> ## 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.

# Introspect a token

> **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).

Tells a content host whether an RSL `License` token is active and whether it covers the
content it was presented for, as OAuth Token Introspection (RFC 7662) and RSL's Open
License Protocol define. Call it when a client sends `Authorization: License <token>`, and
serve the content only when `active` and `permitted` are both `true`.

A token is inactive once it expires, and from the moment the license it draws on is
revoked or suspended. Cache an active result for at most 60 seconds. An inactive result
carries only `active: false`, whatever the reason. Only `License` tokens can be
introspected: an MCP access token always reads as inactive here.

Authenticate with a confidential client's client ID and secret, registered with
[`POST /oauth/register`](/api-reference/oauth/register-a-client).




## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /oauth/introspect
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:
  /oauth/introspect:
    post:
      tags:
        - OAuth
      summary: Introspect a token
      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).


        Tells a content host whether an RSL `License` token is active and
        whether it covers the

        content it was presented for, as OAuth Token Introspection (RFC 7662)
        and RSL's Open

        License Protocol define. Call it when a client sends `Authorization:
        License <token>`, and

        serve the content only when `active` and `permitted` are both `true`.


        A token is inactive once it expires, and from the moment the license it
        draws on is

        revoked or suspended. Cache an active result for at most 60 seconds. An
        inactive result

        carries only `active: false`, whatever the reason. Only `License` tokens
        can be

        introspected: an MCP access token always reads as inactive here.


        Authenticate with a confidential client's client ID and secret,
        registered with

        [`POST /oauth/register`](/api-reference/oauth/register-a-client).
      operationId: introspectToken
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenIntrospectionCreate'
            examples:
              license_token:
                summary: A content host checks a License token
                value:
                  token: rlt_vSJ3bKIxXFSmOQpwEb0SZrAhc4eOBrwV
                  resource: https://app.reflections.ai/fct_5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Whether the token is active, and what it covers.
          headers:
            Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenIntrospection'
              examples:
                active:
                  summary: An active License token
                  value:
                    active: true
                    token_type: License
                    permitted: true
                    client_id: cl_zsyaax01q26b0kmq66g7wt70x9
                    resource: https://app.reflections.ai/fct_5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk
                    usage:
                      - ai-input
                    talent: tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s
                    license: lic_j2fseppybf012bsxt93pv9y4b9
                    livemode: true
                    iat: 1792312320
                    exp: 1792398720
                inactive:
                  summary: An expired, revoked or unknown token
                  value:
                    active: false
        '400':
          description: '`token` is missing. `error` is `invalid_request`.'
          headers:
            Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OAuthError'
              example:
                error: invalid_request
                error_description: token is required.
        '401':
          description: The client ID or secret is wrong. `error` is `invalid_client`.
          headers:
            Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OAuthError'
              example:
                error: invalid_client
                error_description: Client authentication failed.
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unavailable'
      security:
        - ClientCredentials: []
      servers:
        - url: https://app.reflections.ai
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: >
            : "${REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID:?Set REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID before running
            this example}"

            : "${REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET:?Set REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET before
            running this example}"


            curl --fail-with-body --max-time 30 -X POST
            'https://app.reflections.ai/oauth/introspect' \
              -u "$REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID:$REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET" \
              -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
              --data-urlencode 'token=rlt_vSJ3bKIxXFSmOQpwEb0SZrAhc4eOBrwV' \
              --data-urlencode 'resource=https://app.reflections.ai/fct_5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk'
        - lang: typescript
          label: TypeScript
          source: >
            import { env, exit } from "node:process";

            import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";


            const clientId = env.REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID;

            if (!clientId) throw new Error("Set REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID before
            running this example");

            const clientSecret = env.REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET;

            if (!clientSecret) throw new Error("Set REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET
            before running this example");


            const response = await
            fetch("https://app.reflections.ai/oauth/introspect", {
              method: "POST",
              headers: {
                Authorization: `Basic ${Buffer.from(`${clientId}:${clientSecret}`).toString("base64")}`,
                "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
              },
              body: new URLSearchParams({
                "token": "rlt_vSJ3bKIxXFSmOQpwEb0SZrAhc4eOBrwV",
                "resource": "https://app.reflections.ai/fct_5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk"
              }),
              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 base64
            import os
            from urllib.error import HTTPError
            from urllib.parse import urlencode
            from urllib.request import Request, urlopen

            clientId = os.environ["REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID"]
            if not clientId:
                raise ValueError("Set REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID before running this example")
            clientSecret = os.environ["REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET"]
            if not clientSecret:
                raise ValueError("Set REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET before running this example")

            headers = {
                "Authorization": "Basic " + base64.b64encode(f"{clientId}:{clientSecret}".encode()).decode(),
                "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
            }
            data = urlencode({
                "token": "rlt_vSJ3bKIxXFSmOQpwEb0SZrAhc4eOBrwV",
                "resource": "https://app.reflections.ai/fct_5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk",
            }).encode("utf-8")
            request = Request("https://app.reflections.ai/oauth/introspect",
                              method="POST", headers=headers, data=data)
            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"
                "net/url"
                "os"
                "strings"
                "time"
            )

            func main() {
                clientId := os.Getenv("REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID")
                if clientId == "" {
                    panic("Set REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_ID before running this example")
                }
                clientSecret := os.Getenv("REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET")
                if clientSecret == "" {
                    panic("Set REFLECTIONS_CLIENT_SECRET before running this example")
                }

                form := url.Values{
                    "token": {"rlt_vSJ3bKIxXFSmOQpwEb0SZrAhc4eOBrwV"},
                    "resource": {"https://app.reflections.ai/fct_5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk"},
                }
                body := strings.NewReader(form.Encode())
                request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://app.reflections.ai/oauth/introspect", body)
                if err != nil {
                    panic(err)
                }
                request.SetBasicAuth(clientId, clientSecret)
                request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
                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:
  schemas:
    TokenIntrospectionCreate:
      type: object
      description: An introspection request, as RFC 7662 defines it.
      required:
        - token
      properties:
        token:
          type: string
          description: The token the client presented.
        token_type_hint:
          type: string
          enum:
            - access_token
          description: Optional. A `License` token is an access token.
        resource:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: >
            The content the token was presented for: the facet IRI, or the URL
            of a file under it.

            `permitted` in the result is about this resource.
    TokenIntrospection:
      type: object
      description: >
        Whether a token is active, as RFC 7662 returns it. An inactive token
        returns only `active`.
      required:
        - active
      properties:
        active:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            `true` while the token is unexpired and the license it draws on is
            active.
        token_type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - License
          description: Always `License`.
        permitted:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether the token covers `resource`. Serve the content only when
            this and `active` are both `true`.
        client_id:
          type: string
          description: The client the token was issued to.
        resource:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The facet IRI the token was issued for.
        usage:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The RSL `usage` values the token covers, such as `ai-input`.
        talent:
          type: string
          pattern: ^tal_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          description: The talent whose facet the token covers.
        license:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          pattern: ^lic_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          description: >
            The license the token draws on. `null` when the talent's posture
            allows the usage without

            a license.
        livemode:
          type: boolean
          description: '`true` for a live-mode token.'
        iat:
          type: integer
          description: Unix seconds when the token was issued.
        exp:
          type: integer
          description: Unix seconds when the token expires.
    OAuthError:
      type: object
      description: >
        An OAuth error, as RFC 6749 §5.2 and RFC 7591 §3.2.2 define it. The
        OAuth endpoints return

        it for `400` and `401`.
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          enum:
            - invalid_request
            - invalid_client
            - invalid_grant
            - unauthorized_client
            - unsupported_grant_type
            - invalid_scope
            - invalid_target
            - invalid_redirect_uri
            - invalid_client_metadata
          description: The error code. Each endpoint lists the codes it returns.
        error_description:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A sentence for the developer. Do not show it to the person signing
            in.
    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.
    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
  headers:
    RequestId:
      description: Identifies this request. Include it when you contact support.
      schema:
        type: string
        example: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h
    RetryAfter:
      description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
      schema:
        type: integer
  responses:
    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 <key>`. Keep it

        on your server. Restricted keys carry only the scopes you give them.
    ClientCredentials:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: >
        A confidential OAuth client's `client_id` and `client_secret`, sent as
        HTTP Basic

        credentials. Register the client with your secret key to receive them;
        see

        [`POST /oauth/register`](/api-reference/oauth/register-a-client).

````

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