Hoshin Kanri

Hoshin Kanri Ideas API

The Ideas API from Hoshin Kanri — 2 operation(s) for ideas.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

GET /api/ideas List or search ideas #
POST /api/ideas Add an idea to the inbox #
PUT /api/ideas/{id} Update an idea #

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/openapi/hoshin-app-ideas-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-matrices-export-schema.json
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https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-completeness-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-element-updated-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-element-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-cascade-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/hoshin-app/json-schema/hoshin-app-cadence-architecture-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

hoshin-app-ideas-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Hoshin Kanri Ideas API
  version: 0.9.0
  description: 'Beta: operations and fields may still change. Covers the operations the Hoshin MCP server uses. For an AI agent, prefer MCP at https://hoshin.app/mcp. An admin creates a token from the API tokens link in the app header. Error messages are in English; rely on the `error` code.'
servers:
- url: https://hoshin.app
tags:
- name: Ideas
paths:
  /api/ideas:
    get:
      operationId: listIdeas
      tags:
      - Ideas
      summary: List or search ideas
      parameters:
      - name: status
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - inbox
          - reviewing
          - accepted
          - rejected
          - implemented
      - name: priority
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - low
          - medium
          - high
          - critical
      - name: source
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - conversation
          - team_meeting
          - client_feedback
          - market_watch
          - internal
          - other
      - name: search
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 200
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 200
          default: 50
      - name: offset
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          default: 0
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IdeaList'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    post:
      operationId: createIdea
      tags:
      - Ideas
      summary: Add an idea to the inbox
      description: Refused to a read-only token.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 300
                description:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  maxLength: 10000
                source:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - conversation
                  - team_meeting
                  - client_feedback
                  - market_watch
                  - internal
                  - other
                tags:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    maxLength: 50
                  maxItems: 30
                priority:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - low
                  - medium
                  - high
                  - critical
                linkedElementId:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                links:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      label:
                        type: string
                        minLength: 1
                        maxLength: 80
                        description: Free label, e.g. "Jira", "A3", "QRQC", "Drive".
                      ref:
                        type: string
                        minLength: 1
                        maxLength: 500
                        description: 'Free reference: a URL, a ticket or project number, a path.'
                    required:
                    - label
                    - ref
                  maxItems: 20
                  description: Links to third-party tools, at most 20. Sending the list replaces it; [] clears it.
              required:
              - title
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Idea'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/ideas/{id}:
    put:
      operationId: updateIdea
      tags:
      - Ideas
      summary: Update an idea
      description: Refused to a read-only token.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 300
                description:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  maxLength: 10000
                source:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - conversation
                  - team_meeting
                  - client_feedback
                  - market_watch
                  - internal
                  - other
                tags:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    maxLength: 50
                  maxItems: 30
                priority:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - low
                  - medium
                  - high
                  - critical
                status:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - inbox
                  - reviewing
                  - accepted
                  - rejected
                  - implemented
                assignedTo:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  format: uuid
                linkedElementId:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  format: uuid
                links:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      label:
                        type: string
                        minLength: 1
                        maxLength: 80
                        description: Free label, e.g. "Jira", "A3", "QRQC", "Drive".
                      ref:
                        type: string
                        minLength: 1
                        maxLength: 500
                        description: 'Free reference: a URL, a ticket or project number, a path.'
                    required:
                    - label
                    - ref
                  maxItems: 20
                  description: Links to third-party tools, at most 20. Sending the list replaces it; [] clears it.
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Idea'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Idea:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        source:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        priority:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        status:
          type: string
        createdBy:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        createdByName:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        assignedTo:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        assignedToName:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        linkedElementId:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        links:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              label:
                type: string
              ref:
                type: string
            required:
            - label
            - ref
          description: 'Links to third-party tools: a free label and a free reference (URL, ticket or project number, path).'
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        linkedMatrixId:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        linkedElementTitle:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        linkedElementQuadrant:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          enum:
          - north
          - east
          - south
          - west
          - null
          description: 'Role of the element, not its place on the drawing: north = breakthrough objectives (3-5 year vision), east = annual objectives, south = initiatives, west = KPIs. A matrix drawn with the vision at the bottom uses the same values.'
      required:
      - id
      - title
      - description
      - source
      - tags
      - priority
      - status
      - createdBy
      - createdByName
      - assignedTo
      - assignedToName
      - linkedElementId
      - links
      - createdAt
      - updatedAt
      - linkedMatrixId
      - linkedElementTitle
      - linkedElementQuadrant
    IdeaList:
      type: object
      properties:
        ideas:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Idea'
        total:
          type: integer
        limit:
          type: integer
        offset:
          type: integer
      required:
      - ideas
      - total
      - limit
      - offset
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Stable machine-readable code, among them UNAUTHORIZED, FORBIDDEN, MATRIX_EDIT_RESTRICTED, DEFAULT_MATRIX_ADMIN_ONLY, NOT_FOUND, INVALID_ID, VALIDATION_ERROR, EMPTY_UPDATE, NOT_ADJACENT, TOO_MANY_SHARES.
        message:
          type: string
        issues:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: {}
          description: Invalid fields, on VALIDATION_ERROR.
      required:
      - error
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'An API token, hk_..., or an OAuth 2.1 access token. OAuth needs PKCE S256 and a registered client: https://hoshin.app/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server'