Cavuno Skills API

Create, list, update, and delete job skills, and manage their aliases.

Operations 11

GET /taxonomies/skills List skills #
POST /taxonomies/skills Create a skill #
GET /taxonomies/skills/{id} Retrieve a skill #
PATCH /taxonomies/skills/{id} Update a skill #
DELETE /taxonomies/skills/{id} Delete a skill #
POST /taxonomies/skills/{id}/aliases Add skill aliases #
GET /taxonomies/skills/{id}/aliases/{alias} Retrieve a skill alias #
DELETE /taxonomies/skills/{id}/aliases/{alias} Remove a skill alias #
GET /taxonomies/skills/{id}/merge-preview Preview a skill merge #
POST /taxonomies/skills/{id}/merge Merge a skill #
POST /taxonomies/skills/merges/{mergeId}/undo Undo a skill merge #

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cavuno-com-skills-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cavuno v1 REST Skills API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'The Cavuno API is organized around REST. Our API has predictable resource-oriented URLs, accepts JSON-encoded request bodies, returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs. ## Base URL


    Production: `https://api.cavuno.com/v1`


    All API requests must be made over HTTPS. Calls made over plain HTTP will fail. ## Authentication


    The Cavuno API uses API keys to authenticate requests. You can view and manage your API keys in the Cavuno dashboard, under Settings → Developer → API keys. Cavuno API keys have the prefix `cavuno_live_`. Your API keys carry many privileges, so be sure to keep them secure. Do not share your secret API keys in publicly accessible areas such as GitHub, client-side code, and so forth. Authentication to the API is performed via Bearer auth. Provide your API key as the bearer token in the `Authorization` header:


    ```bash

    curl https://api.cavuno.com/v1/jobs \

    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_API_KEY"

    ```


    API requests without authentication will fail. ## Rate limits


    The Cavuno API has rate limits in place to ensure stability and reliability. By default, API keys are limited to 100 requests per minute. If you exceed your limit, requests return an HTTP 429 response with a `Retry-After` header indicating when you can try again. If you have a use case that needs a higher limit, contact support. ## Idempotency


    The API supports idempotency for safely retrying requests without accidentally performing the same operation twice. For example, if a request to create a job fails due to a network connection error, you can safely retry the request with the same idempotency key, and we''ll guarantee that only one job is created. To perform an idempotent request, provide an additional `Idempotency-Key` header on any `POST`, `PATCH`, or `DELETE` request:


    ```bash

    curl https://api.cavuno.com/v1/jobs \

    -X POST \

    -H "Authorization: Bearer cavuno_live_..." \

    -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \

    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

    -d ''{ "title": "Senior Engineer" }''

    ```


    ## Errors


    Cavuno uses conventional HTTP response codes to indicate the success or failure of an API request. In general: codes in the `2xx` range indicate success, codes in the `4xx` range indicate an error that failed given the information provided (e.g., a required parameter was omitted), and codes in the `5xx` range indicate an error with Cavuno''s servers (these are rare). Error responses include a JSON body with details:


    ```json

    {

    "error": {

    "code": "validation_bad_request",

    "message": "Field ''title'' is required.",

    "requestId": "req_..."

    }

    }

    ```


    Some errors carry an additional `details` field with structured context, such as per-field validation issues. ### Plan upgrade hints


    When an Operator API request is refused because of the board''s Cavuno plan, the error also carries an `upgrade` object. It names the capability that blocked the request, the cheapest self-serve plan that unlocks it (when that can be told), and the hosted billing endpoints that start the upgrade:


    ```json

    {

    "error": {

    "code": "settings_plan_required_for_branding_removal",

    "message": "Removing Cavuno branding requires a plan that includes branding removal.",

    "requestId": "req_...",

    "upgrade": {

    "capability": "canRemoveBranding",

    "requiredPlan": "basic",

    "checkout": { "method": "POST", "path": "/v1/billing/checkout" },

    "changePlan": { "method": "POST", "path": "/v1/billing/upgrade" }

    }

    }

    }

    ```


    Call `GET /v1/billing/subscription` first. With no active subscription, use `checkout`; with one, use `changePlan`. Send `{ "planKey": "" }` and give the returned `url` to a person: both endpoints return a hosted page where a person confirms the purchase. Nothing is charged until they do. Each `path` is relative to the API origin (`https://api.cavuno.com`), like `Location` headers and list `url` fields, so do not join it to a base URL that already ends in `/v1`.'
  contact:
    name: Cavuno
    url: https://cavuno.com
servers:
- url: https://api.cavuno.com/v1
  description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Skills
  description: Create, list, update, and delete job skills, and manage their aliases.
paths:
  /taxonomies/skills:
    get:
      summary: List skills
      description: List taxonomy skills for the authenticated account.
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        required: false
        name: cursor
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
        required: false
        name: limit
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 200
          description: Full-text search over the taxonomy name (matches name tokens, not slug).
        required: false
        description: Full-text search over the taxonomy name (matches name tokens, not slug).
        name: search
        in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  object:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - list
                  url:
                    type: string
                    example: /v1/taxonomies/skills
                  hasMore:
                    type: boolean
                  nextCursor:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Skill'
                required:
                - object
                - url
                - hasMore
                - nextCursor
                - data
        default:
          description: An error. Every non-2xx response uses the same envelope; see the Errors section of the introduction.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: listTaxonomiesSkills
    post:
      summary: Create a skill
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateSkillBody'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Skill'
        '409':
          description: Slug taken.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: createTaxonomiesSkill
  /taxonomies/skills/{id}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve a skill
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        required: true
        description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        name: id
        in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Skill'
        '404':
          description: Not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: getTaxonomiesSkill
    patch:
      summary: Update a skill
      description: Partial update. Changing slug auto-adds the previous slug to aliasSlugs and taxonomyAliases and cascades denormalized job data.
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        required: true
        description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        name: id
        in: path
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateSkillBody'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Skill'
        '404':
          description: Not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: Slug taken.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: updateTaxonomiesSkill
    delete:
      summary: Delete a skill
      description: Deletes the skill. Jobs may retain stale skill slugs (by design).
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        required: true
        description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        name: id
        in: path
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted.
        '404':
          description: Not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: deleteTaxonomiesSkill
  /taxonomies/skills/{id}/aliases:
    post:
      summary: Add skill aliases
      description: Dual-writes aliasSlugs and taxonomyAliases. Max 20 aliases per request.
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        required: true
        description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        name: id
        in: path
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddSkillAliasesBody'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Skill'
        '409':
          description: Alias taken.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: createTaxonomiesSkillAlias
  /taxonomies/skills/{id}/aliases/{alias}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve a skill alias
      description: Checks that `alias` is an alias of the skill and returns the skill, in the same shape as the add aliases response. The alias is normalized to a slug before matching, as it is when you remove one.
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        required: true
        name: id
        in: path
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        required: true
        name: alias
        in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Skill'
        '404':
          description: Skill or alias not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: getTaxonomiesSkillAlias
    delete:
      summary: Remove a skill alias
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        required: true
        name: id
        in: path
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        required: true
        name: alias
        in: path
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Removed.
        '404':
          description: Skill or alias not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: deleteTaxonomiesSkillAlias
  /taxonomies/skills/{id}/merge-preview:
    get:
      summary: Preview a skill merge
      description: Counts what merging this skill into `intoId` would change. Writes nothing.
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        required: true
        description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        name: id
        in: path
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The id of the term that would survive the merge.
        required: true
        description: The id of the term that would survive the merge.
        name: intoId
        in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxonomyMergePreview'
        '400':
          description: The two terms cannot be merged.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: previewTaxonomiesSkillMerge
  /taxonomies/skills/{id}/merge:
    post:
      summary: Merge a skill
      description: 'Merges this skill into `intoId`: its jobs, aliases and translations move to the surviving skill, and this skill is deleted. Jobs are retagged in the background. Undo is available for 30 days once `undo.status` is `ready`.'
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        required: true
        description: The skill's opaque object id (not the slug). Use list/create responses to obtain it.
        name: id
        in: path
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MergeTaxonomyBody'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxonomyMerge'
        '400':
          description: The two terms cannot be merged.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: The merge conflicted with another change.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: mergeTaxonomiesSkill
  /taxonomies/skills/merges/{mergeId}/undo:
    post:
      summary: Undo a skill merge
      description: Recreates the merged skill with its slug, name, aliases and translations, and retags the jobs the merge retagged. Available for 30 days, unless the surviving skill has since been renamed, deleted or merged with another.
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The merge id returned by the merge endpoint.
        required: true
        description: The merge id returned by the merge endpoint.
        name: mergeId
        in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxonomyMerge'
        '404':
          description: Not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: The merge can no longer be undone.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-audience: operator
      tags:
      - Skills
      operationId: undoTaxonomiesSkillMerge
components:
  schemas:
    TaxonomyMerge:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
          - taxonomy_merge
        kind:
          type: string
          enum:
          - category
          - skill
        from:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
            slug:
              type: string
          required:
          - id
          - name
          - slug
          description: The term merged away. Its id no longer exists after the merge.
        into:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
            slug:
              type: string
          required:
          - id
          - name
          - slug
          description: The term that survived.
        undo:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              type: string
              enum:
              - applying
              - ready
              - over_cap
              - undoing
              - undone
              - expired
              description: '`applying` while jobs are being retagged; `ready` once undo is available; `over_cap` when the merge retagged too many jobs to undo; `undoing` / `undone` after an undo; `expired` after 30 days.'
            expiresAt:
              type: string
              description: When undo stops being available.
            restoredId:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
              description: After an undo, the id of the recreated term.
          required:
          - status
          - expiresAt
          - restoredId
        createdAt:
          type: string
      required:
      - id
      - object
      - kind
      - from
      - into
      - undo
      - createdAt
    AddSkillAliasesBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        aliases:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
          minItems: 1
          maxItems: 20
      required:
      - aliases
      additionalProperties: false
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable error code, such as `validation_bad_request` or `jobs_not_found`.
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable explanation.
            requestId:
              type: string
              description: Unique id for this request. Include it when contacting support.
            details:
              description: Structured context for some errors, such as per-field validation issues.
            upgrade:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlanUpgradeHint'
          required:
          - code
          - message
          - requestId
      required:
      - error
      description: The error envelope returned by every non-2xx response.
    UpdateSkillBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 200
        slug:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 120
          pattern: ^[a-z0-9-]+$
        sourceLocale:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          maxLength: 16
      additionalProperties: false
    CreateSkillBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 200
        slug:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 120
          pattern: ^[a-z0-9-]+$
        aliasSlugs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
          maxItems: 20
        sourceLocale:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          maxLength: 16
      required:
      - name
      additionalProperties: false
    Skill:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
          - skill
        name:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        aliasSlugs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        sourceLocale:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        createdAt:
          type: string
      required:
      - id
      - object
      - name
      - slug
      - aliasSlugs
      - sourceLocale
      - createdAt
    PlanUpgradeHint:
      type: object
      properties:
        capability:
          type: string
          enum:
          - activeJobsLimit
          - teamSeatLimit
          - canBePublic
          - canRemoveBranding
          - apiAccess
          description: The plan capability that blocked the request, named as in `GET /v1/billing/subscription` `capabilities`.
        requiredPlan:
          type: string
          enum:
          - starter
          - basic
          - grow
          - advanced
          - scale
          description: The cheapest self-serve plan that unlocks the action. Pass it as `planKey`. Omitted when it cannot be told without more information; read `GET /v1/billing/subscription` and pick a higher plan.
        checkout:
          type: object
          properties:
            method:
              type: string
              enum:
              - POST
            path:
              type: string
              enum:
              - /v1/billing/checkout
          required:
          - method
          - path
          description: Starts a hosted checkout when the board has no active subscription (for example during a trial).
        changePlan:
          type: object
          properties:
            method:
              type: string
              enum:
              - POST
            path:
              type: string
              enum:
              - /v1/billing/upgrade
          required:
          - method
          - path
          description: Starts a hosted plan change when the board already has an active subscription.
      required:
      - capability
      - checkout
      - changePlan
      description: 'Present only on Operator API errors caused by the board''s Cavuno plan. Read `GET /v1/billing/subscription` to choose between `checkout` and `changePlan`, call it with `{ "planKey": requiredPlan }`, and give the returned `url` to a person to confirm. Each `path` is relative to the API origin, not to a `/v1` base URL. Both endpoints need `billing.manage`. Board API errors never include it.'
    TaxonomyMergePreview:
      type: object
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
          - taxonomy_merge_preview
        kind:
          type: string
          enum:
          - category
          - skill
        from:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
            slug:
              type: string
            jobCount:
              type: integer
              description: Live jobs tagged with this term.
          required:
          - id
          - name
          - slug
          - jobCount
        into:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
            slug:
              type: string
            jobCount:
              type: integer
              description: Live jobs tagged with this term.
          required:
          - id
          - name
          - slug
          - jobCount
        childCount:
          type: integer
          description: Subcategories that move to the surviving category.
        undoAvailable:
          type: boolean
          description: 'Whether the merge will be undoable: `from` has no more live jobs than `undoJobCap`.'
        undoJobCap:
          type: integer
        undoWindowDays:
          type: integer
      required:
      - object
      - kind
      - from
      - into
      - childCount
      - undoAvailable
      - undoJobCap
      - undoWindowDays
    MergeTaxonomyBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        intoId:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The id of the term that survives the merge.
      required:
      - intoId
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: cavuno_live_<keyId>_<secret>
      description: Use your secret API key to authenticate. Pass it as a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header. You can view and manage your API keys in the Cavuno dashboard.
externalDocs:
  description: Cavuno API reference
  url: https://cavuno.com/docs/api