# List ideas URL: https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/patent/get-patent-ideas > Returns the caller org's canonical conception entries, oldest appended first, which is the order the log says they were thought. `GET /v1/patent/ideas` > [Patent →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/patent) · [All API references →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Get started →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/guides) | | | | ------------- | -------------------------------------- | | **Address** | `https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/patent/ideas` | | **Method** | `GET` | | **Operation** | `get_patent_ideas` | | **Auth** | `Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY` | Returns the caller org's canonical conception entries, oldest appended first, which is the order the log says they were thought. ?id= narrows to one, ?kind= to one kind, ?project= to one project. ## Request 3 fields. | Field | In | Type | Required | Description | | --------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `id` | query | string | — | ID reads one entry, which is how a single idea is addressed — there is no second route for it. | | `kind` | query | string | — | Kind narrows to one kind of conception entry. | | `project` | query | string | — | Project narrows to one project; empty reads the org's whole set. | ## Response | Status | Body | Meaning | | --------- | --------------- | ------- | | `200` | patent.ideasOut | ok | | `default` | problem-details | refused | `200` body — 25 fields. | Field | In | Type | Always | Description | | ------------------------------ | ---- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `data` | body | patent.PatentIdea\[] | — | Data are the canonical entries, oldest append first. | | `data[].alternatives` | body | patent.PatentRejectedAlternative\[] | — | Alternatives are the routes considered and rejected, each with its reason. | | `data[].alternatives[].option` | body | string | — | Option is the approach, in the author's words. | | `data[].alternatives[].reason` | body | string | — | Reason is why it was rejected — the constraint or failure that decided it. | | `data[].authored_by` | body | string | — | AuthoredBy is the validated principal who recorded this version — an IAM subject, never a body field. | | `data[].canonical` | body | boolean | — | Canonical is DERIVED on read: a version is canonical when it is the latest-appended non-retracted version of its id. | | `data[].content_hash` | body | string | — | ContentHash is the SERVER's digest of the recorded content and this version's identity. | | `data[].id` | body | string | — | ID is the entry's stable id, the key its versions accrue under: lowercase, terse, and named for the idea rather than the file — latency-aware-request-routing. | | `data[].kind` | body | string | — | Kind is what kind of conception this is: problem, alternative, architecture, mechanism, decision or rejection. | | `data[].notes` | body | string | — | Notes is anything a later reader needs that the fields above cannot carry. | | `data[].prior_art` | body | string | — | PriorArt is what the author knows already existed, named as the author knows it. | | `data[].problem` | body | string | — | Problem is the technical problem being solved, and why the existing approaches fail at it. | | `data[].project` | body | string | — | Project is the sub-scope inside the org this entry is filed under. | | `data[].recorded_at` | body | string | — | RecordedAt is when this store accepted the version, RFC3339, from the server clock. | | `data[].revision` | body | string | — | Revision is the producer's declared kind of this version: original, corrected or retracted. | | `data[].seq` | body | integer (int64) | — | Seq is this version's place in the store's append order. | | `data[].signature` | body | patent.PatentSignature | — | | | `data[].signature.algo` | body | string | — | Algo names the scheme, e.g. ed25519. | | `data[].signature.key_id` | body | string | — | KeyID names the key that signed. | | `data[].signature.value` | body | string | — | Value is the signature, base64. | | `data[].signature.verified` | body | boolean | — | Verified is the SERVER's answer to whether it checked this signature. | | `data[].statement` | body | string | — | Statement is the operative idea in the author's own prose — definite enough that a reader could implement it from this alone. | | `data[].title` | body | string | — | Title is the one-line name of the entry. | | `data[].visibility` | body | string | — | Visibility is private, org or public. | | `total` | body | integer (int64) | — | Total is len(data). | Failure carries the platform error shape — see [Errors](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/errors). ## Examples **CLI** ```bash hanzo patent ideas get ``` **SDK** **.ts** ```ts import { Configuration, PatentApi } from 'hanzoai'; const api = new PatentApi(new Configuration({ accessToken: process.env.HANZO_API_KEY })); const { data } = await api.getPatentIdeas(); ``` **.py** ```python from hanzoai.cloud import ApiClient, Configuration from hanzoai.cloud.api import PatentApi client = ApiClient(Configuration(access_token=os.environ["HANZO_API_KEY"])) result = PatentApi(client).get_patent_ideas() ``` **.go** ```go cfg := hanzoai.NewConfiguration() cfg.AddDefaultHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")) client := hanzoai.NewAPIClient(cfg) resp, _, err := client.PatentAPI.GetPatentIdeas(context.Background()).Execute() if err != nil { return err } ``` **.rs** ```rust use hanzo_client::apis::{configuration::Configuration, patent_api}; let mut cfg = Configuration::new(); cfg.bearer_access_token = std::env::var("HANZO_API_KEY").ok(); let result = patent_api::get_patent_ideas(&cfg, Default::default()).await?; ``` **.java** ```java import ai.hanzo.cloud.ApiClient; import ai.hanzo.cloud.api.PatentApi; ApiClient client = new ApiClient(); client.setBearerToken(System.getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")); var result = new PatentApi(client).getPatentIdeas(); ``` The method above is the one at the current release of the document. `hanzoai@8.5.914` (npm) and `hanzoai@8.5.914` (PyPI) were generated from an earlier release, where this operation carried a different id, so it spells the method differently — regenerating the clients is what makes the two agree. [SDKs →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/sdks) **HTTP** ```bash curl https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/patent/ideas \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" ``` **MCP** MCP reaches **patent** through the `patent` tool, which names its 12 operations with its own verbs — this one among them, under a name only MCP declares. `describe` explains any of them: ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/mcp \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "describe", "arguments": { "op": "list_patent_approvals" } } }' ``` --- [Patent API](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/patent) · [All Hanzo APIs](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Interactive reference](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/reference)