Airweave collections > search API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: API Reference collections collections > search API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.airweave.ai
  description: Production
- url: http://localhost:8001
  description: Local
tags:
- name: collections > search
paths:
  /collections/{readable_id}/search/instant:
    post:
      operationId: instant
      summary: Instant Search
      description: Direct vector search.
      tags:
      - collections > search
      parameters:
      - name: readable_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: x-api-key
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchV2Response'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstantSearchRequest'
  /collections/{readable_id}/search/classic:
    post:
      operationId: classic
      summary: Classic Search
      description: AI-optimized search.
      tags:
      - collections > search
      parameters:
      - name: readable_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: x-api-key
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchV2Response'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassicSearchRequest'
  /collections/{readable_id}/search/agentic:
    post:
      operationId: agentic
      summary: Agentic Search
      description: Agent that iteratively searches, reads, navigates hierarchies, and collects results.
      tags:
      - collections > search
      parameters:
      - name: readable_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: x-api-key
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchV2Response'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchRequest'
  /collections/{readable_id}/search/agentic/stream:
    post:
      operationId: stream-agentic
      summary: Stream Agentic Search
      description: Streaming agentic search via Server-Sent Events. Returns real-time events as the agent searches.
      tags:
      - collections > search
      parameters:
      - name: readable_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: x-api-key
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: SSE stream of agentic search events.
          content:
            text/event-stream:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchEvent'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchRequest'
components:
  schemas:
    ReadToolStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        found:
          type: integer
          description: Entities successfully read.
        not_found:
          type: integer
          description: Entity IDs that weren't found.
        entities:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntitySummary'
        context_label:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      description: Stats from a read tool call.
      title: ReadToolStats
    AgenticSearchToolCallEventType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - tool_call
      title: AgenticSearchToolCallEventType
    AgenticSearchRerankingEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchRerankingEventType'
        duration_ms:
          type: integer
        diagnostics:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchRerankingEventDiagnostics'
      required:
      - type
      - duration_ms
      - diagnostics
      title: AgenticSearchRerankingEvent
    SearchSystemMetadata:
      type: object
      properties:
        source_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the source this entity belongs to.
        entity_type:
          type: string
          description: Type of the entity this entity represents in the source.
        sync_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: ID of the sync this entity belongs to (None for federated).
        sync_job_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: ID of the sync job this entity belongs to (None for federated).
        chunk_index:
          type: integer
          description: Index of the chunk in the file.
        original_entity_id:
          type: string
          description: Original entity ID
      required:
      - source_name
      - entity_type
      - chunk_index
      - original_entity_id
      description: System metadata in search result.
      title: SearchSystemMetadata
    AgenticSearchToolCallEventToolName:
      type: string
      enum:
      - search
      - read
      - add_to_results
      - remove_from_results
      - count
      - get_children
      - get_siblings
      - get_parent
      - review_results
      - return_results_to_user
      title: AgenticSearchToolCallEventToolName
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      properties:
        loc:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorLocItems'
        msg:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
    ReviewToolStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        total_collected:
          type: integer
        entity_count:
          type: integer
        first_results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntitySummary'
      description: Stats from review_results.
      title: ReviewToolStats
    HTTPValidationError:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationErrorLocItems:
      oneOf:
      - type: string
      - type: integer
      title: ValidationErrorLocItems
    ClassicSearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: Search query text.
        filter:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilterGroup'
          description: Filter groups (combined with OR).
        limit:
          type: integer
          default: 100
          description: Max results to return.
        offset:
          type: integer
          default: 0
          description: Number of results to skip.
      required:
      - query
      description: Classic search request — LLM generates a search plan, execute against Vespa.
      title: ClassicSearchRequest
    airweave__domains__search__types__plan__RetrievalStrategy:
      type: string
      enum:
      - semantic
      - keyword
      - hybrid
      description: Supported retrieval strategies.
      title: airweave__domains__search__types__plan__RetrievalStrategy
    AgenticSearchErrorEventType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - error
      title: AgenticSearchErrorEventType
    CollectToolStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        added:
          type: integer
        already_collected:
          type: integer
        not_found:
          type: integer
        total_collected:
          type: integer
          description: Total results collected after this operation.
        entities:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntitySummary'
      description: Stats from add_to_results or remove_from_results.
      title: CollectToolStats
    FilterGroup:
      type: object
      properties:
        conditions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilterCondition'
          description: Filter conditions within this group, combined with AND
      required:
      - conditions
      description: "A group of filter conditions combined with AND.\n\nMultiple filter groups are combined with OR, allowing expressions like:\n(A AND B) OR (C AND D)\n\nExamples:\n    Single group (AND):\n        {\"conditions\": [\n            {\"field\": \"airweave_system_metadata.source_name\",\n             \"operator\": \"equals\", \"value\": \"slack\"},\n            {\"field\": \"airweave_system_metadata.entity_type\",\n             \"operator\": \"equals\", \"value\": \"SlackMessageEntity\"}\n        ]}\n\n    Multiple groups (OR between groups, AND within):\n        [\n            {\"conditions\": [{\"field\": \"name\", \"operator\": \"equals\",\n                             \"value\": \"doc1\"}]},\n            {\"conditions\": [{\"field\": \"name\", \"operator\": \"equals\",\n                             \"value\": \"doc2\"}]}\n        ]\n\n    Breadcrumb filtering:\n        {\"conditions\": [\n            {\"field\": \"breadcrumbs.name\", \"operator\": \"contains\",\n             \"value\": \"Engineering\"}\n        ]}"
      title: FilterGroup
    AgenticSearchDoneEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchDoneEventType'
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
          description: Full result set.
        duration_ms:
          type: integer
        diagnostics:
          oneOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchDoneEventDiagnostics'
          - type: 'null'
      required:
      - type
      - results
      - duration_ms
      title: AgenticSearchDoneEvent
    AgenticSearchStartedEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchStartedEventType'
        request_id:
          type: string
        tier:
          type: string
        collection_readable_id:
          type: string
        query:
          type: string
        thinking:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
        filter:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchStartedEventFilterItems'
        limit:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
      required:
      - type
      - request_id
      - tier
      - collection_readable_id
      - query
      title: AgenticSearchStartedEvent
    AgenticSearchDoneEventType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - done
      title: AgenticSearchDoneEventType
    EntityTypeStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        last_updated:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
      required:
      - count
      description: Statistics for a specific entity type.
      title: EntityTypeStats
    SearchBreadcrumb:
      type: object
      properties:
        entity_id:
          type: string
          description: ID of the entity in the source.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the entity.
        entity_type:
          type: string
          description: Entity class name (e.g., 'AsanaProjectEntity').
      required:
      - entity_id
      - name
      - entity_type
      description: Breadcrumb in search result.
      title: SearchBreadcrumb
    NavigateToolStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        result_count:
          type: integer
        context_label:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable label, e.g. 'children of chan-engineering'.
        first_results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntitySummary'
      description: Stats from get_children, get_siblings, or get_parent.
      title: NavigateToolStats
    FilterOperator:
      type: string
      enum:
      - equals
      - not_equals
      - contains
      - greater_than
      - less_than
      - greater_than_or_equal
      - less_than_or_equal
      - in
      - not_in
      description: Supported filter operators.
      title: FilterOperator
    SearchV2Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
          description: Search results ordered by relevance.
      description: Unified response for all search tiers.
      title: SearchV2Response
    AgenticSearchErrorEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchErrorEventType'
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message.
        duration_ms:
          type: integer
      required:
      - type
      - message
      title: AgenticSearchErrorEvent
    AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnostics:
      type: object
      properties:
        iteration:
          type: integer
        tool_call_id:
          type: string
        arguments:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnosticsArguments'
          description: Full LLM-generated tool input.
        stats:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnosticsStats'
          description: Output stats. Shape depends on tool_name.
      title: AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnostics
    AgenticSearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: Search query text.
        thinking:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          description: Enable extended thinking / chain-of-thought.
        filter:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilterGroup'
          description: Filter groups (combined with OR).
        limit:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: Max results. None means agent decides.
      required:
      - query
      description: Agentic search request — full agent loop with tool calling.
      title: AgenticSearchRequest
    AgenticSearchToolCallEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchToolCallEventType'
        tool_name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchToolCallEventToolName'
        duration_ms:
          type: integer
        diagnostics:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnostics'
      required:
      - type
      - tool_name
      - duration_ms
      - diagnostics
      title: AgenticSearchToolCallEvent
    EntitySummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        total_entities:
          type: integer
          default: 0
        by_type:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityTypeStats'
        entity_id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        entity_type:
          type: string
        source_name:
          type: string
        relevance_score:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          format: double
      description: Entity state summary.
      title: EntitySummary
    CountToolStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of entities matching the filter.
      description: Stats from a count tool call.
      title: CountToolStats
    FilterableField:
      type: string
      enum:
      - entity_id
      - name
      - created_at
      - updated_at
      - breadcrumbs.entity_id
      - breadcrumbs.name
      - breadcrumbs.entity_type
      - airweave_system_metadata.entity_type
      - airweave_system_metadata.source_name
      - airweave_system_metadata.original_entity_id
      - airweave_system_metadata.chunk_index
      - airweave_system_metadata.sync_id
      - airweave_system_metadata.sync_job_id
      description: 'Filterable fields in search.


        Uses dot notation for nested fields (e.g., breadcrumbs.name,

        airweave_system_metadata.source_name).'
      title: FilterableField
    AgenticSearchRerankingEventDiagnostics:
      type: object
      properties:
        input_count:
          type: integer
        output_count:
          type: integer
        model:
          type: string
        top_relevance_score:
          type: number
          format: double
        bottom_relevance_score:
          type: number
          format: double
      title: AgenticSearchRerankingEventDiagnostics
    FilterConditionValue:
      oneOf:
      - type: string
      - type: integer
      - type: boolean
      - type: array
        items:
          type: string
      - type: array
        items:
          type: integer
      description: Value to compare against. Use a list for 'in' and 'not_in' operators.
      title: FilterConditionValue
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        entity_id:
          type: string
          description: Original entity ID.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Entity display name.
        relevance_score:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Relevance score from the search engine.
        breadcrumbs:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchBreadcrumb'
          description: Breadcrumbs showing entity hierarchy.
        created_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the entity was created.
        updated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the entity was last updated.
        textual_representation:
          type: string
          description: Semantically searchable text content
        airweave_system_metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchSystemMetadata'
          description: System metadata
        access:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchAccessControl'
          description: Access control
        web_url:
          type: string
          description: URL to view the entity in its source application (e.g., Notion, Asana).
        url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Download URL for file entities. Only present for FileEntity types.
        raw_source_fields:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            description: Any type
          description: All source-specific fields.
      required:
      - entity_id
      - name
      - relevance_score
      - breadcrumbs
      - textual_representation
      - airweave_system_metadata
      - access
      - web_url
      - raw_source_fields
      description: Search result.
      title: SearchResult
    AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnosticsArguments:
      type: object
      properties: {}
      description: Full LLM-generated tool input.
      title: AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnosticsArguments
    AgenticSearchRerankingEventType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - reranking
      title: AgenticSearchRerankingEventType
    AgenticSearchEvent:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchStartedEvent'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchThinkingEvent'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchToolCallEvent'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchRerankingEvent'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchDoneEvent'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchErrorEvent'
      title: AgenticSearchEvent
    AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnosticsStats:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchToolStats'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReadToolStats'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectToolStats'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountToolStats'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NavigateToolStats'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReviewToolStats'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FinishToolStats'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorToolStats'
      description: Output stats. Shape depends on tool_name.
      title: AgenticSearchToolCallEventDiagnosticsStats
    ErrorToolStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      description: Stats when a tool call errors.
      title: ErrorToolStats
    AgenticSearchStartedEventType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - started
      title: AgenticSearchStartedEventType
    FilterCondition:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilterableField'
          description: Field to filter on (use dot notation for nested fields).
        operator:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilterOperator'
          description: The comparison operator to use.
        value:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilterConditionValue'
          description: Value to compare against. Use a list for 'in' and 'not_in' operators.
      required:
      - field
      - operator
      - value
      description: "A single filter condition.\n\nPydantic validates that:\n- ``field`` is a valid FilterableField enum value\n- ``operator`` is a valid FilterOperator enum value\n- ``value`` matches the expected types\n- The combination of field + operator + value is semantically valid\n\nInvalid filters raise ``pydantic.ValidationError`` automatically.\n\nExamples:\n    {\"field\": \"airweave_system_metadata.source_name\", \"operator\": \"equals\",\n     \"value\": \"notion\"}\n    {\"field\": \"created_at\", \"operator\": \"greater_than\",\n     \"value\": \"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z\"}\n    {\"field\": \"breadcrumbs.name\", \"operator\": \"contains\", \"value\": \"Engineering\"}"
      title: FilterCondition
    AgenticSearchThinkingEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchThinkingEventType'
        thinking:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Extended reasoning text from the LLM.
        text:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Conversational text output before tool calls.
        duration_ms:
          type: integer
        diagnostics:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgenticSearchThinkingEventDiagnostics'
      required:
      - type
      - duration_ms
      - diagnostics
      title: AgenticSearchThinkingEvent
    SearchAccessControl:
      type: object
      properties:
        viewers:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
          description: Principal IDs who can view this entity. None if unknown.
        is_public:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
          description: Whether this entity is publicly accessible. None if unknown.
      description: Access control in search result.
      title: SearchAccessControl
    AgenticSearchThinkingEventDiagnostics:
      type: object
      properties:
        iteration:
          type: integer
        prompt_tokens:
          type: integer
        completion_tokens:
          type: integer
      title: AgenticSearchThinkingEventDiagnostics
    AgenticSearchDoneEventDiagnostics:
      type: object
      properties:
        total_iterations:
          type: integer
        all_seen_entity_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        all_read_entity_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        all_collected_entity_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        max_iterations_hit:
          type: boolean
        total_llm_retries:
          type: integer
        stagnation_nudges_sent:
          type: integer
        prompt_tokens:
          type: integer
        completion_tokens:
          type: integer
        cache_creation_input_tokens:
          type: integer
        cache_read_input_tokens:
          type: integer
      title: AgenticSearchDoneEventDiagnostics
    SearchToolStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        result_count:
          type: integer
          description: Total results returned.
        new_results:
          type: integer
          description: Results not seen in previous searches.
        first_results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntitySummary'
      description: Stats from a search tool call.
      title: SearchToolStats
    FinishToolStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        accepted:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the agent accepted the result set.
        total_collected:
          type: integer
        warning:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Warning if very few results collected relative to seen.
      description: Stats from return_results_to_user.
      title: FinishToolStats
    InstantSearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: Search query text.
        retrieval_strategy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/airweave__domains__search__types__plan__RetrievalStrategy'
          description: Which retrieval strategy to use.
        filter:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilterGroup'
          description: Filter groups (combined with OR).
        limit:
          type: integer
          default: 100
          description: Max results to return.
        offset:
          type: integer
          default: 0
          description: Number of results to skip.
      required:
      - query
      description: Instant search request — embed query, fire at Vespa, return results.
      title: InstantSearchRequest
    AgenticSearchStartedEventFilterItems:
      type: object
      properties: {}
      title: AgenticSearchStartedEventFilterItems
    AgenticSearchThinkingEventType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - thinking
      title: AgenticSearchThinkingEventType
  securitySchemes:
    default:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key