Govly Follows API

Follow opportunities and related workspace activity.

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POST /api/tools/v1/follows Follow a Govly entity #

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OpenAPI Specification

govly-follows-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Govly Tools API (Alpha) Awards Follows API
  version: 1.0.0-alpha
  description: 'ALPHA / UNSTABLE: This API is still in active development. Endpoint behavior, request fields, response fields, error codes, and operation names may change before the Tools API is declared stable.

    REST-callable tool surface for agent and automation workflows. Agents are the primary consumer, but integrations can be built on this API. Responses are JSON for typed clients; MCP tools may render action results into text-oriented formats separately.

    '
servers:
- url: https://app.govly.com
security:
- bearerApiKey: []
- headerApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Follows
  description: Follow opportunities and related workspace activity.
paths:
  /api/tools/v1/follows:
    post:
      tags:
      - Follows
      operationId: follow_entity
      summary: Follow a Govly entity
      description: 'Follow, track, or subscribe to changes for a Govly entity. For opportunities, this creates or reuses the default opportunity workspace and follows that workspace for the authenticated user.

        '
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - type
              - id
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - opportunity
                  - opp
                  description: Entity type to follow. opp is accepted as an alias for opportunity.
                id:
                  type: string
                  description: Govly entity ID.
                notifications:
                  type: string
                  description: Notification preference for this follow. Omit to use the user's default setting.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Active follow on the entity's default workspace
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    required:
                    - workspace
                    - membership
                    properties:
                      workspace:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Workspace'
                      membership:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkspaceMember'
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      entityType:
                        type: string
                      entityId:
                        type: string
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    AssociatedEntity:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - id
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - opportunity
        id:
          type: string
    Comment:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - body
      - createdAt
      - attachments
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        body:
          type: string
          description: Markdown body for the comment.
        attachments:
          type: array
          description: Workspace attachments tied to this comment.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkspaceAttachment'
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
      - errors
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            required:
            - status
            - code
            - title
            - detail
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
              code:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              detail:
                type: string
              source:
                type: object
                properties:
                  pointer:
                    type: string
    Workspace:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - status
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        commentsCount:
          type: integer
        status:
          type: object
          required:
          - category
          - label
          properties:
            category:
              type: string
              description: Coarse status bucket. Triage is the default for newly created workspaces.
            label:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable status name. Falls back to the category label when no custom status is set.
        primaryFocus:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssociatedEntity'
        comments:
          type: array
          description: Recent comments. Only present on show/create/update responses, capped at the most recent 20.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Comment'
        attachments:
          type: array
          description: Workspace attachments. Only present on show/create/update responses.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkspaceAttachment'
    WorkspaceAttachment:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - workspaceId
      - filename
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        workspaceId:
          type: string
        commentId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        filename:
          type: string
        contentType:
          type: string
        byteSize:
          type: integer
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        file:
          description: Present only on the workspace attachments endpoint. Workspace show responses surface attachments without download metadata.
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttachmentFile'
    AttachmentFile:
      type: object
      description: Presigned download metadata. Omitted when the attachment is redacted or URLs are excluded.
      required:
      - url
      - expiresAt
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        expiresAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    WorkspaceMember:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - member
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        notifications:
          type: string
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        member:
          type: object
          required:
          - type
          - id
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - user
              - team
            id:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
            email:
              type: string
              format: email
            organization:
              type: object
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
                name:
                  type: string
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key
    headerApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY