API docs v1
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

Header parameters

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
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    • 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"
}