/v2/deep-research/jobsStart a deep-research job on up to 25 subjects (developers or repositories)
research:deepdeep_researchRuns full-depth research on each subject and persists a report the whole account can read afterwards. subject: "developers" researches GitHub handles; subject: "repos" researches owner/name repositories: who builds each one (recency-weighted contributors), who validates it (recent starrers plus where the repo’s star audience places, weighing every starrer by the authority of what they themselves build), and identity facts on both. Returns immediately with a job you poll; rounds of five developers run behind it. A developer served from a recent previous research is equivalent in content to a fresh one. Partial success is normal: the job tells you which subjects landed and, for each one that did not, exactly why. A job can need a GitHub account connected by the member you act for (an API key acts as the member who created it). When it does and they have not connected one, the request is refused with status 409 and reason: GITHUB_CONNECTION_REQUIRED, and the error body carries an instruction to relay and, when there is a link to give, a connectUrl. For an API key or an agent acting for a member, connectUrl is a no-login connect link: the person opens it in any browser, confirms the account it names and approves on GitHub, with no Vamo sign-in. It works for 15 minutes and connects one account. Give it to the person as it stands, wait for them to finish, then send the same request again.
Request body CreateDeepResearchJobRequest
subjectstring requiredResearch developers. The field is a closed vocabulary so more subjects can be added without changing the job contract.
developersloginsarray of string requiredThe GitHub handles to research, up to 25 per job. They are processed in rounds behind the job, not all at once.
min 1 items, max 25 itemsforcebooleanRe-research a subject even when a recent report exists. Costs the same either way, so use this only when you specifically need fresher data.
githubConnectionIdstringIgnored when calling with an API key (that path draws from your GitHub connection pool automatically). Only relevant for a signed-in dashboard member: the id of one of your linked GitHub connections (GET /v1/me/github), required in that case so the job runs on your own GitHub quota.
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subjectstring requiredResearch repositories: who builds each one (recency-weighted contributors), who validates it (recent starrers plus where the repo’s star audience places), and identity facts on both.
reposreposarray of string requiredThe repositories to research as `owner/name` references, up to 25 per job. They are processed in rounds behind the job, not all at once.
min 1 items, max 25 itemsforcebooleanRe-research a subject even when a recent report exists. Costs the same either way, so use this only when you specifically need fresher data.
githubConnectionIdstringIgnored when calling with an API key (that path draws from your GitHub connection pool automatically). Only relevant for a signed-in dashboard member: the id of one of your linked GitHub connections (GET /v1/me/github), required in that case so the job runs on your own GitHub quota.
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Responses
202The job, with every subject pendingjobDeepResearchJob requiredThe job and its per-developer items.
idstring requiredThe job id. Poll it for progress.
namestring | null requiredA short label generated from the developers the job was started with, for showing the job in a list. Null on jobs created before naming existed: fall back to the created time.
subjectstring requiredWhat kind of thing this job researches.
developersreposstatusstring requiredWhere the job stands overall. Individual subjects settle independently; read `items` for the detail.
runningsucceededpartialfailedcreatedAtstring requiredWhen the job was submitted, as an ISO 8601 instant.
finishedAtstring | null requiredWhen the job reached a terminal state, as an ISO 8601 instant. Null while running.
elapsedMsinteger requiredTime so far while running, and total time once finished, in milliseconds. Computed server-side, so it does not depend on your clock.
min 0requestedCountinteger requiredHow many developers you asked for. Not all necessarily land a report: see `deliveredCount`.
min 0deliveredCountinteger requiredHow many developers actually landed a report. A developer whose research failed is not counted here.
min 0itemsarray of DeepResearchItem requiredPer-developer state, including the reason for each one that did not land.
loginstring requiredThe subject reference this item researches: a GitHub handle for the `developers` subject, an `owner/name` for `repos`. The field name predates the second subject; `subjectRef` is the same value under its honest name.
subjectRefstring requiredThe subject reference, same value as `login`: a GitHub handle for `developers`, an `owner/name` for `repos`.
statusstring requiredWhere this one subject stands. Items settle independently: partial success across a job is normal.
pendingrunningdonefailedfailCodestring | null requiredMachine-readable failure reason. Null while the item can still succeed or has succeeded. Branch on this, not on `failMessage`.
not_foundrate_limitedprovider_errortimeoutabandonedengine_errorfailMessagestring | null requiredThe failure explained in words you can show a user, including what to do about it. Null while the item can still succeed.
sourcestring | null requiredWhether the delivered answer was researched fresh or served from a recent previous run. The two are equivalent in content, but a cached answer must not be presented as fresh. Null until an answer lands.
freshcachereportPathstring | null requiredThe API path to read this subject’s report. Null until one exists.
startedAtstring | null requiredWhen this item started, as an ISO 8601 instant. Null while queued.
finishedAtstring | null requiredWhen this item settled, as an ISO 8601 instant. Null until it does.
previewobject | null requiredA one-glance preview of a finished developer report, for showing it in a list. Present only on GET /v1/deep-research/jobs, and only for a `developers` item that is done; null everywhere else.
namestring | null requiredThe developer’s display name. Null when they set none.
avatarUrlstring | null requiredGitHub avatar image URL.
summarystring | null requiredOne sentence about the developer: the first sentence of their LinkedIn headline or GitHub bio. Null when neither exists.
tagsarray of string requiredPlain labels to search and filter a report list on: top languages and city.
locationstring | null requiredThe city they work from. Null when unknown.
crackedboolean requiredWhether their devRank tier counts as cracked (Elite and above).
highlightsarray of string requiredThe report's top signals, as signal names best first (at most three). No percentiles. Empty for a report whose highlights are not stored yet; they fill in on later reads.
signalsarray of string requiredThe signals worth a glance, ready to show: what they mostly build, signature technologies, standing, stars, followers.
requestedBystring | null requiredThe teammate who started the job, by display name. Present only on GET /v1/deep-research/jobs; null for a job started by an API key or by Vamo, and on every other endpoint.
401No or invalid credentialcodestring requiredStable machine-readable error code. Branch on this, never on the numeric status.
bad_requestunauthorizedsignature_requiredpayment_requiredforbiddennot_foundconflictgonepayload_too_largeunprocessable_entitytoo_many_requestsinternal_errornot_implementedbilling_unavailablenot_contactablemailbox_link_unavailablemailbox_requiredmail_engine_unavailablewebhook_publisher_unavailabledatabase_unavailableclient_errorbuild_failedmessagestring requiredHuman-readable explanation of the refusal.
statusinteger requiredThe HTTP status code, repeated in the body.
remedyobjectA self-serve path forward, when one exists (a 402 points at how to restore access).
kindstring requiredWhat kind of remedy this is, so a client can route it: whether the caller can clear the condition through the API, or a person must act in the web app.
topupconnect_mailboxurlstring requiredWhere to go to clear the condition: an API path, or a web app page when only a person can.
402Plan lacks research:deep, or insufficient balancecodestring requiredStable machine-readable error code. Branch on this, never on the numeric status.
bad_requestunauthorizedsignature_requiredpayment_requiredforbiddennot_foundconflictgonepayload_too_largeunprocessable_entitytoo_many_requestsinternal_errornot_implementedbilling_unavailablenot_contactablemailbox_link_unavailablemailbox_requiredmail_engine_unavailablewebhook_publisher_unavailabledatabase_unavailableclient_errorbuild_failedmessagestring requiredHuman-readable explanation of the refusal.
statusinteger requiredThe HTTP status code, repeated in the body.
remedyobjectA self-serve path forward, when one exists (a 402 points at how to restore access).
kindstring requiredWhat kind of remedy this is, so a client can route it: whether the caller can clear the condition through the API, or a person must act in the web app.
topupconnect_mailboxurlstring requiredWhere to go to clear the condition: an API path, or a web app page when only a person can.
403Missing research:deepcodestring requiredStable machine-readable error code. Branch on this, never on the numeric status.
bad_requestunauthorizedsignature_requiredpayment_requiredforbiddennot_foundconflictgonepayload_too_largeunprocessable_entitytoo_many_requestsinternal_errornot_implementedbilling_unavailablenot_contactablemailbox_link_unavailablemailbox_requiredmail_engine_unavailablewebhook_publisher_unavailabledatabase_unavailableclient_errorbuild_failedmessagestring requiredHuman-readable explanation of the refusal.
statusinteger requiredThe HTTP status code, repeated in the body.
remedyobjectA self-serve path forward, when one exists (a 402 points at how to restore access).
kindstring requiredWhat kind of remedy this is, so a client can route it: whether the caller can clear the condition through the API, or a person must act in the web app.
topupconnect_mailboxurlstring requiredWhere to go to clear the condition: an API path, or a web app page when only a person can.
409The job needs a GitHub connection that is missing or was lost. When none is connected, `reason` is `GITHUB_CONNECTION_REQUIRED` and the body carries `instruction`, a sentence to relay to the member, and can carry `connectUrl`, the link they open to connect one (for an API caller a no-login link, good for 15 minutes and one connection), and `action`: `{ id, kind, url, expiresAt }`, an action finished by the same connection. With no member behind an API key there is no one to connect for, and no `connectUrl`.codestring requiredStable machine-readable error code. Branch on this, never on the numeric status.
bad_requestunauthorizedsignature_requiredpayment_requiredforbiddennot_foundconflictgonepayload_too_largeunprocessable_entitytoo_many_requestsinternal_errornot_implementedbilling_unavailablenot_contactablemailbox_link_unavailablemailbox_requiredmail_engine_unavailablewebhook_publisher_unavailabledatabase_unavailableclient_errorbuild_failedmessagestring requiredHuman-readable explanation of the refusal.
statusinteger requiredThe HTTP status code, repeated in the body.
remedyobjectA self-serve path forward, when one exists (a 402 points at how to restore access).
kindstring requiredWhat kind of remedy this is, so a client can route it: whether the caller can clear the condition through the API, or a person must act in the web app.
topupconnect_mailboxurlstring requiredWhere to go to clear the condition: an API path, or a web app page when only a person can.
429Submit rate limit or the deep-research quota is exhaustedcodestring requiredStable machine-readable error code. Branch on this, never on the numeric status.
bad_requestunauthorizedsignature_requiredpayment_requiredforbiddennot_foundconflictgonepayload_too_largeunprocessable_entitytoo_many_requestsinternal_errornot_implementedbilling_unavailablenot_contactablemailbox_link_unavailablemailbox_requiredmail_engine_unavailablewebhook_publisher_unavailabledatabase_unavailableclient_errorbuild_failedmessagestring requiredHuman-readable explanation of the refusal.
statusinteger requiredThe HTTP status code, repeated in the body.
remedyobjectA self-serve path forward, when one exists (a 402 points at how to restore access).
kindstring requiredWhat kind of remedy this is, so a client can route it: whether the caller can clear the condition through the API, or a person must act in the web app.
topupconnect_mailboxurlstring requiredWhere to go to clear the condition: an API path, or a web app page when only a person can.