> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://evalgate.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create improvement contracts > Requires scopes: runs:write ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /api/improvement/cycles/{cycleId}/contracts openapi: 3.1.2 info: title: EvalGate API version: 18.13.0 description: EvalGate API. See docs/api-contract.md for stability commitments. servers: - url: https://evalgate.com description: Production - url: http://localhost:3000 description: Local security: [] paths: /api/improvement/cycles/{cycleId}/contracts: post: tags: - improvement summary: Create improvement contracts description: 'Requires scopes: runs:write' operationId: post_improvement_cycles_cycleId_contracts parameters: - name: cycleId in: path required: true schema: type: string requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/PostApiImprovementCyclesCycleIdContractsRequest responses: '201': description: Successful response content: application/json: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/PostApiImprovementCyclesCycleIdContractsResponse201ApplicationJson '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' '409': $ref: '#/components/responses/Conflict' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError' '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable' security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: PostApiImprovementCyclesCycleIdContractsRequest: type: object properties: scenarioKey: type: string autonomyLevel: type: number intent: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string repeatsPerCase: type: number useScenarioDefaults: oneOf: - type: boolean enum: - false - type: boolean enum: - true obligation: type: object properties: statement: type: string toolName: type: string requiresPriorToolCalls: type: array items: type: string requiresConfirmation: type: boolean expressedBy: type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - statement - toolName - requiresPriorToolCalls - requiresConfirmation - expressedBy partitions: type: array items: type: object properties: role: oneOf: - type: string enum: - regression - type: string enum: - remediation memberKeys: type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - role - memberKeys maxTrials: type: number candidateModels: type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - scenarioKey PostApiImprovementCyclesCycleIdContractsResponse201ApplicationJson: type: object properties: contract: type: object properties: id: type: string cycleId: type: string status: oneOf: - type: string enum: - draft - type: string enum: - approved - type: string enum: - superseded contractHash: type: string intent: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string contract: type: object properties: contractHash: type: string schemaVersion: type: number enum: - 1 compiler: type: string enum: - evalgate-intent-v1 intent: type: object properties: text: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string clauses: type: array items: type: object properties: text: type: string status: oneOf: - type: string enum: - recognized - type: string enum: - unrecognized interpretedAs: type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - text - status - interpretedAs additionalProperties: false required: - text - clauses objective: type: object properties: kind: oneOf: - type: string enum: - reduce_failure_mode - type: string enum: - reduce_operating_cost - type: string enum: - improve_quality failureMode: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string primaryMetric: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string additionalProperties: false required: - kind - failureMode - primaryMetric quality: type: object properties: protectedMetrics: type: array items: type: string nonInferiorityMargins: type: object additionalProperties: type: number criticalSlices: type: array items: type: string safetyRequirements: type: array items: type: string guardrails: type: object additionalProperties: type: number additionalProperties: false required: - protectedMetrics - nonInferiorityMargins - criticalSlices - safetyRequirements surfaces: type: object properties: editable: type: array items: oneOf: - type: object properties: kind: type: string enum: - prompt paths: type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - kind - paths - type: object properties: kind: type: string enum: - target_model allowed: type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - kind - allowed - type: object properties: kind: type: string enum: - target_effort allowed: type: array items: oneOf: - type: string enum: - medium - type: string enum: - high - type: string enum: - low - type: string enum: - minimal additionalProperties: false required: - kind - allowed immutablePaths: type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - editable - immutablePaths identities: type: object properties: grader: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string cases: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string baseline: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string policy: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string additionalProperties: false required: - grader - cases - baseline - policy populations: type: object properties: development: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string selection: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string confirmation: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string additionalProperties: false required: - development - selection - confirmation budget: type: object properties: searchUsd: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: number executionUsd: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: number confirmationUsd: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: number maxTrials: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: number additionalProperties: false required: - searchUsd - executionUsd - confirmationUsd - maxTrials stopConditions: type: object additionalProperties: type: number isolation: type: object properties: required: oneOf: - type: string enum: - process - type: string enum: - worktree - type: string enum: - oci additionalProperties: false required: - required authority: type: object properties: optimizer: type: array minItems: 2 maxItems: 2 prefixItems: - type: string enum: - propose - type: string enum: - test evalgate: type: array minItems: 1 maxItems: 1 prefixItems: - type: string enum: - qualify human: type: array minItems: 2 maxItems: 2 prefixItems: - type: string enum: - adopt - type: string enum: - merge additionalProperties: false required: - optimizer - evalgate - human assumptions: type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - contractHash - schemaVersion - compiler - intent - objective - quality - surfaces - identities - populations - budget - stopConditions - isolation - authority - assumptions summary: type: array items: type: string compiledBy: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string approvedBy: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string approvedAt: oneOf: - type: 'null' - type: string createdAt: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - id - cycleId - status - contractHash - intent - contract - summary - compiledBy - approvedBy - approvedAt - createdAt additionalProperties: false required: - contract ApiError: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - UNAUTHORIZED - FORBIDDEN - NOT_FOUND - INVALID_REFERENCE - VALIDATION_ERROR - RATE_LIMITED - CONFLICT - INTERNAL_ERROR - SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE - QUOTA_EXCEEDED - FEATURE_LIMIT_REACHED - NO_ORG_MEMBERSHIP - SHARE_REVOKED - SHARE_EXPIRED - SHARE_UNAVAILABLE - PROVIDER_KEY_MISSING - PROVIDER_KEY_EXPIRED - PROVIDER_RATE_LIMITED - PROVIDER_UNAUTHORIZED - PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE - AGENT_HANDOFF_INVALID - AGENT_HANDOFF_EXPIRED - AGENT_HANDOFF_DENIED - AGENT_HANDOFF_CONSUMED - PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE - METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED message: type: string details: {} requestId: type: string format: uuid redaction: type: object properties: applied: type: boolean enum: - true fieldCount: type: integer minimum: 0 secretCount: type: integer minimum: 0 required: - applied - fieldCount - secretCount required: - code - message required: - error responses: ValidationError: description: Validation error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Quota in requests for the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Remaining requests in the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Reset: description: Reset delay in seconds (not a Unix timestamp). schema: type: integer minimum: 1 X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Legacy reset timestamp in Unix milliseconds. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Policy: description: IETF HTTPAPI structured quota policy (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimit: description: >- IETF HTTPAPI structured remaining quota and reset delay (work in progress). schema: type: string Unauthorized: description: Unauthorized content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Quota in requests for the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Remaining requests in the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Reset: description: Reset delay in seconds (not a Unix timestamp). schema: type: integer minimum: 1 X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Legacy reset timestamp in Unix milliseconds. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Policy: description: IETF HTTPAPI structured quota policy (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimit: description: >- IETF HTTPAPI structured remaining quota and reset delay (work in progress). schema: type: string WWW-Authenticate: description: >- Bearer challenge. Agent-facing routes include the RFC 9728 resource_metadata URL. schema: type: string Forbidden: description: Forbidden content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Quota in requests for the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Remaining requests in the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Reset: description: Reset delay in seconds (not a Unix timestamp). schema: type: integer minimum: 1 X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Legacy reset timestamp in Unix milliseconds. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Policy: description: IETF HTTPAPI structured quota policy (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimit: description: >- IETF HTTPAPI structured remaining quota and reset delay (work in progress). schema: type: string NotFound: description: Resource not found content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Quota in requests for the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Remaining requests in the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Reset: description: Reset delay in seconds (not a Unix timestamp). schema: type: integer minimum: 1 X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Legacy reset timestamp in Unix milliseconds. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Policy: description: IETF HTTPAPI structured quota policy (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimit: description: >- IETF HTTPAPI structured remaining quota and reset delay (work in progress). schema: type: string Conflict: description: Conflict content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Quota in requests for the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Remaining requests in the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Reset: description: Reset delay in seconds (not a Unix timestamp). schema: type: integer minimum: 1 X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Legacy reset timestamp in Unix milliseconds. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Policy: description: IETF HTTPAPI structured quota policy (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimit: description: >- IETF HTTPAPI structured remaining quota and reset delay (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimited: description: Rate limit exceeded content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Quota in requests for the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Remaining requests in the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Reset: description: Reset delay in seconds (not a Unix timestamp). schema: type: integer minimum: 1 X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Legacy reset timestamp in Unix milliseconds. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Policy: description: IETF HTTPAPI structured quota policy (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimit: description: >- IETF HTTPAPI structured remaining quota and reset delay (work in progress). schema: type: string Retry-After: description: Delay in seconds before retrying when present. schema: type: integer minimum: 1 InternalError: description: Internal server error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Quota in requests for the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Remaining requests in the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Reset: description: Reset delay in seconds (not a Unix timestamp). schema: type: integer minimum: 1 X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Legacy reset timestamp in Unix milliseconds. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Policy: description: IETF HTTPAPI structured quota policy (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimit: description: >- IETF HTTPAPI structured remaining quota and reset delay (work in progress). schema: type: string ServiceUnavailable: description: Service unavailable content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: Quota in requests for the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Remaining requests in the active window. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Reset: description: Reset delay in seconds (not a Unix timestamp). schema: type: integer minimum: 1 X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer minimum: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Legacy reset timestamp in Unix milliseconds. schema: type: integer minimum: 0 RateLimit-Policy: description: IETF HTTPAPI structured quota policy (work in progress). schema: type: string RateLimit: description: >- IETF HTTPAPI structured remaining quota and reset delay (work in progress). schema: type: string securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: EvalGate API key description: >- Organization-scoped EvalGate API key. Discover the supported agent scopes at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource. Per-operation grants are listed in x-evalgate-required-scopes; OpenAPI bearer security requirement arrays remain empty as required for non-OAuth schemes. x-evalgate-scopes-supported: - eval:read - eval:write - objectives:read - objectives:write - runs:read - runs:write - traces:read - traces:write - exports:download - reports:write - prompt:publish - scorer:publish - red_team:read - red_team:run - red_team:approve - docs:read - agent:read - agent:execute - resources:read - resources:write - contexts:read - contexts:write - observations:write - checks:read - checks:run - standards:read - standards:write - standards:approve - grants:read - grants:write - admin:keys - admin:workspace - admin:org x-evalgate-protected-resource-metadata: https://www.evalgate.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.