> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.reflections.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. > ## Agent Instructions > The OpenAPI document at /api-reference/openapi.yaml defines the target contract. Its x-reflections-availability field and each operation's availability notice identify supported test and live forms. Do not infer implementation from a schema or code sample. Live keys support account details, reads of the licenses the calling account holds as licensee or issued as talent (GET /v1/licenses?role=issuer), and GET /v1/generations?license=… for the state of outputs under such a license (summaries only: no prompt, reference, bytes or metadata). Live image checks, submissions and receipts are built but not activated: until activation, a live POST /v1/checks or /v1/generations returns 403 live_not_activated, which must not be retried. Discovery and JWKS are at the origin root (https://app.reflections.ai/.well-known/...), not under /v1. > Three rules hold everywhere: a decision is never an error (deny and escalate are 200 responses, and a live check still evaluating is a 202 with status checking); generate nothing for a named talent without an allow; deliver nothing until the generation is allow. > The sandbox accepts personal rk_test_ keys. Persist a separate Idempotency-Key and body for each logical /v1 POST; retry an unknown outcome with the same key and body. OAuth and Talent API MCP remain planned. # Retrieve an escalation > **Planned contract — unavailable in test and live modes.** This operation is a protocol reference, not a callable endpoint. Start with the [working sandbox quickstart](/quickstart). Returns an escalation with everything a reviewer needs: the request as the platform sent it, the use, the licensee and platform, the term the question rests on, and, for a held output, the findings on its bytes and a link to view it. Inputs sent with `prompt_handling: "withheld"` show only their role and digest. Restricted keys need `escalations:write`. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml get /escalations/{escalation_id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Reflections Talent API version: '2026-10-15' summary: The license server for a person's name, likeness and voice in generative AI. description: > This document defines the target Talent API contract. Each operation declares its current test and live availability. Test mode serves a limited fictional sandbox. Live keys support account details and reading the caller's own licenses. The initial live image check, submission and receipt implementation is deployed, but requires separate live signing activation and production acceptance. Start at https://docs.reflections.ai/quickstart for test mode. The target API lets any product that can generate a real person check whether a use is licensed, verify the output it made, prove that verification to anyone downstream, report usage, and honor revocations. Protected requests use a secret key in the `Authorization` header. The target contract defines test keys (`rk_test_…`) and live keys (`rk_live_…`) use the same base URL; the key decides the mode. A decision is never an error. `deny` and `escalate` are `200` responses that carry a decision. Errors use RFC 9457 problem details. contact: name: Reflections developer support url: https://docs.reflections.ai/production/support email: developers@reflections.ai servers: - url: https://app.reflections.ai/v1 description: >- Fictional test sandbox and conditional live support; availability and activation are separate security: - SecretKey: [] tags: - name: Account description: The account that owns the calling key. - name: Talent description: >- People whose name, likeness and voice are protected and licensed through Reflections. - name: Facets description: >- The parts of a talent's identity a license can cover, such as a voice or a likeness. - name: Resolutions description: Find which talent a prompt, image or voice sample invokes. - name: Licenses description: Signed licenses and their revisions. - name: License requests description: Ask a talent for a new license or a wider one. - name: Connections description: A licensee's permission for a platform to use its licenses. - name: Files description: References and outputs uploaded for checks and generations. - name: Checks description: Decide whether a use may proceed, before anything is generated. - name: Generations description: Check an output against the license its check relied on. - name: Sessions description: Authorize live voice and video with short-lived tokens and sampled checks. - name: Receipts description: Signed, portable proof of a decision. - name: Verifications description: Verify a file, manifest or receipt. - name: Revocations description: Every narrowing of consent, and the platform's acknowledgement of it. - name: Usage records description: Report usage for settlement and audit. - name: Statements description: Monthly amounts owed under a license, reconciled against observed usage. - name: Mandates description: A representative's authority to act for a talent, and its powers. - name: Escalations description: >- The review queue. Checks and held outputs waiting for the talent's side to decide. - name: License drafts description: Terms prepared for a talent's signature. Only a person signs. - name: Webhook endpoints description: Where Reflections sends events. - name: Events description: The record of everything that happened to your objects. - name: Test helpers description: Act as a talent or reviewer in test mode. - name: Discovery description: The public discovery document and signing keys. Neither needs a key. - name: OAuth description: > Authorization for connections, MCP clients and RSL clients, and the metadata that describes it. paths: /escalations/{escalation_id}: get: tags: - Escalations summary: Retrieve an escalation description: > **Planned contract — unavailable in test and live modes.** This operation is a protocol reference, not a callable endpoint. Start with the [working sandbox quickstart](/quickstart). Returns an escalation with everything a reviewer needs: the request as the platform sent it, the use, the licensee and platform, the term the question rests on, and, for a held output, the findings on its bytes and a link to view it. Inputs sent with `prompt_handling: "withheld"` show only their role and digest. Restricted keys need `escalations:write`. operationId: retrieveEscalation parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReflectionsVersion' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EscalationId' responses: '200': description: The escalation. headers: Request-Id: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' RateLimit: $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit' RateLimit-Policy: $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitPolicy' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/EscalationDetail' examples: open: $ref: '#/components/examples/EscalationOpen' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/MandateRequired' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError' '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unavailable' security: - SecretKey: - escalations:write x-codeSamples: - lang: bash label: cURL source: > : "${REFLECTIONS_KEY:?Set REFLECTIONS_KEY before running this example}" curl --fail-with-body --max-time 30 'https://app.reflections.ai/v1/escalations/esc_t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9' \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $REFLECTIONS_KEY" \ -H "Reflections-Version: 2026-10-15" - lang: typescript label: TypeScript source: > import { env, exit } from "node:process"; const apiKey = env.REFLECTIONS_KEY; if (!apiKey) throw new Error("Set REFLECTIONS_KEY before running this example"); const response = await fetch("https://app.reflections.ai/v1/escalations/esc_t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9", { method: "GET", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`, "Reflections-Version": "2026-10-15", }, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000), }); const responseBody = await response.text(); if (!response.ok) { console.error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${responseBody}`); exit(1); } console.log(responseBody); - lang: python label: Python source: > import os from urllib.error import HTTPError from urllib.request import Request, urlopen apiKey = os.environ["REFLECTIONS_KEY"] if not apiKey: raise ValueError("Set REFLECTIONS_KEY before running this example") headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {apiKey}", "Reflections-Version": "2026-10-15", } request = Request("https://app.reflections.ai/v1/escalations/esc_t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9", method="GET", headers=headers) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=30) as response: print(response.read().decode("utf-8")) except HTTPError as error: error_body = error.read().decode("utf-8") raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {error.code}: {error_body}") from error - lang: go label: Go source: | package main import ( "fmt" "io" "net/http" "os" "time" ) func main() { apiKey := os.Getenv("REFLECTIONS_KEY") if apiKey == "" { panic("Set REFLECTIONS_KEY before running this example") } request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://app.reflections.ai/v1/escalations/esc_t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9", nil) if err != nil { panic(err) } request.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer " + apiKey) request.Header.Set("Reflections-Version", "2026-10-15") client := &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second} response, err := client.Do(request) if err != nil { panic(err) } defer response.Body.Close() responseBody, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body) if err != nil { panic(err) } if response.StatusCode < 200 || response.StatusCode >= 300 { panic(fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %d: %s", response.StatusCode, responseBody)) } fmt.Print(string(responseBody)) } components: parameters: ReflectionsVersion: name: Reflections-Version in: header required: false description: >- The dated API version. Defaults to the version your account is pinned to. schema: type: string example: '2026-10-15' EscalationId: name: escalation_id in: path required: true description: The escalation's ID. example: esc_t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9 schema: type: string pattern: ^esc_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ headers: RequestId: description: Identifies this request. Include it when you contact support. schema: type: string example: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h RateLimit: description: >- Remaining quota and seconds until it resets, as IETF RateLimit header fields. schema: type: string example: '"checks";r=184;t=1' RateLimitPolicy: description: The policy the RateLimit field reports against. schema: type: string example: '"checks";q=200;w=1' RetryAfter: description: Seconds to wait before retrying. schema: type: integer schemas: EscalationDetail: title: Escalation description: An escalation with the request, use and findings a reviewer needs. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Escalation' - type: object required: - object - livemode - subject - talent - license - licensee - platform - use - request_digest - created_at properties: object: type: string const: escalation description: Always `escalation`. livemode: type: boolean description: '`true` in live mode, `false` in test mode.' subject: type: object description: What waits on the decision. required: - object - id properties: object: type: string enum: - check - generation description: >- `check` for an escalated check, `generation` for a held output. id: type: string description: The check (`chk_…`) or generation (`gen_…`) ID. talent: type: string pattern: ^tal_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: > The talent whose side decides. When a check escalates for several talent, each has their own escalation. license: type: string pattern: ^lic_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: The license the request was checked under. license_revision: type: string pattern: ^lrv_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: The revision of `license` the request was checked against. licensee: type: string pattern: ^acct_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: The account that holds `license`. licensee_name: type: string description: The licensee's account name. platform: type: string pattern: ^acct_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: The platform that ran the check or submitted the output. platform_name: type: string description: The platform's account name. use: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Use' description: The use the platform asked for on the check. inputs: type: array description: > The request as the platform sent it. Media inputs carry a `url` that opens for 15 minutes. Text sent withheld appears as `role` and `sha256` only. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Input' reasons: type: array description: What raised the question, with the talent's term. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Reason' findings: type: array description: For a held output, what Reflections recorded on its bytes. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Finding' artifact: type: - object - 'null' description: For a held output, the clean bytes to review. properties: sha256: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Sha256Hex' description: > SHA-256 of the held output's bytes, as on the generation's `artifact`. media_type: type: string description: The output's media type, such as `image/png`. url: type: string format: uri description: Opens for 15 minutes. request_digest: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Digest' description: > The `request_digest` of the check. Allowing an escalated check covers exactly this request. review_url: type: - string - 'null' format: uri description: >- The Talent Portal page where a person with authority reviews it and decides. Present while `open`. decision: type: - string - 'null' enum: - allow - deny - null description: > The decision a person recorded, `allow` or `deny`. `null` until one is recorded. decided_by: type: - object - 'null' description: Who resolved it. properties: party: type: string enum: - talent - representative - reflections description: > `talent` when the talent decided, `representative` when a representative recorded the decision, `reflections` for an escalation under a platform license. account: type: - string - 'null' pattern: ^acct_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: > The representative's account. `null` when the talent or Reflections decided. name: type: string description: >- The person who decided, as recorded on the talent's audit record. created_at: type: string format: date-time description: When the check escalated or the output was held. Escalation: type: object required: - id - reason - reviewer - status - expires_at properties: id: type: string pattern: ^esc_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: The escalation's ID, `esc_` followed by 26 characters. reason: type: string enum: - judgment - unverifiable - evaluation_unavailable - release_review description: > `judgment`: a rule needs a person to read it. `unverifiable`: a protected attribute could not be confirmed. `evaluation_unavailable`: the check could not finish. `release_review`: every output under this license is released by a person. reviewer: type: string enum: - talent - representative - reflections description: > `talent`: the talent, or a representative whose mandate has `review_outputs`. `representative`: only the talent's representatives. `reflections`: Reflections trust and safety, under a platform license. status: type: string enum: - open - allowed - denied - expired - cancelled description: > `open` until it closes: `allowed` or `denied` by the reviewer, `expired` at `expires_at`, or `cancelled` when you cancel the check, withdraw the output, or another talent's escalation decides the check. expires_at: type: string format: date-time description: > When an unanswered escalation becomes `deny`: 7 days after it opens, or the license's shorter `escalation_window`. resolved_at: type: - string - 'null' format: date-time description: >- When the escalation was decided, expired or cancelled. Null while `open`. note: type: - string - 'null' maxLength: 500 description: The reviewer's note, if they wrote one. Use: type: object required: - modality - kind - purpose - commercial properties: modality: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Modality' description: What will be generated. kind: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UseKind' description: How the talent appears in the output. purpose: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Purpose' description: What the output is for. commercial: type: boolean description: >- Whether anyone earns money from the output, including through advertising. channels: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Channel' maxItems: 20 description: Required when `commercial` is true. territories: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Territory' maxItems: 50 description: Required when `commercial` is true. Input: type: object description: > One part of the request a model receives, in order. Send text inline; send media as a file ID, or as `sha256` with a `url` Reflections can fetch. required: - role properties: role: type: string enum: - prompt - system - negative_prompt - rewritten_prompt - script - reference - voice_sample - mask - context description: > `prompt`: the user's words. `system`: instructions you add. `rewritten_prompt`: your expansion of the prompt, if the model receives that instead. `script`: words to be spoken. `reference`, `voice_sample`, `mask`: media the model receives. `context`: conversation history the model receives. text: type: string maxLength: 32000 description: >- The text, for every role except `reference`, `voice_sample` and `mask`. file: type: string pattern: ^file_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: > A file ID from `POST /v1/files`, for a `reference`, `voice_sample` or `mask` input. url: type: string format: uri description: > A URL Reflections can fetch the media from. Send `sha256` and `media_type` with it. sha256: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Sha256Hex' description: > SHA-256 of the bytes, in hex: of the media at `url`, or of a text input's UTF-8 bytes when `prompt_handling.mode` is `withheld`. media_type: type: string example: image/png description: > The MIME type of the media at `url`, or `text/plain` for a withheld text input. Reason: type: object required: - code - stage - sentence properties: code: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReasonCode' description: A stable reason code. Branch on it. stage: type: string enum: - check - generation - session description: 'Where it was decided: `check`, `generation` or `session`.' talent: type: string pattern: ^tal_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$ description: The talent the reason concerns. term: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address' description: >- The license term or standing rule the reason rests on, as an address. sentence: type: string description: >- The reason in the license's own words. Show it to your user as written. Finding: type: object required: - term - result properties: term: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address' description: The term's address, such as `license:lic_…/terms.neverExtras`. attribute: type: string description: A protected attribute, such as `identity.samePerson`. rule: type: string description: A rule the talent wrote, as written. result: type: string enum: - preserved - violated - unchecked description: >- `unchecked`: the check could not read this rule. Talent-written rules that are unchecked are delivered and recorded; protected attributes never are. detail: type: string description: What the check saw, for a `violated` result. Sha256Hex: type: string description: A SHA-256 digest of bytes, as 64 lowercase hex characters. pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{64}$ Digest: type: string description: A SHA-256 digest, `sha256:` followed by 64 lowercase hex characters. pattern: ^sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}$ Problem: type: object description: An RFC 9457 problem detail. Every error has this shape. required: - type - title - status - code - request_id properties: type: type: string format: uri description: A URL for this error, under `https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/`. title: type: string description: A short summary of the error. status: type: integer description: The HTTP status. detail: type: string description: What happened in this request. code: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode' description: The stable error code. Branch on it, then on `status`. param: type: string description: The field at fault, as a path such as `use.territories[1]`. request_id: type: string description: > `req_…`, the same value as the `Request-Id` header. Include it when you contact support. doc_url: type: string format: uri description: A link to the documentation for this error. Modality: type: string description: >- What will be generated. `speech` is a voice speaking words; `audio` is any other sound. enum: - image - video - speech - audio - text UseKind: type: string description: > How the talent appears. `depiction`: shown or heard. `impersonation`: speaks or writes as the talent. `endorsement`: implies the talent approves something. `reference`: talked about, without synthesis; needs no license. enum: - depiction - impersonation - endorsement - reference Purpose: type: string enum: - advertising - branded_content - entertainment - editorial - personal - education - political Channel: type: string description: Where the output will appear. enum: - social - web - in_app - streaming - tv - cinema - out_of_home - print - audio - email - retail - games - private Territory: type: string description: An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, or `WW` for worldwide. pattern: ^([A-Z]{2})$ example: US ReasonCode: type: string description: >- Why a use was denied or escalated, or a session terminated. See the reason code catalog. enum: - no_license - license_pending_acceptance - license_revoked - license_suspended - window_not_started - window_ended - terms_unreadable - account_not_licensee - material_unavailable - adjustment_not_licensed - facet_not_licensed - kind_not_licensed - modality_not_licensed - purpose_not_licensed - channel_not_licensed - territory_not_licensed - commercial_use_not_licensed - platform_not_licensed - delivery_limit_reached - monthly_limit_reached - talent_prohibits - prohibited_appearance_change - prohibited_endorsement - prohibited_custom_term - identity_not_preserved - prohibited_speech - prohibited_motion - narration_mismatch - voice_rule - unsupported_rule - attribute_unverifiable - output_unverifiable - ambiguous_talent - review_required - unverifiable_request - evaluation_unavailable - authority_changed - provenance_failed - hold_expired - review_declined - review_expired - session_not_permitted - renewal_missed - sample_missed Address: type: string description: > Where a reason or finding rests, written as an address: `license:/terms.` for a term, `talent:` for a talent's standing boundary. example: license:lic_k5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyh/terms.channels ErrorCode: type: string description: A stable error code. See the error code catalog. enum: - invalid_request - parameter_missing - parameter_invalid - unsupported_modality - unsupported_media_type - media_unreadable - version_unsupported - authorization_code_invalid - authentication_required - invalid_api_key - token_invalid - insufficient_scope - account_not_connected - mandate_required - livemode_mismatch - live_not_activated - platform_not_permitted - resource_not_found - idempotency_key_in_use - generation_already_submitted - authorization_consumed - check_not_allowed - check_expired - escalation_closed - license_draft_closed - invalid_state_transition - session_not_active - payload_too_large - idempotency_key_reused - artifact_digest_mismatch - rate_limited - internal_error - service_unavailable - evaluation_timeout examples: EscalationOpen: summary: A rule that needs a person value: id: esc_t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9 object: escalation livemode: true reason: judgment reviewer: talent status: open expires_at: '2026-10-24T18:04:00Z' resolved_at: null note: null subject: object: check id: chk_r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4 talent: tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s license: lic_k5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyh license_revision: lrv_p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7 licensee: acct_2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba licensee_name: Ridgeline platform: acct_7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n platform_name: Northlight use: modality: image kind: depiction purpose: advertising commercial: true channels: - social territories: - US inputs: - role: prompt text: >- Maya Okafor at a trailhead café with two friends, paper cups on the table, morning light reasons: - code: prohibited_custom_term stage: check talent: tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s term: license:lic_k5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyh/terms.neverExtras sentence: Do not show alcohol or tobacco. findings: [] artifact: null request_digest: >- sha256:c3e5a7b9d1f3c5e7a9b1d3f5c7e9a1b3d5f7c9e1a3b5d7f9c1e3a5b7d9f1c3e5 review_url: https://app.reflections.ai/review/esc_t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9 decision: null decided_by: null created_at: '2026-10-17T18:04:00Z' responses: Unauthorized: description: The key is missing, unknown or revoked. headers: Request-Id: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/invalid_api_key title: The API key is not valid status: 401 code: invalid_api_key request_id: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h MandateRequired: description: >- Your account holds no active mandate for this talent with the power this call needs. headers: Request-Id: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/mandate_required title: No mandate with the needed power status: 403 code: mandate_required detail: >- Your mandate for tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s does not include review_outputs. request_id: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h NotFound: description: No such object for this account. headers: Request-Id: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/resource_not_found title: No such object status: 404 code: resource_not_found request_id: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h RateLimited: description: Too many requests. headers: Request-Id: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter' content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' example: type: https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/rate_limited title: Too many requests status: 429 code: rate_limited request_id: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h ServerError: description: Something failed on our side. Retry with the same idempotency key. headers: Request-Id: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' Unavailable: description: > Reflections is temporarily unavailable. Do not generate a named talent without a valid authorization. Retry with the same idempotency key. headers: Request-Id: $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter' content: application/problem+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem' securitySchemes: SecretKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: > Your secret key, `rk_test_…` or `rk_live_…`, sent as `Authorization: Bearer `. Keep it on your server. Restricted keys carry only the scopes you give them. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.