---
title: "Update assistant"
method: PUT
path: "/generative_ai/{assistant_id}"
tags: ["Assistants"]
---

# Update assistant

`PUT /generative_ai/{assistant_id}`

Update a specific assistant

## Path parameters

- `assistant_id` string, required

## Request body

- CreateAssistantExternal
  - `name` string
  - `assistant_type` string
  - `query_condensation` object
    - `instructions_choice` string
    - `custom_instructions` string
    - `messages_to_condensate` integer
    - `chat_model` object
      - `model_name` string
      - `model_id` string
      - `_id` string
      - `name` string
      - `provider` string
      - `model` object
        - `_id` string
        - `provider` string
        - `name` string
        - `model_name` string
      - `config` object
  - `query_expansion` object
    - `instructions_choice` string
    - `custom_instructions` string
    - `messages_to_generate` integer
    - `llm_model` object
      - `model_name` string
      - `model_id` string
      - `_id` string
      - `name` string
      - `provider` string
      - `model` object
        - `_id` string
        - `provider` string
        - `name` string
        - `model_name` string
      - `config` object
  - `reranking` object
    - `algorithm` string
    - `llm_reranking_instructions` string
    - `llm_model` object
      - `model_name` string
      - `model_id` string
      - `_id` string
      - `name` string
      - `provider` string
      - `model` object
        - `_id` string
        - `provider` string
        - `name` string
        - `model_name` string
      - `config` object
  - `answer_generation` object
    - `instructions_choice` 'both' | 'semantic' | 'hybrid' | 'custom'
    - `main_instructions` string
    - `formatting_instructions` string
    - `no_document_instructions` string
    - `maximum_answer_length` integer
    - `llm_model` object
      - `model_name` string
      - `model_id` string
      - `_id` string
      - `name` string
      - `provider` string
      - `model` object
        - `_id` string
        - `provider` string
        - `name` string
        - `model_name` string
      - `config` object
  - `post_processing` object
    - `is_activated` boolean
    - `custom_instructions` string
    - `llm_model` object
      - `model_name` string
      - `model_id` string
      - `_id` string
      - `name` string
      - `provider` string
      - `model` object
        - `_id` string
        - `provider` string
        - `name` string
        - `model_name` string
      - `config` object
    - `always_show_sources` boolean
    - `max_sources_to_show` integer
    - `surveys` object
      - `activation` boolean
      - `survey` object
        - `_id` string
        - `name` string
      - `instructions` string
    - `topic_detection` object
      - `activation` boolean
      - `instructions` string
    - `auto_eval` object
      - `activation` boolean
    - `anonymization` object
      - `activation` boolean
      - `instructions` string
  - `answer_formatting` object
    - `waiting_messages_for_answer_generation` string
    - `waiting_messages_for_search` string
    - `waiting_messages_for_analysis` string
  - `is_archived` boolean
  - `is_shared` boolean
  - `source` object
    - `sources` object[]
      - `name` string
      - `_id` string
  - `search` object
    - `strategy` string
    - `llm_model` object
      - `model_id` string
      - `model_name` string
      - `_id` string
      - `name` string
      - `provider` string
      - `model` object
        - `_id` string
        - `provider` string
        - `name` string
        - `model_name` string
      - `config` object
    - `custom_instructions` string
    - `is_smart_filtering_activated` boolean
    - `similarity_threshold` number, float
    - `number_best_results_llm_context` integer
    - `search_results_per_query` integer
    - `weights` object
      - `semantic` number, float
      - `keyword` number, float
  - `LLM` object
    - `model_id` string
    - `model_name` string
    - `reuse_these_models` boolean
  - `company` object
    - `contact_mail` string
    - `contact_page` string
    - `phone_number` string
    - `location` string
    - `website` string
    - `description` string
    - `name` string
  - `tools` object[]
    - `_id` string
    - `name` string
  - `collaborators` string[]
  - `type` string

## Response `200`

successful

- Success
  - `success` boolean

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid ID supplied
- `404` — assistant not found

---

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