Valjean Specialty Instant quotes API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Valjean Specialty agent Instant quotes API
  version: 1.0.0
  summary: Check appetite, send submissions, answer what's needed, follow files, get quotes and ask to bind.
  description: 'For retail agencies'' own software and AI assistants. Every key sees only its own agency''s files. A named Valjean broker works every file: chooses the markets, confirms anything you send, presents quotes and completes binding. Market names appear only on quotes your broker presents.'
  contact:
    name: Valjean Specialty
    email: submissions@valjeanspecialty.com
    url: https://valjeanspecialty.com
  license:
    name: 'Proprietary: for Valjean Specialty agencies'
    url: https://valjeanspecialty.com
  x-mcp:
    url: https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/api/mcp
    transport: streamable-http
    tools:
    - whoami
    - check_appetite
    - get_requirements
    - create_submission
    - list_submissions
    - get_submission
    - answer_questions
    - underwriter_questions
    - add_document
    - get_upload_link
    - finish_upload
    - send_documents
    - whats_new
    - list_documents
    - get_document_link
    - request_bind
    - list_bind_requests
    - withdraw_bind_request
    - ask_instant_quotes
    - list_policies
    - get_policy
    - list_invoices
    - list_quotes
servers:
- url: https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/api/agent/v1
  description: Live and demo (the key decides which book you see)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- apiKeyHeader: []
- oauth2:
  - read
tags:
- name: Instant quotes
  description: Ask markets connected by API for instant quotes.
paths:
  /submissions/{id}/instant-quotes:
    post:
      operationId: askInstantQuotes
      summary: Ask connected markets for instant quotes
      description: 'Asks markets connected to Valjean by API that fit the file. Depending on Valjean''s setting, a broker approves the ask first (status: pending) or it runs at once (status: done). Either way the file must pass Valjean''s send rules, and a price reaches you only once it''s presented.


        Needs a **read-and-submit** key and an agency with a signed broker agreement.'
      tags:
      - Instant quotes
      x-valjean-scope: submit
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      - apiKeyHeader: []
      - oauth2:
        - submit
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Submission id.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                note:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 2000
              additionalProperties: false
            example:
              note: Hoping for a quick number
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstantQuotesResult'
              example:
                status: pending
                status_text: Sent to your broker to approve.
                request_id: 7ae4f5ab-5ef3-41c6-a449-138394ead28c
                markets_that_fit: 2
          headers:
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
        '413':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooLarge'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: shell
        label: curl
        source: "curl -X POST \"https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/api/agent/v1/submissions/SUBMISSION_ID/instant-quotes\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $VALJEAN_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"note\":\"Hoping for a quick number\"}'"
      - lang: javascript
        label: Node
        source: "const res = await fetch(\"https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/api/agent/v1/submissions/SUBMISSION_ID/instant-quotes\", {\n  method: \"POST\",\n  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VALJEAN_KEY}`, \"Content-Type\": \"application/json\" },\n  body: JSON.stringify({\n    \"note\": \"Hoping for a quick number\"\n  }),\n});\nconsole.log(await res.json());"
      - lang: python
        label: Python
        source: "import os, requests\n\nres = requests.post(\n    \"https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/api/agent/v1/submissions/SUBMISSION_ID/instant-quotes\",\n    headers={\"Authorization\": f\"Bearer {os.environ['VALJEAN_KEY']}\"},\n    json={\n      \"note\": \"Hoping for a quick number\"\n    },\n)\nprint(res.json())"
      x-agentic-access:
        action: create
        consequence: Asks connected markets for instant quotes on the file.
        human_in_the_loop: Depending on Valjean's setting, a broker approves the ask first; prices reach you only once presented.
        reversible: Not by API.
        confirm_with_user: true
components:
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: 'Not allowed: read_only (a read key tried to submit), agency_not_active (no signed broker agreement), not_offered (instant quotes are off), forbidden (API access off for the agency). Don''t retry.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: read_only
              message: This key can read only. Ask your Valjean broker for a key that can submit.
    NotFound:
      description: Not found, or not your agency's (not_found). The API never says which.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: not_found
              message: Submission not found.
    Unauthorized:
      description: 'Key or token missing, wrong, expired or revoked (unauthorized). Don''t retry: get a new key or sign in again.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: unauthorized
              message: This API key isn't valid. Ask your Valjean broker for a new one.
    Conflict:
      description: 'The file''s state doesn''t allow it: closed, not_open, quote_expired, already_requested, not_withdrawable (the bind request already went to the market: call your broker), no_instant_market, limit, or ai_off (plain-sentence answers aren''t switched on; send answers by key). Don''t retry the same request.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: closed
              message: This submission is closed.
    BadRequest:
      description: Fix the request and send it again (invalid_request, invalid_json).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: invalid_request
              message: Check the request.
              issues:
              - 'insured.state: Too small: expected string to have >=2 characters'
    ServerError:
      description: Something went wrong on Valjean's side (server_error). Safe to retry later; creates are idempotent with client_reference or an Idempotency-Key header.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: server_error
              message: Something went wrong. Try again shortly.
    TooLarge:
      description: 'Body or file too large (too_large): JSON bodies up to 64 KB, direct uploads 4 MB, upload links 25 MB.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: too_large
              message: Files over 4 MB need an upload link.
    RateLimited:
      description: 'Too many requests (rate_limited): 120 a minute per key, 30 a minute per IP on public endpoints, counted across all of Valjean''s servers. Wait Retry-After seconds.'
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds to wait.
          schema:
            type: integer
            example: 60
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: rate_limited
              message: Too many requests. Try again in a minute.
  schemas:
    InstantQuotesDone:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          const: done
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              outcome:
                type: string
                description: '"blocked" means a send rule stopped it (readiness, agency, approval rules).'
                enum:
                - quoted
                - referred
                - declined
                - error
                - blocked
              quote:
                type: object
                properties:
                  quote_id:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  carrier:
                    type: string
                  premium:
                    type: number
                required:
                - quote_id
                - carrier
                - premium
                description: Only when the quote could be presented to you.
              note:
                type: string
              reason:
                type: string
            required:
            - outcome
        note:
          type: string
      required:
      - status
      - results
      - note
      description: Valjean's setting is "automatic".
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable code, e.g. invalid_request, read_only, not_found, closed, rate_limited.
            message:
              type: string
              description: Plain-English explanation you can show a person.
            issues:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
              description: 'Validation problems, as "field: problem" (400 invalid_request only).'
          required:
          - code
          - message
      required:
      - error
    InstantQuotesPending:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          const: pending
        status_text:
          type: string
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: Absent when you'd already asked and that ask is still pending.
          format: uuid
        markets_that_fit:
          type: integer
      required:
      - status
      - status_text
      - markets_that_fit
      description: Valjean's setting is "a broker approves each ask".
    InstantQuotesResult:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstantQuotesPending'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstantQuotesDone'
      discriminator:
        propertyName: status
        mapping:
          pending: '#/components/schemas/InstantQuotesPending'
          done: '#/components/schemas/InstantQuotesDone'
  headers:
    RateLimitPolicy:
      description: 'The rate limit for this key, as an IETF RateLimit-Policy: 120 requests (q) per 60-second window (w), counted across all of Valjean''s servers. Over it, you get 429 with Retry-After.'
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '"per-key";q=120;w=60'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: vjk_live_… / vjk_demo_… API key, or an OAuth access token (vjat_…)
      description: 'Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer vjk_…`. Keys come from your agency portal or your Valjean broker.'
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
      description: The same API key in an X-Api-Key header, for tools that can't set Authorization.
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: 'For AI apps that connect by signing in. Authorization code flow with PKCE (S256 only), public clients (no secret), dynamic client registration at https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/oauth/register. Discovery: https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server. Access tokens last 1 hour; refresh tokens 30 days and rotate on use. Tokens stop when the API key or portal link that approved them is revoked.'
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/oauth/token
          refreshUrl: https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            read: Appetite, requirements, status, quotes, documents, policies
            submit: Also send files, answers, documents, bind requests and instant-quote asks
x-event-types:
- submission.received
- submission.status_changed
- needs.requested
- markets.updated
- quote.presented
- bind.status_changed
- policy.bound
- policy.status_changed
- document.available
- invoice.sent
- invoice.paid
- invoice.overdue