at /developers and requires no authentication within your local network.
Matter Protocol
NIH-01 implements the Matter 1.2 standard for native HomeKit, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa integration. Matter commissioning uses your Vriksh Vani app as the controller — scan the QR code on the hub base and the Matter session is established in under 30 seconds.