POST /v1/brands/{brand_id}/content-briefs/manual

Create a content brief from your own article

scope write:content cost 2 RU idempotent required

Hand over an article you wrote yourself. Nothing is generated and no credits are charged — this is the endpoint to use when the writing happened somewhere else and RankPrompt is only hosting, reviewing and publishing it.

The brief lands in needs_review with the article attached, so everything downstream works the same as a generated one: edit it, share it for review with PUT /v1/brands/{brand_id}/content-briefs/{brief_id}/review/share, then publish it.

Use POST /v1/brands/{brand_id}/content-briefs instead when you want RankPrompt to research and write the article for you; that one runs the AI pipeline and costs credits.

Path parameters

brand_idstring required
Brand UUID.

Query parameters

dry_runboolean optional
Preview the call without executing it. Runs auth, scope, eligibility and body validation, then returns 200 with a dry_run object reporting the request-unit and credit cost plus a non-consuming quota snapshot. Nothing is debited, reserved, dispatched or mutated. An invalid body still returns 422.

default: false

Header parameters

Idempotency-Keystring optional

Request body

application/json required

Type:ContentBriefManualCreate

article_htmlstringrequired
The article body as HTML. Standard tags only — it is rendered in the editor and the review view.

min length: 1 · max length: 500000
titlestringrequired
Article title.

min length: 1 · max length: 500
content_typeenum (nullable)nullable
Content format. Defaults to the brand's usual format when omitted.
meta_descriptionstring (nullable)nullable
Meta description used when publishing.
target_keywordsarray of string
Keywords to carry as tags when publishing.

max items: 20

Responses

Created a content brief from your own articleapplication/json

Type:ContentBrief

brand_idstringrequired
Owning brand id (UUID).
created_atstringrequired
When the brief was created.

format: `date-time`
idstringrequired
Content brief id (UUID).
statusenumrequired
Brief lifecycle state. One of draft, processing, needs_review, published, failed.
assetsarray of ContentAsset
Generated assets (article HTML, images, meta).
content_contextobject
Free-form context folded into the generation prompt.

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Empty object (no properties).
content_typestring (nullable)nullable
Content format id (e.g. blog_post, ranked_list).
error_messagestring (nullable)nullable
User-facing failure reason when status is failed.
generated_atstring (nullable)nullable
When content was last generated, if ever.

format: `date-time`
objectstring
Always content_brief.

default: `content_brief`
outline_jsonobject | array of any
Structured article outline produced during generation.
research_outputstring (nullable)nullable
Research notes gathered during generation.
target_keywordsarray of string
Target keywords for the brief.
titlestring (nullable)nullable
Brief title, set on creation or filled in from the article.
topicstring (nullable)nullable
Topic or target keyword the content is written around.
updated_atstring (nullable)nullable
When the brief was last updated.

format: `date-time`

Request validation failedapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_error",
    "message": "Request validation failed"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

Missing or invalid credentialsapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Missing or invalid credentials"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

You do not have permission to access this resourceapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "forbidden",
    "message": "You do not have permission to access this resource"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

Resource not foundapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Resource not found"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

Resource conflictapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "conflict",
    "message": "Resource conflict"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

Request body did not match the expected schemaapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "body_validation_error",
    "message": "Request body did not match the expected schema"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

Per-minute rate limit exceededapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "message": "Per-minute rate limit exceeded"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

An unexpected error occurredapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "internal_error",
    "message": "An unexpected error occurred"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

Service temporarily unavailable, please retryapplication/json

Type:ApiError

errorobjectrequired
Show fields
- codestringrequired
  Stable machine-readable error code from the catalog.
- messagestringrequired
  Human-readable description suitable for logging.
- detailsobject
  Optional, code-specific context (e.g. errors array for validation_error, retry_after for service_unavailable). Shape depends on error.code; treat as opaque otherwise.
  
  Show fields
  Empty object (no properties).
request_idstring
Server-generated correlation id for the request. Mirrors the X-Correlation-ID response header. Include this when contacting support.

format: `uuid`

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "service_unavailable",
    "message": "Service temporarily unavailable, please retry"
  },
  "request_id": "9f6c4e8a-1d3b-4c8b-9f1e-7a3b1c2d3e4f"
}

Request example

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.rankprompt.com/v1/brands/your_brand_id_here/content-briefs/manual?dry_run=false' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer rp_live_<YOUR_API_KEY>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: <UNIQUE_KEY>' \
  --data '{}'

const fetch = require('node-fetch');

const url = 'https://api.rankprompt.com/v1/brands/your_brand_id_here/content-briefs/manual?dry_run=false';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer rp_live_<YOUR_API_KEY>',
    'Idempotency-Key': '<UNIQUE_KEY>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '{}'
};

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

import requests

url = "https://api.rankprompt.com/v1/brands/your_brand_id_here/content-briefs/manual"

querystring = {"dry_run":"false"}

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer rp_live_<YOUR_API_KEY>",
    "Idempotency-Key": "<UNIQUE_KEY>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())