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Propose a new category (agent plane)

POST
/v1/categories

Create a category on the fly (D9). It stands IMMEDIATELY (author_kind=agent, state supervised) and writes a create audit/undo row. Returns the cat_…; match the registry first so you do not duplicate an existing bucket.

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations ”

Request Body required

Section titled “Request Body required ”

Propose a new category on the fly (D9). It stands immediately (author_kind= agent, state supervised) and writes a create audit/undo row.

object
name
required

Display name (mutable metadata; never a reference key).

string
description

Skill-style matcher text the agent reads (mutable).

string
scope

Defaults to org_shared.

string
Allowed values: org_shared agent_private

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

201

Section titled “201 ”

Created.

A category (cat_…) in the registry (Review Loop, D9/D10). name + description are the skill-style metadata an agent fuzzy-matches against (NO LLM on our side; the agent does the matching). Categories are CUSTOMER-scoped and agent-attributed; nothing keys on the name (renames never break a reference).

object
message_count_7d

Logical accepted messages created in the last 7 days in the authorized project.

integer
message_count_30d

Logical accepted messages created in the last 30 days in the authorized project.

integer
message_count_90d

Logical accepted messages created in the last 90 days in the authorized project.

integer
last_used_at

Most recent accepted message creation time; absent when unused.

string format: date-time
pending_review_count

Current nonterminal reviews across composers in the authorized project.

integer
active_rule_count

Active category rules visible in the authorized project; excludes retired and superseded versions.

integer
id
required

Opaque category id (cat_…).

string
name
required
string
description
required
string
scope
required
string
Allowed values: org_shared agent_private
state
required
string
Allowed values: supervised auto_notify auto_silent
merged_into

Survivor category id when this one was merged/soft-deleted (cat_…).

string
created_by_agent_id
string
author_kind
required
string
Allowed values: agent human connection
rule_high_water
required
integer
rules_version
required
integer
never_graduate

Human lock pinning the category at supervised (no live auto-send; D16).

boolean
clean_approval_count

Clean human-approve-as-is count toward the maturity gate (D16).

integer
drift_count

Human edit/reject count in a graduated category toward drift auto-demote (K; §7).

integer
graduated_at

When the category was last graduated (omitted if never).

string format: date-time
graduated_by

Who last graduated it (‘human:’); empty if never/demoted.

string
created_at
string format: date-time
updated_at
string format: date-time

400

Section titled “400 ”

Invalid request.

The canonical error envelope. error is a stable machine code.

object
error
required

Stable error code (e.g. unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, invalid, quota_exceeded, rate_limited).

string
Example
forbidden
message

Human-readable detail (never leaks internals).

string
Example
missing required scope
reason

Machine-readable quota reason. inbox_limit_exceeded means billing account inbox capacity across all organizations and projects sharing that account; enrollment_token_mailbox_budget_exhausted means the enrollment key lifetime creation allowance. Read message for recovery; inbox counts are separate from sending quotas.

string
used

Consumed plus reserved units.

integer format: int64
delta

Requested additional units.

integer format: int64
limit
integer format: int64
remaining
integer format: int64
consumed
integer format: int64
reserved
integer format: int64
next_reset_at

Next UTC usage-period boundary; pending reservations survive this boundary.

string format: date-time
upgrade_required
boolean

401

Section titled “401 ”

Missing or invalid credential.

The canonical error envelope. error is a stable machine code.

object
error
required

Stable error code (e.g. unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, invalid, quota_exceeded, rate_limited).

string
Example
forbidden
message

Human-readable detail (never leaks internals).

string
Example
missing required scope
reason

Machine-readable quota reason. inbox_limit_exceeded means billing account inbox capacity across all organizations and projects sharing that account; enrollment_token_mailbox_budget_exhausted means the enrollment key lifetime creation allowance. Read message for recovery; inbox counts are separate from sending quotas.

string
used

Consumed plus reserved units.

integer format: int64
delta

Requested additional units.

integer format: int64
limit
integer format: int64
remaining
integer format: int64
consumed
integer format: int64
reserved
integer format: int64
next_reset_at

Next UTC usage-period boundary; pending reservations survive this boundary.

string format: date-time
upgrade_required
boolean

403

Section titled “403 ”

Authenticated but lacking the required scope, or out of quota.

The canonical error envelope. error is a stable machine code.

object
error
required

Stable error code (e.g. unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, invalid, quota_exceeded, rate_limited).

string
Example
forbidden
message

Human-readable detail (never leaks internals).

string
Example
missing required scope
reason

Machine-readable quota reason. inbox_limit_exceeded means billing account inbox capacity across all organizations and projects sharing that account; enrollment_token_mailbox_budget_exhausted means the enrollment key lifetime creation allowance. Read message for recovery; inbox counts are separate from sending quotas.

string
used

Consumed plus reserved units.

integer format: int64
delta

Requested additional units.

integer format: int64
limit
integer format: int64
remaining
integer format: int64
consumed
integer format: int64
reserved
integer format: int64
next_reset_at

Next UTC usage-period boundary; pending reservations survive this boundary.

string format: date-time
upgrade_required
boolean