---
title: "Get Answer With Quote"
method: POST
path: "/query/answer-with-quote"
---

# Get Answer With Quote

`POST /query/answer-with-quote`

## Request body

- DirectQARequest
  - `messages` ThreadMessage[], required
    - `message` string, required
    - `sender` string
    - `role` 'system' | 'user' | 'assistant' — An enumeration.
  - `prompt_id` integer
  - `persona_id` integer, required
  - `retrieval_options` RetrievalDetails
    - `run_search` 'always' | 'never' | 'auto' — An enumeration.
    - `real_time` boolean
    - `filters` BaseFilters
      - `source_type` DocumentSource[]
      - `document_set` string[]
      - `time_cutoff` string, date-time
      - `tags` Tag[]
        - `tag_key` string, required
        - `tag_value` string, required
    - `enable_auto_detect_filters` boolean
    - `offset` integer
    - `limit` integer
  - `chain_of_thought` boolean
  - `return_contexts` boolean

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- OneShotQAResponse
  - `answer` string
  - `rephrase` string
  - `quotes` RECAPQuotes
    - `quotes` RECAPQuote[], required
      - `quote` string, required
      - `document_id` string, required
      - `link` string
      - `source_type` string, required
      - `semantic_identifier` string, required
      - `blurb` string, required
  - `citations` CitationInfo[]
    - `citation_num` integer, required
    - `document_id` string, required
  - `docs` QADocsResponse
    - `top_documents` SavedSearchDoc[], required
      - `document_id` string, required
      - `chunk_ind` integer, required
      - `semantic_identifier` string, required
      - `link` string
      - `blurb` string, required
      - `source_type` 'ingestion_api' | 'slack' | 'web' | 'google_drive' | 'gmail' | 'requesttracker' | 'github' | 'gitlab' | 'guru' | 'bookstack' | 'confluence' | 'discourse' | 'slab' | 'salesforce' | 'jira' | 'productboard' | 'file' | 'notion' | 'zulip' | 'linear' | 'hubspot' | 'document360' | 'gong' | 'google_sites' | 'zendesk' | 'loopio' | 'sharepoint' | 'teams' | 'freshdesk', required — An enumeration.
      - `boost` integer, required
      - `hidden` boolean, required
      - `metadata` object, required
      - `score` number
      - `match_highlights` string[], required
      - `updated_at` string, date-time
      - `primary_owners` string[]
      - `secondary_owners` string[]
      - `db_doc_id` integer, required
    - `rephrased_query` string
    - `predicted_flow` 'search' | 'question-answer' — An enumeration.
    - `predicted_search` 'keyword' | 'semantic' | 'hybrid' — An enumeration.
    - `applied_source_filters` DocumentSource[]
    - `applied_time_cutoff` string, date-time
    - `recency_bias_multiplier` number, required
  - `llm_chunks_indices` integer[]
  - `error_msg` string
  - `answer_valid` boolean
  - `chat_message_id` integer
  - `contexts` RECAPContexts
    - `contexts` RECAPContext[], required
      - `content` string, required
      - `document_id` string, required
      - `semantic_identifier` string, required
      - `blurb` string, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/engineertheory/apis/recap-backend.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/engineertheory/apis/recap-backend/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/engineertheory/recap-backend/revisions/ea9db8f9a24d/schema)