> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List improvement cycles

> Requires scopes: runs:read



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /api/improvement/cycles
openapi: 3.1.2
info:
  title: EvalGate API
  version: 5.1.0
  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:
    get:
      tags:
        - improvement
      summary: List improvement cycles
      description: 'Requires scopes: runs:read'
      operationId: get_improvement_cycles
      parameters:
        - name: limit
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            maximum: 1000
        - name: state
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: >-
                  #/components/schemas/GetApiImprovementCyclesResponse200ApplicationJson
        '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:
    GetApiImprovementCyclesResponse200ApplicationJson:
      type: object
      properties:
        cycles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              state:
                type: string
              stateVersion:
                type: number
              trigger:
                type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                  sourceId:
                    type: string
                  eventKey:
                    type: string
                additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - type
                  - sourceId
                  - eventKey
              createdAt:
                type: string
              updatedAt:
                type: string
              counts:
                type: object
                properties:
                  hypotheses:
                    type: number
                  candidates:
                    type: number
                  attempts:
                    type: number
                  events:
                    type: number
                additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - hypotheses
                  - candidates
                  - attempts
                  - events
              position:
                type: object
                properties:
                  stage:
                    oneOf:
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - measure
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - observe
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - triage
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - hypothesize
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - propose
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - ablate
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - decide
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - roll_out
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - protect
                  actor:
                    oneOf:
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - operator
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - system
                      - type: string
                        enum:
                          - nobody
                  whatHappened:
                    type: string
                  whatIsNext:
                    type: string
                  blockedBy:
                    oneOf:
                      - type: 'null'
                      - type: string
                  stages:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        descriptor:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            stage:
                              oneOf:
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - measure
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - observe
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - triage
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - hypothesize
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - propose
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - ablate
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - decide
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - roll_out
                                - type: string
                                  enum:
                                    - protect
                            label:
                              type: string
                            purpose:
                              type: string
                            owner:
                              type: string
                            completedWhen:
                              type: string
                          additionalProperties: false
                          required:
                            - stage
                            - label
                            - purpose
                            - owner
                            - completedWhen
                        status:
                          oneOf:
                            - type: string
                              enum:
                                - active
                            - type: string
                              enum:
                                - blocked
                            - type: string
                              enum:
                                - done
                            - type: string
                              enum:
                                - skipped
                            - type: string
                              enum:
                                - waiting_on_you
                            - type: string
                              enum:
                                - upcoming
                        detail:
                          type: string
                      additionalProperties: false
                      required:
                        - descriptor
                        - status
                        - detail
                  percentComplete:
                    type: number
                  terminal:
                    type: boolean
                additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - stage
                  - actor
                  - whatHappened
                  - whatIsNext
                  - blockedBy
                  - stages
                  - percentComplete
                  - terminal
            additionalProperties: false
            required:
              - id
              - state
              - stateVersion
              - trigger
              - createdAt
              - updatedAt
              - counts
              - position
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - cycles
    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'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      headers:
        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'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    Conflict:
      description: Conflict
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Delay in seconds before retrying when present.
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
        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
    InternalError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    ServiceUnavailable:
      description: Service unavailable
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
  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
        - admin:keys
        - admin:org
      x-evalgate-protected-resource-metadata: https://www.evalgate.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource

````