> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.canary.effectiveai.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Schedule an answer to a question > Schedule an answer to a question using the required selections as research context. The agent may consult other authorized sources; cited versions are pinned at submission. Poll GET /api/v2/answers/{id}. Requests are limited to 64 KiB. Repeating POST creates a new answer; poll the returned ID to follow the accepted request. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json post /answers openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Effective API version: 2.0.0 description: The public Effective REST API. Authenticate using an Effective API key. servers: - url: https://api.canary.effectiveai.app/api/v2 description: Canary security: - bearerAuth: [] paths: /answers: post: tags: - Answers summary: Schedule an answer to a question description: >- Schedule an answer to a question using the required selections as research context. The agent may consult other authorized sources; cited versions are pinned at submission. Poll GET /api/v2/answers/{id}. Requests are limited to 64 KiB. Repeating POST creates a new answer; poll the returned ID to follow the accepted request. operationId: createAnswer requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CreateAnswerRequest' responses: '202': description: Initial message accepted by the session runtime. headers: Location: required: true schema: type: string description: 'Same-origin polling path: /api/v2/answers/{id}.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CreateAnswerResponse' '400': description: 'invalid_request: invalid input or unusable scope.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '401': description: 'unauthenticated: valid credentials are required.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '403': description: 'forbidden: the credential does not permit this operation.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '404': description: 'not_found: a selected resource does not exist or is inaccessible.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '409': description: version_unavailable or text_unavailable for a selected source file. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '413': description: 'request_too_large: the request exceeds 64 KiB.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '415': description: 'unsupported_media_type: use application/json.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '500': description: 'internal_error: unexpected server error.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' '503': description: 'temporarily_unavailable: the agent cannot run; respect Retry-After.' headers: Retry-After: required: true schema: type: integer minimum: 0 description: Seconds to wait before retrying. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2CodedError' security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: V2CreateAnswerRequest: type: object properties: question: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 2000 description: >- Question to answer. 1–2,000 characters after trimming surrounding whitespace. scope: type: object properties: products: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2AnswerProductScope' description: >- Product selections supplied as research context; the agent discovers member filings and files as needed. trackingNumbers: type: array items: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 500 description: >- SERFF tracking number, e.g. NXUS-G134874599. 1–500 characters after trimming; normalized to uppercase. example: NXUS-G134874599 description: >- SERFF catalog filings to include; each tracking number selects the filing and its stored files. fileIds: type: array items: type: string format: uuid description: >- File UUID, e.g. 00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001; normalized to lowercase. example: 00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001 description: >- Persistent file UUIDs supplied as research context. Cited versions are pinned when the answer is submitted. additionalProperties: false description: >- Required research context: the union of these selections. The agent may consult other authorized sources; at least one list must be nonempty. anyOf: - required: - products properties: products: type: array minItems: 1 - required: - trackingNumbers properties: trackingNumbers: type: array minItems: 1 - required: - fileIds properties: fileIds: type: array minItems: 1 required: - question - scope additionalProperties: false V2CreateAnswerResponse: type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Opaque answer ID, e.g. answer_7KQ2M9A. Preserve exactly for polling. example: answer_7KQ2M9A status: type: string enum: - queued description: >- Initial acceptance state. Poll GET for current status; execution may already have started. required: - id - status additionalProperties: false V2CodedError: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/V2Error' - type: object properties: code: type: string minLength: 1 description: Stable error code. Clients must tolerate unknown future codes. details: type: array items: type: object properties: location: type: string enum: - path - query - header - body path: type: array items: type: string maxLength: 64 maxItems: 12 code: type: string enum: - required - invalid_type - invalid_value - unknown_field message: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 required: - location - path - code - message minItems: 1 maxItems: 20 description: Bounded safe validation issues; may omit some invalid fields. requestId: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 128 description: >- Existing server correlation for this HTTP attempt, when available. dataset: type: string enum: - naic description: Dataset needed for dataset_not_enabled. upgradeUrl: type: string nullable: true format: uri description: Where to upgrade for plan_required, when available. required: - code V2AnswerProductScope: type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- Catalog product ID, e.g. product_00001AB or bare code 00001AB. Aliases normalize to the full ID. example: product_00001AB state: type: string pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}$ description: >- Two-letter uppercase state code, e.g. CA for California. Omit to include all states for this product. example: CA required: - id additionalProperties: false V2Error: type: object properties: error: type: string minLength: 1 description: Human-readable explanation of the failure. required: - error securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: 'Effective API key. Send Authorization: Bearer sk-eai-...' ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.