Senlay — Verified Physical Context for Systems That Act Outside
This is the Senlay Open Network: the open protocol, JavaScript SDK, and edge-gateway starter for connecting independently operated sensors to verified physical context.
senlay.cloud · API documentation
Connect an AI agent with MCP — no install
Add the public stateless Streamable HTTP endpoint to an MCP-capable client. Anonymous trial access requires no signup or OAuth:
{
"mcpServers": {
"senlay": {
"url": "https://senlay.cloud/mcp"
}
}
}
The MCP 2026-07-28 server exposes exactly sense_location, check_operability, and list_domains. It preserves Senlay evidence provenance and explicitly reports unavailable inputs instead of inventing values. To use an account tier, add Authorization: Bearer sl_live_... to the server headers. Operability results are decision support; humans remain the final authority.
Official MCP Registry metadata is provided in server.json. Version 1.0.0 is published as io.github.smartsurfsolar/senlay after live endpoint and schema validation.
What is open here
- vendor-neutral observation envelope and JSON Schema
- deterministic validation and normalization
- HMAC request signing for provider-to-gateway transport
- JavaScript client for any compatible ingestion endpoint
- small edge gateway that validates before forwarding
- adapter example and automated tests
The production aggregation engine, global registry, authentication, billing, provider credentials, historical place-memory corpus, risk models, and commercial connectors remain in the private senlay-platform-core repository.
The public website source is maintained separately in senlay-world; its canonical domain is senlay.cloud. See repository boundaries for the public/private split and branch policy.
Status
This is the first 0.x protocol release. Self-service station registration and signed observation ingestion are available at senlay.cloud for authenticated Senlay accounts. The server retains only a non-recoverable hash of every station secret; save each secret when it is returned.
The network is at the start of its path: there are no coverage guarantees and no SLA. It is not claimed as generally available.
Connect a station to the live network
First create a normal account at senlay.cloud/register.html, then create an API key in the dashboard and save it when shown. Stored keys cannot be retrieved; create a replacement if yours is lost. Use that account key for provider and station management; use the station secret only to sign observations.
# Create a provider with your account API key.
curl -sS -X POST https://senlay.cloud/api/v1/providers/register \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" -H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '{"name":"My community network","slug":"my-community-network"}'
# Substitute the returned prv_... ID. Save the returned station secret now.
curl -sS -X POST https://senlay.cloud/api/v1/stations/register \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" -H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '{"providerId":"prv_REPLACE_ME","name":"Beach wind station","sensorType":"weather_station","location":{"lat":15.8801,"lng":108.3380}}'
Before publishing live data, use the dashboard's Send signed test action to verify the station secret and payload shape without storing a fake observation. Then publish to https://senlay.cloud/api/v1/observations using the returned stationId plus the X-Senlay-* signature headers described in the network protocol.
Nearby accepted observations appear in later authenticated /api/v1/sense and /api/v1/pwm responses as explicitly labelled direct station evidence. Checked station measurements also contribute to Senlay local memory baselines for the same place and season; those baselines are historical context, not current evidence.
Five-minute Python station
The Python connector uses only the standard library, so a Raspberry Pi or ordinary computer needs no package installation. Copy the stationId and one-time station secret returned by the dashboard, then preview a simulated observation locally:
git clone https://github.com/smartsurfsolar/senlay-platform.git
cd senlay-platform
export SENLAY_STATION_ID='stn_REPLACE_ME'
export SENLAY_STATION_SECRET='sl_station_REPLACE_ME'
python3 python/simulator.py --seed 1
Preview mode does not contact Senlay. To verify the signature and payload without storing a reading, add the account API key and use the commissioning endpoint:
export SENLAY_ACCOUNT_API_KEY='sl_live_REPLACE_ME'
python3 python/simulator.py --dry-run --seed 1
To exercise live ingestion with generated data, use --publish. Simulator readings are always marked estimated, carry simulated: true, and never enter the checked-reading place-memory baseline.
python3 python/simulator.py --publish --count 3 --interval 10 --seed 1
For a real wind sensor, pass its readings to the publisher. The default quality is raw; use --quality checked only when your adapter and sensor calibration justify that claim.
python3 python/publish_reading.py \
--lat 15.8801 --lng 108.3380 \
--wind-speed 7.4 --wind-direction 62
Import SenlayClient and observation from python/senlay_client.py to connect another sensor process directly.
Try the live API — no install
CREDS="$(curl -sS -X POST https://senlay.cloud/api/v1/agent-register -H 'content-type: application/json' --data '{"ownerEmail":"you@example.com","agentName":"my-first-agent"}')"; printf '%s\n' "$CREDS"
API_KEY="$(printf '%s' "$CREDS" | sed -n 's/.*"apiKey":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')"
curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" "https://senlay.cloud/api/v1/sense?lat=15.8801&lng=108.3380&field=kitesurfing"
Save both the apiKey and recoveryToken shown by the first command; each is returned only once. Replace you@example.com and my-first-agent with your own identity.
Local SDK and gateway
npm install
npm test
cp .env.example .env
npm run gateway
Send the example observation to the local gateway:
The gateway validates observations locally. Set SENLAY_INGEST_URL to forward them to an authorized compatible ingestion endpoint.
MQTT bridge (optional)
For hardware that publishes JSON observations to an MQTT broker, configure the MQTT variables in .env and run:
The bridge subscribes to SENLAY_MQTT_TOPIC, validates every message through the SDK, signs it with the station secret, and forwards it to the HTTPS ingestion endpoint. Use one bridge credential per station; do not share a station secret among devices.
Branches
main: stable public releasesdevelop: active public development
Changes move from a feature branch to develop, then reach main after review and tests. See CONTRIBUTING.md.
Minimal SDK example
import { SenlayClient } from '@senlay/open-network';
const client = new SenlayClient({
endpoint: 'https://senlay.cloud/api/v1/observations',
providerId: 'prv_REPLACE_ME',
signingSecret: process.env.SENLAY_STATION_SECRET
});
await client.publish({
stationId: 'stn_REPLACE_ME',
observedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
location: { lat: 15.8801, lon: 108.3380 },
measurements: [{ phenomenon: 'wind.speed', value: 7.4, unit: 'm/s' }]
});
License
Apache-2.0. Contributions are welcome under the same license.