> ## 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.

# Create a session

> **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).

Starts a live voice or video session. Reflections runs a check on the session's inputs and,
if it allows, returns a session token that expires in 5 minutes. Renew it every
`renew_every`, submit samples at the `sampling` rate, and stay connected to `stream_url` to
receive `session.terminated`.

Sessions never escalate: anything that would escalate is `deny`. A license that holds every
output for release cannot start a session (`session_not_permitted`).

Restricted keys need `sessions:write`.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /sessions
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:
  /sessions:
    post:
      tags:
        - Sessions
      summary: Create a session
      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).


        Starts a live voice or video session. Reflections runs a check on the
        session's inputs and,

        if it allows, returns a session token that expires in 5 minutes. Renew
        it every

        `renew_every`, submit samples at the `sampling` rate, and stay connected
        to `stream_url` to

        receive `session.terminated`.


        Sessions never escalate: anything that would escalate is `deny`. A
        license that holds every

        output for release cannot start a session (`session_not_permitted`).


        Restricted keys need `sessions:write`.
      operationId: createSession
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReflectionsVersion'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReflectionsAccount'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionCreate'
            examples:
              fan_voice_chat:
                summary: A live fan voice chat
                value:
                  talent:
                    - tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s
                  facet: fct_v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8
                  use:
                    modality: speech
                    kind: impersonation
                    purpose: personal
                    commercial: false
                    channels:
                      - in_app
                    territories:
                      - US
                  inputs:
                    - role: system
                      text: >-
                        You are a fan voice chat. Speak as Maya Okafor in a
                        friendly tone.
                  end_user:
                    id: usr_48213
                  execution:
                    provider: example-voice-provider
                    model: realtime-voice-2
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            The session. If `status` is `denied`, the check's reasons explain
            why and no token is issued.
          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/Session'
              examples:
                active:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/SessionActive'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unprocessable'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unavailable'
      security:
        - SecretKey:
            - sessions:write
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: >
            # Set a unique key once per new action; persist it and reuse it for
            every retry.

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

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


            curl --fail-with-body --max-time 30 -X POST
            'https://app.reflections.ai/v1/sessions' \
              -H "Authorization: Bearer $REFLECTIONS_KEY" \
              -H "Reflections-Version: 2026-10-15" \
              -H "Idempotency-Key: $REFLECTIONS_CREATE_SESSION_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
              --data-raw '{
              "talent": [
                "tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s"
              ],
              "facet": "fct_v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8",
              "use": {
                "modality": "speech",
                "kind": "impersonation",
                "purpose": "personal",
                "commercial": false,
                "channels": [
                  "in_app"
                ],
                "territories": [
                  "US"
                ]
              },
              "inputs": [
                {
                  "role": "system",
                  "text": "You are a fan voice chat. Speak as Maya Okafor in a friendly tone."
                }
              ],
              "end_user": {
                "id": "usr_48213"
              },
              "execution": {
                "provider": "example-voice-provider",
                "model": "realtime-voice-2"
              }
            }'
        - lang: typescript
          label: TypeScript
          source: >
            import { env, exit } from "node:process";


            // Set a unique key once per new action; persist it and reuse it for
            every retry.

            const apiKey = env.REFLECTIONS_KEY;

            if (!apiKey) throw new Error("Set REFLECTIONS_KEY before running
            this example");

            const idempotencyKey =
            env.REFLECTIONS_CREATE_SESSION_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY;

            if (!idempotencyKey) throw new Error("Set
            REFLECTIONS_CREATE_SESSION_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY before running this
            example");


            const response = await
            fetch("https://app.reflections.ai/v1/sessions", {
              method: "POST",
              headers: {
                Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
                "Reflections-Version": "2026-10-15",
                "Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
                "Content-Type": "application/json",
              },
              body: JSON.stringify({
                "talent": [
                  "tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s"
                ],
                "facet": "fct_v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8",
                "use": {
                  "modality": "speech",
                  "kind": "impersonation",
                  "purpose": "personal",
                  "commercial": false,
                  "channels": [
                    "in_app"
                  ],
                  "territories": [
                    "US"
                  ]
                },
                "inputs": [
                  {
                    "role": "system",
                    "text": "You are a fan voice chat. Speak as Maya Okafor in a friendly tone."
                  }
                ],
                "end_user": {
                  "id": "usr_48213"
                },
                "execution": {
                  "provider": "example-voice-provider",
                  "model": "realtime-voice-2"
                }
              }),
              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 json

            import os

            from urllib.error import HTTPError

            from urllib.request import Request, urlopen


            # Set a unique key once per new action; persist it and reuse it for
            every retry.

            apiKey = os.environ["REFLECTIONS_KEY"]

            if not apiKey:
                raise ValueError("Set REFLECTIONS_KEY before running this example")
            idempotencyKey =
            os.environ["REFLECTIONS_CREATE_SESSION_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY"]

            if not idempotencyKey:
                raise ValueError("Set REFLECTIONS_CREATE_SESSION_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY before running this example")

            headers = {
                "Authorization": f"Bearer {apiKey}",
                "Reflections-Version": "2026-10-15",
                "Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
                "Content-Type": "application/json",
            }

            data = json.dumps({
                "talent": ["tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s"],
                "facet": "fct_v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8",
                "use": {
                    "modality": "speech",
                    "kind": "impersonation",
                    "purpose": "personal",
                    "commercial": False,
                    "channels": ["in_app"],
                    "territories": ["US"],
                },
                "inputs": [
                    {
                        "role": "system",
                        "text": "You are a fan voice chat. Speak as Maya Okafor in a friendly tone.",
                    },
                ],
                "end_user": {"id": "usr_48213"},
                "execution": {"provider": "example-voice-provider", "model": "realtime-voice-2"},
            }).encode("utf-8")

            request = Request("https://app.reflections.ai/v1/sessions",
                              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"
                "os"
                "strings"
                "time"
            )

            func main() {
                // Set a unique key once per new action; persist it and reuse it for every retry.
                apiKey := os.Getenv("REFLECTIONS_KEY")
                if apiKey == "" {
                    panic("Set REFLECTIONS_KEY before running this example")
                }
                idempotencyKey := os.Getenv("REFLECTIONS_CREATE_SESSION_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY")
                if idempotencyKey == "" {
                    panic("Set REFLECTIONS_CREATE_SESSION_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY before running this example")
                }

                body := strings.NewReader(`{
                  "talent": [
                    "tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s"
                  ],
                  "facet": "fct_v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8",
                  "use": {
                    "modality": "speech",
                    "kind": "impersonation",
                    "purpose": "personal",
                    "commercial": false,
                    "channels": [
                      "in_app"
                    ],
                    "territories": [
                      "US"
                    ]
                  },
                  "inputs": [
                    {
                      "role": "system",
                      "text": "You are a fan voice chat. Speak as Maya Okafor in a friendly tone."
                    }
                  ],
                  "end_user": {
                    "id": "usr_48213"
                  },
                  "execution": {
                    "provider": "example-voice-provider",
                    "model": "realtime-voice-2"
                  }
                }`)
                request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://app.reflections.ai/v1/sessions", body)
                if err != nil {
                    panic(err)
                }
                request.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer " + apiKey)
                request.Header.Set("Reflections-Version", "2026-10-15")
                request.Header.Set("Idempotency-Key", idempotencyKey)
                request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
                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'
    ReflectionsAccount:
      name: Reflections-Account
      in: header
      required: false
      description: >
        Act for a connected licensee. The value is the licensee's account ID.
        Requires an active

        connection between that account and yours.
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: ^acct_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
    IdempotencyKey:
      name: Idempotency-Key
      in: header
      required: false
      description: >
        A unique key for this operation, up to 255 characters. In test mode,
        POST keys are scoped

        to your account and mode and bind the endpoint and body for 24 hours. A
        different endpoint

        or body with the same key is refused.


        Initial live check and generation creation require a nonempty key. Each
        operation has a

        separate account-scoped namespace; retain the same API key, body and
        idempotency key for

        retries within 24 hours of creation. A pending check returns `202` with
        `status: "checking"`.

        Completed checks replay their sealed response; successful generation
        POSTs replay the

        original accepted `202`, so use GET for current state. Live verification
        is a read-only

        query that returns a fresh verification ID on each call, without exact
        response caching.


        The broader delegated-account contract also scopes keys to
        `Reflections-Account`;

        delegated requests and the other planned live POST operations remain
        unsupported.
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 255
  schemas:
    SessionCreate:
      type: object
      required:
        - inputs
        - use
      properties:
        talent:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            pattern: ^tal_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          maxItems: 4
          description: >
            Talent your user picked, up to 4. The inputs are still resolved for
            anyone else.
        facet:
          type: string
          pattern: ^fct_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          description: A specific facet, such as one of several voices.
        license:
          type: string
          pattern: ^lic_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          description: >
            Use this license. By default the narrowest license that allows the
            use is chosen.
        inputs:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Input'
          description: >
            What the model receives when the session starts, such as your system
            text, in order.
        use:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Use'
          description: How the session's output will be used.
        end_user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndUser'
          description: The person the session is for.
        execution:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Execution'
          description: The model that runs the session.
        max_duration:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Duration'
          description: >
            The longest the session may run, such as `PT30M`. The stream sends a
            `max_duration`

            warning before it is reached.
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Metadata'
          description: Your own keys, returned on the session.
    Session:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - object
        - livemode
        - status
        - check
        - created_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          pattern: ^ses_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          description: The session's ID, `ses_` followed by 26 characters.
        object:
          type: string
          const: session
          description: Always `session`.
        livemode:
          type: boolean
          description: '`true` in live mode, `false` in test mode.'
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - active
            - denied
            - ended
            - terminated
          description: >
            `active`: renew and submit samples. `denied`: the check did not
            allow it; `reasons` say

            why. `ended`: you ended it. `terminated`: Reflections ended it;
            `termination` says why.
        check:
          type: string
          pattern: ^chk_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          description: The check Reflections ran on the session's inputs when it started.
        license:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          pattern: ^lic_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          description: The license the session runs under. Null when none applies.
        talent:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            pattern: ^tal_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
          description: The talent the session covers.
        token:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            A JWS with `typ` `tlp-session+jwt`. Null when the session is not
            active.
        expires_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: >
            When the current token expires, 5 minutes after it was issued. Null
            when the session is

            not active.
        renew_every:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Duration'
          description: 'How often to renew the token: `PT60S`.'
        sampling:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Sampling'
          description: Which samples to submit, and how often.
        obligations:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Obligation'
          description: What you must do for the whole session, such as show the disclosure.
        reasons:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Reason'
          description: Why the session was denied. Empty otherwise.
        stream_url:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uri
          description: >
            The session stream's WebSocket URL. Stay connected to receive
            `session.terminated`. Null

            when the session is denied.
        termination:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          description: >
            Why and when Reflections ended the session. Null unless `status` is
            `terminated`. The

            session stream's `session.terminated` message carries the same
            fields.
          required:
            - reason
            - sentence
            - revocation
            - sample
            - at
          properties:
            reason:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReasonCode'
              description: >-
                A reason code, such as `license_revoked` or
                `prohibited_custom_term`.
            sentence:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The reason in the license's own words. Show it to your user as
                written.
            talent:
              type: string
              pattern: ^tal_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
              description: The talent it concerns, when the session has several.
            term:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
              description: The license term or standing rule it rests on, as an address.
            revocation:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
              pattern: ^rvk_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
              description: >-
                The revocation that ended the session, for `license_revoked` and
                `license_suspended`.
            sample:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
              pattern: ^smp_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}$
              description: The sample that was denied, if one was.
            at:
              type: string
              format: date-time
              description: >-
                When Reflections ended the session. Report usage up to this
                time.
        ended_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: >
            When you ended the session with `POST
            /v1/sessions/{session_id}/end`. Null until then.
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Metadata'
          description: Your metadata from the request.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the session started.
    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.
    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.
    EndUser:
      type: object
      description: >
        The person your product acts for. Send a stable ID scoped to your
        platform, never an email

        or a name. Reflections stores only an HMAC of it.
      required:
        - id
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          maxLength: 200
          description: >
            Your stable ID for the person, up to 200 characters. Never an email
            or a name.
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - consumer
            - business
          default: consumer
          description: >
            `consumer` for a person acting for themselves, `business` for one
            acting for a company.
    Execution:
      type: object
      description: >
        Which model will run, or ran, the request. Reflections records it as
        stated by the

        platform (`assurance: attested`).
      properties:
        provider:
          type: string
          maxLength: 100
          description: The model provider.
        model:
          type: string
          maxLength: 100
          description: The model's name at the provider.
        candidates:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 16
          description: Outputs this request will produce.
        job_id:
          type: string
          maxLength: 200
          description: The provider's ID for the job.
    Duration:
      type: string
      description: An ISO 8601 duration, such as `PT60S` or `P30D`.
      example: P30D
    Metadata:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Up to 50 keys of your own, each up to 40 characters, values up to 500
        characters. Never put personal data here.
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
        maxLength: 500
      maxProperties: 50
    Sampling:
      type: object
      properties:
        audio_window_max:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Duration'
          description: >
            Submit an `audio` sample for every window of generated speech, each
            no longer than this,

            such as `PT15S`.
        transcript:
          type: string
          enum:
            - every_turn
            - none
          description: >
            `every_turn`: submit a `transcript` sample with the words of each
            turn. `none`: no

            transcript samples.
        frame_interval:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Duration'
          description: For video, submit one `frame` sample per interval.
    Obligation:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Something you must do to proceed. Each type uses only the fields listed
        for it.
      required:
        - type
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObligationType'
          description: >
            The kind of obligation. Treat a type you do not know as unmet: do
            not generate or

            deliver.
        required:
          type: string
          enum:
            - all
            - sampled
          description: >-
            `generation_check`: submit every output, or the sampled share in
            `sample_rate`.
        sample_rate:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 1
          description: >
            `generation_check` with `required: sampled`: the share of outputs to
            submit, from 0 to

            1, chosen at random.
        reviewer:
          type: string
          enum:
            - talent
            - representative
            - reflections
          description: '`hold_until_release`: who releases each output.'
        instructions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: '`generation_instructions`: include these in what the model receives.'
        level:
          type: string
          enum:
            - licensed
            - brand
            - scope
          description: >-
            `disclosure`: `licensed` says the person's likeness is licensed;
            `brand` adds who licensed it; `scope` adds the use.
        text:
          type: string
          description: '`disclosure` and `attribution`: the words to show.'
        placement:
          type: string
          enum:
            - visible
            - metadata
            - both
          description: '`disclosure`: where the label goes.'
        material:
          type: string
          enum:
            - references
            - voice
            - outputs
          description: '`delete_material` and `no_training`: what the obligation covers.'
        within:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Duration'
          description: >-
            The deadline. `delete_material`: counted from the decision.
            `usage_report`: from the generation's decision or the session's end.
        units:
          type: string
          enum:
            - outputs
            - seconds
            - characters
            - placements
            - impressions
          description: '`usage_report`: the unit to report.'
        term:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
          description: The address of the license term the obligation comes from.
    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.
    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:<id>/terms.<key>` for a

        term, `talent:<id>` for a talent's standing boundary.
      example: license:lic_k5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyh/terms.channels
    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:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
          description: The stable error code. Branch on it, then on `status`.
        param:
          type: string
          description: The field at fault, as a path such as `use.territories[1]`.
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >
            `req_…`, the same value as the `Request-Id` header. Include it when
            you contact support.
        doc_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: A link to the documentation for this error.
    Sha256Hex:
      type: string
      description: A SHA-256 digest of bytes, as 64 lowercase hex characters.
      pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{64}$
    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
    ObligationType:
      type: string
      description: >
        `generation_check`: submit outputs before delivery.
        `hold_until_release`: deliver nothing

        until the reviewer releases it. `draft_watermark`: mark drafts shown
        while held.

        `generation_instructions`: pass the instructions to the model.
        `disclosure`,

        `attribution`: label the output as stated. `c2pa_manifest`: embed the
        `c2pa` assertion.

        `no_training`: never train on the material. `delete_material`: delete it
        within `within`.

        `usage_report`: report usage within `within`.
      enum:
        - generation_check
        - hold_until_release
        - draft_watermark
        - generation_instructions
        - disclosure
        - attribution
        - c2pa_manifest
        - no_training
        - delete_material
        - usage_report
    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
    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
  examples:
    SessionActive:
      summary: An active session
      value:
        id: ses_q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2
        object: session
        livemode: true
        status: active
        check: chk_n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3
        license: lic_ba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5z
        talent:
          - tal_9t0wxyhk5zba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s
        token: >-
          eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6InJmbC0yMDI2LTEwLWRvY3MzIiwidHlwIjoidGxwLXNlc3Npb24rand0In0.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.RD_dRcXCqGHhYvg-PV3b1JIAoAX-WzVp02x6j-eSzmhYFxuZvniuJVrhJuHmzlFq_FYr6smqYXHQzb5p8DI0gA
        expires_at: '2026-10-17T18:05:00Z'
        renew_every: PT60S
        sampling:
          audio_window_max: PT15S
          transcript: every_turn
        obligations:
          - type: disclosure
            level: licensed
            placement: visible
            text: AI voice of Maya Okafor, licensed.
          - type: generation_instructions
            instructions:
              - Do not discuss politics or religion.
              - Do not make promises on her behalf.
            term: license:lic_ba2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5z/terms.voiceLineGrant.never
          - type: usage_report
            units: seconds
            within: P1D
        reasons: []
        stream_url: >-
          wss://app.reflections.ai/v1/sessions/ses_q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba2/stream
        termination: null
        ended_at: null
        metadata: {}
        created_at: '2026-10-17T18:00:00Z'
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed or a parameter was invalid.
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          example:
            type: https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/parameter_invalid
            title: A parameter is invalid
            status: 400
            code: parameter_invalid
            param: use.territories[1]
            detail: '"UK" is not an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. Use "GB".'
            request_id: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h
    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
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        The key may not do this, the licensee is not connected, or live mode is
        not activated for this operation (`live_not_activated`).
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          example:
            type: https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/account_not_connected
            title: The licensee has not connected your platform
            status: 403
            code: account_not_connected
            detail: >-
              acct_2q8v1m3n7p4r6s9t0wxyhk5zba has no active connection with your
              account.
            request_id: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h
    Conflict:
      description: >-
        The request conflicts with the object's state or with a request still
        running.
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          example:
            type: https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/idempotency_key_in_use
            title: A request with this key is still running
            status: 409
            code: idempotency_key_in_use
            detail: Retry with the same key after a short wait.
            request_id: req_8f2k4m6p8r0t2v4x6z8b0d2f4h
    Unprocessable:
      description: The request is well formed but cannot be applied.
      headers:
        Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
          example:
            type: https://docs.reflections.ai/errors/idempotency_key_reused
            title: This key was used for a different request
            status: 422
            code: idempotency_key_reused
            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 <key>`. 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.