anecdotes Findings API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Anecdotes Findings API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Anecdotes
    url: https://help.anecdotes.ai/api/overview
    email: hello@anecdotes.ai
  description: 'Operations tagged Findings across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: anecdotes-grc-openapi-original.json, anecdotes-grc-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.anecdotes.ai
  description: Production
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:
- name: Findings
  description: '**Findings** record compliance gaps and issues, including links to controls, evidence, and policies.'
paths:
  /compliance/v1/findings:
    get:
      tags:
      - Findings
      summary: Get all findings
      description: Returns **`findings`** and **`pagination`**. Use **`limit`** and **`offset`** to page results.
      operationId: listFindings
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          description: Maximum number of findings to return in this response.
        description: Maximum number of findings to return in this response.
      - name: offset
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: Number of findings to skip before returning results (pagination).
        description: Number of findings to skip before returning results (pagination).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Findings and pagination.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindingsListResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '422':
          description: Validation error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
    post:
      tags:
      - Findings
      summary: Create finding
      description: Creates a finding. Send **`multipart/form-data`** with **`finding_data`** as a JSON string of finding fields.
      operationId: createFinding
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - finding_data
              properties:
                finding_data:
                  type: string
                  description: JSON string of finding fields (e.g. `title`, `description`, `severity`, `status`, `linked_entities`).
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created finding.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Finding'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '422':
          description: Validation error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Findings
      summary: Delete findings
      description: 'Deletes findings by internal **`id`**. Request body: **`ids`** array. Response: **`deleted_count`**.'
      operationId: deleteFindings
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - ids
              properties:
                ids:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Internal finding ids to delete.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Delete result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindingsDeleteResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '422':
          description: Validation error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.anecdotes.ai
      description: Production
  /compliance/v1/findings/{finding_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Findings
      summary: Get finding by id
      description: Returns one finding by **`finding_id`**.
      operationId: getFindingById
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Finding record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Finding'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '404':
          description: Finding not found.
        '422':
          description: Validation error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
    patch:
      tags:
      - Findings
      summary: Update finding status
      description: 'Updates a finding. Send fields to change (e.g. **`status`**: `Open`, `In progress`, `Resolved`).'
      operationId: patchFinding
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                status:
                  type: string
                  description: Workflow status.
                  enum:
                  - Open
                  - In progress
                  - Resolved
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated finding.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Finding'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
        '404':
          description: Finding not found.
        '422':
          description: Validation error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.anecdotes.ai
      description: Production
components:
  schemas:
    FindingsDeleteResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - deleted_count
      description: Bulk delete result.
      properties:
        deleted_count:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: Number of findings deleted for this request.
      additionalProperties: true
    FindingLinkedEntity:
      type: object
      description: Link from a finding to another object.
      properties:
        entity_type:
          type: string
          description: Linked resource type, e.g. `Control`, `Evidence`, `Policy`.
        entity_id:
          type: string
          description: Target object id.
        linked_type:
          type: string
          description: e.g. `Origin`
        linked_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the link was created.
        linked_by:
          type: string
          description: User who created the link.
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_by:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: User who last updated the link, if any.
      additionalProperties: true
    FindingsListResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - findings
      properties:
        findings:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Finding'
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindingsPagination'
    FindingsPagination:
      type: object
      description: Pagination metadata for get-all responses.
      properties:
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: Page size used for this response.
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: Starting index of this slice.
        total_count:
          type: integer
        has_next:
          type: boolean
        has_previous:
          type: boolean
      additionalProperties: true
    Finding:
      type: object
      description: A compliance finding.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Internal finding id (UUID).
        customer_finding_id:
          type: string
          description: Human-facing id (e.g. `F-0001`), assigned by the service.
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
          description: Plain text or HTML.
        severity:
          type: string
          description: Severity label as returned by the API (e.g. `Low`, `Medium`, `High`).
        status:
          type: string
          description: Workflow status (e.g. `Open`, `In progress`, `Resolved`).
          enum:
          - Open
          - In progress
          - Resolved
        owners:
          type: array
          description: Assignee identifiers.
          items:
            type: string
        due_date:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        reported_by:
          type: string
          description: Reporter user id (often email).
        created_by:
          type: string
          description: Creator.
        updated_by:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Last editor.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        source_finding_type:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        resolution_plan_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Linked resolution plan id, if any.
        linked_entities:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindingLinkedEntity'
        supporting_documents:
          type: array
          description: Supporting documents metadata.
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
      additionalProperties: true
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      description: Validation error response. Each item in `detail` describes one validation failure. The `loc` array identifies the field path — each segment may be a string (field name) or integer (list index).
      properties:
        detail:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              loc:
                type: array
                items:
                  anyOf:
                  - type: string
                  - type: integer
              msg:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
              ctx:
                type: object
                description: Optional machine context (e.g. `enum_values` for enum validation errors).
                additionalProperties: true
            additionalProperties: true
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-anecdotes-api-key
      description: API key created in the Anecdotes platform. Used only for the Exchange API key endpoint.
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: JWT obtained from the Exchange API key endpoint. Valid for 1 hour.
externalDocs:
  description: Anecdotes API reference
  url: https://help.anecdotes.ai/api/overview
x-refined-from:
- anecdotes-grc-openapi-original.json
- anecdotes-grc-openapi.yml
x-evidence:
  method: derived
  generated: '2026-07-31'
  sources:
  - https://help.anecdotes.ai/technical-setup/fedramp-20x-trust-center-and-api
  - postman/anecdotes-fedramp-20x.postman_collection.json
  verified_live:
  - url: https://api.anecdotes.ai/fedramp20x/v1/public/info?evidence_id=builder_2795822335733
    http_status: 200
    content_type: application/json
    fetched: '2026-07-31'