> ## 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.

# Get improvement contracts

> Requires scopes: runs:read



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /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:
    get:
      tags:
        - improvement
      summary: Get improvement contracts
      description: 'Requires scopes: runs:read'
      operationId: get_improvement_cycles_cycleId_contracts
      parameters:
        - name: cycleId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: >-
                  #/components/schemas/GetApiImprovementCyclesCycleIdContractsResponse200ApplicationJson
        '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:
    GetApiImprovementCyclesCycleIdContractsResponse200ApplicationJson:
      type: object
      properties:
        contracts:
          type: array
          items:
            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:
        - contracts
    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

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