Update a repository.

PATCH

/repositories/{repository_id}

const url = 'https://shiftagent.example.com/repositories/example';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"example","branch":"example","credential_id":"example","metadata":{"additionalProperty":"example"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://shiftagent.example.com/repositories/example \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "name": "example", "branch": "example", "credential_id": "example", "metadata": { "additionalProperty": "example" } }'

Partial update of name, branch, credential_id, or metadata. Changing branch or credential_id marks sync.state back to pending; trigger syncRepository to re-scan. Renaming to a taken name responds 409 name-conflict.

Authorizations

integrationKey

Parameters

Path Parameters

repository_id

required

string

/^rep_[A-Za-z0-9]+$/

Internal repository ID.

Request Body^required

application/json

Partial update for updateRepository. Changing branch or credential_id invalidates the sync (sync.state → pending).

object

name

New registry-unique name.

string

<= 255 characters

branch

Branch to scan.

string

credential_id

Repoint to another credential; null clears (public repo).

string | null

/^crd_[A-Za-z0-9]+$/

metadata

Replaces the metadata map wholesale when provided.

object

<= 50 properties

key

additional properties

string

<= 500 characters

Example ^generated

{
  "name": "example",
  "branch": "example",
  "credential_id": "example",
  "metadata": {
    "additionalProperty": "example"
  }
}

Responses

200

Updated repository.

application/json

Top-level, pre-authenticated registry entry for a git repository. The repository dictates which skills exist; it is attached to tenants and overridable down the resolution cascade.

object

object

required

string

Allowed value: repository

required

string

/^rep_[A-Za-z0-9]+$/

name

required

Unique across the registry.

string

<= 255 characters

repo_url

required

Git remote URL.

string format: uri

branch

required

Branch scanned for skills (tenant attachments may override).

string

default: main

provider

required

Git hosting flavor (drives auth mechanics).

string

default: generic

Allowed values: github gitlab bitbucket azure_devops generic

credential_id

required

Vault credential used to access the repository. Secret material is never readable — pre-authenticated at registration.

string | null

/^crd_[A-Za-z0-9]+$/

sync

required

Skill-discovery sync state of a repository.

object

state

required

pending — not yet scanned (or invalidated by an update); syncing — scan in flight; ready — skill catalog current; error — last scan failed (see error).

string

Allowed values: pending syncing ready error

last_synced_at

required

Completion time of the last successful scan.

string | null format: date-time

error

required

Human-readable failure reason when state is error.

string | null

skill_count

required

Number of skills currently cataloged.

integer

metadata

required

Free-form string key–value map for host/adapter bookkeeping (e.g. a host-side reference ID). Max 50 keys; values max 500 chars. Replaced wholesale when provided in updates.

object

<= 50 properties

key

additional properties

string

<= 500 characters

created_at

required

RFC 3339 / ISO 8601 timestamp, UTC.

string format: date-time

updated_at

required

RFC 3339 / ISO 8601 timestamp, UTC.

string format: date-time

Example

{
  "object": "repository",
  "branch": "main",
  "provider": "github",
  "sync": {
    "state": "pending"
  }
}

401

Missing or invalid credentials — no bearer token, an unknown/revoked sk_int_ key, or an expired platform JWT.

application/problem+json

RFC 9457 problem+json error envelope. type is a URI under https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/{slug} (deployment host substituted); see the API-level problem registry for every slug.

object

type

required

Problem type URI (registry slug).

string format: uri-reference

title

required

Short, human-readable summary of the problem type.

string

status

required

HTTP status code.

integer format: int32

detail

Human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence.

string

instance

URI reference identifying this occurrence.

string format: uri-reference

request_id

Correlation ID for support and log lookup.

string

conflicting_resource_id

On name-conflict, external-id-conflict, and resource-in-use: the ID of the existing/depended-on resource — fetch it and continue (replay recovery).

string

errors

On validation-error, field-level details.

Array<object>

object

pointer

required

JSON pointer to the offending field.

string

message

required

What failed.

string

Examples

unauthorized

Missing or invalid bearer token

{
  "type": "https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/insufficient-scope",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "Provide a valid sk_int_ service key or platform JWT.",
  "request_id": "req_01hzx8auth001"
}

404

Not found — the resource does not exist, was deprovisioned, or lies outside the integration key’s subtree (indistinguishable by design).

application/problem+json

RFC 9457 problem+json error envelope. type is a URI under https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/{slug} (deployment host substituted); see the API-level problem registry for every slug.

object

type

required

Problem type URI (registry slug).

string format: uri-reference

title

required

Short, human-readable summary of the problem type.

string

status

required

HTTP status code.

integer format: int32

detail

Human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence.

string

instance

URI reference identifying this occurrence.

string format: uri-reference

request_id

Correlation ID for support and log lookup.

string

conflicting_resource_id

On name-conflict, external-id-conflict, and resource-in-use: the ID of the existing/depended-on resource — fetch it and continue (replay recovery).

string

errors

On validation-error, field-level details.

Array<object>

object

pointer

required

JSON pointer to the offending field.

string

message

required

What failed.

string

Examples

not_found

Unknown resource

{
  "type": "https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/not-found",
  "title": "Not found",
  "status": 404,
  "detail": "No tenant with external_id acme:tenant:999999.",
  "request_id": "req_01hzx8nf001"
}

409

Conflict — name-conflict / external-id-conflict (unique name or external ID taken; conflicting_resource_id names the holder — fetch it and continue), resource-in-use (guarded delete refused), cross-tenant (referenced resource belongs to another tenant), conversation-archived (write to an archived conversation), approval-expired (approval already resolved or expired), or idempotency-key-conflict (same key, different payload).

application/problem+json

RFC 9457 problem+json error envelope. type is a URI under https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/{slug} (deployment host substituted); see the API-level problem registry for every slug.

object

type

required

Problem type URI (registry slug).

string format: uri-reference

title

required

Short, human-readable summary of the problem type.

string

status

required

HTTP status code.

integer format: int32

detail

Human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence.

string

instance

URI reference identifying this occurrence.

string format: uri-reference

request_id

Correlation ID for support and log lookup.

string

conflicting_resource_id

On name-conflict, external-id-conflict, and resource-in-use: the ID of the existing/depended-on resource — fetch it and continue (replay recovery).

string

errors

On validation-error, field-level details.

Array<object>

object

pointer

required

JSON pointer to the offending field.

string

message

required

What failed.

string

Examples

Named sub-resource already exists — recoverable

{
  "type": "https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/name-conflict",
  "title": "Name conflict",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "A role named \"csr\" already exists in this tenant.",
  "conflicting_resource_id": "rol_01hzx8csr001",
  "request_id": "req_01hzx8conf01"
}

Guarded delete refused

{
  "type": "https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/resource-in-use",
  "title": "Resource in use",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "Repository is attached to 1 tenant and pinned by 2 roles.",
  "conflicting_resource_id": "tnt_01hzx8acme001",
  "request_id": "req_01hzx8used01"
}

422

Unprocessable — validation-error (schema/semantic validation failed; errors[] lists JSON-pointer details) or role-required (user has multiple roles and no role_id was given).

application/problem+json

RFC 9457 problem+json error envelope. type is a URI under https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/{slug} (deployment host substituted); see the API-level problem registry for every slug.

object

type

required

Problem type URI (registry slug).

string format: uri-reference

title

required

Short, human-readable summary of the problem type.

string

status

required

HTTP status code.

integer format: int32

detail

Human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence.

string

instance

URI reference identifying this occurrence.

string format: uri-reference

request_id

Correlation ID for support and log lookup.

string

conflicting_resource_id

On name-conflict, external-id-conflict, and resource-in-use: the ID of the existing/depended-on resource — fetch it and continue (replay recovery).

string

errors

On validation-error, field-level details.

Array<object>

object

pointer

required

JSON pointer to the offending field.

string

message

required

What failed.

string

Examples

Field-level validation failure

{
  "type": "https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/validation-error",
  "title": "Validation error",
  "status": 422,
  "detail": "One or more fields failed validation.",
  "errors": [
    {
      "pointer": "/skill_access/skill_ids/0",
      "message": "skl_01hzx8unknown does not belong to the effective repository."
    }
  ],
  "request_id": "req_01hzx8val001"
}

Ambiguous role at conversation creation

{
  "type": "https://shiftagent.example.com/problems/role-required",
  "title": "Role required",
  "status": 422,
  "detail": "User usr_01hzx8jane001 holds 2 roles; pass role_id explicitly.",
  "request_id": "req_01hzx8role01"
}

Update a repository.

Authorizations

Parameters

Path Parameters

Request Body required

Example generated

Responses

200

Example

401

Examples

404

Examples

409

Examples

422

Examples

Request Body^required

Example ^generated