Get Assistant Task

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "info": {
    "step": "<string>",
    "stepNumber": 123,
    "response": "<string>",
    "structuredResponse": [
      "<unknown>"
    ],
    "searches": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "publicationsUsed": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "publicationsConsulting": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "currentSearch": "<string>",
    "dois": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "factChecks": {
      "used": [
        "<unknown>"
      ],
      "rejected": [
        "<unknown>"
      ]
    }
  },
  "status": "<string>",
  "result": {
    "slug": "<string>",
    "title": "<string>",
    "sessionId": 123,
    "turns": [
      {
        "role": "<string>",
        "content": "<string>",
        "sections": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "structuredResponse": [
          "<unknown>"
        ],
        "references": [
          {
            "answer": "<string>",
            "texts": [
              "<string>"
            ],
            "context": "<string>",
            "title": "<string>",
            "doi": "<string>",
            "link": "<string>",
            "paper": {
              "id": "<string>",
              "doi": "<string>",
              "title": "<string>",
              "slug": "<string>",
              "authors": [
                {
                  "authorName": "<string>",
                  "authorSlug": "<string>",
                  "authorSequenceNumber": "<string>",
                  "affiliation": "<string>",
                  "affiliationSlug": "<string>"
                }
              ],
              "journal": "<string>",
              "shortJournal": "<string>",
              "publisher": "<string>",
              "memberId": 123,
              "abstract": "<string>",
              "year": 123,
              "date": "<string>",
              "lastUpdate": 123,
              "volume": "<string>",
              "issue": "<string>",
              "page": "<string>",
              "tally": {
                "citingPublications": 436,
                "contradicting": 6,
                "doi": "10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.012",
                "mentioning": 308,
                "supporting": 27,
                "total": 347,
                "unclassified": 6
              },
              "issns": [
                "<string>"
              ],
              "editorialNotices": [
                {
                  "doi": "<string>",
                  "status": "<string>",
                  "date": "<string>",
                  "noticeDoi": "<string>",
                  "urls": [
                    "<string>"
                  ]
                }
              ],
              "normalizedTypes": [
                "<string>"
              ],
              "isOa": false,
              "oaStatus": "closed",
              "meshTypes": [
                {
                  "descriptorId": "<string>",
                  "descriptorName": "<string>",
                  "qualifierId": "<string>",
                  "qualifierName": "<string>"
                }
              ],
              "relevancyScore": 123,
              "citations": [
                {
                  "source": "<string>",
                  "target": "<string>",
                  "snippet": "<string>",
                  "id": 123,
                  "negative": 123,
                  "positive": 123,
                  "neutral": 123,
                  "section": "<string>",
                  "expertClassification": "<string>",
                  "type": "<string>",
                  "typeConfidence": 123,
                  "lang": "<string>",
                  "langConfidence": 123,
                  "refLocation": "<string>",
                  "memberId": 123,
                  "selfCites": [
                    {
                      "type": "<string>",
                      "family": "<string>",
                      "given": "<string>"
                    }
                  ],
                  "snippetHidden": false
                }
              ],
              "fulltextExcerpts": [
                "<string>"
              ],
              "highlightedFields": [
                "<string>"
              ]
            },
            "textSources": [
              "<string>"
            ],
            "type": "academic_paper",
            "patent": {},
            "refCheckId": "<string>",
            "included": true,
            "reason": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "feedback": {
          "reason": "<string>"
        },
        "searchStrategy": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "warning": "<string>",
        "model": "<string>",
        "settings": {},
        "publicationsConsulted": [
          {}
        ],
        "columns": [
          {
            "name": "<string>",
            "slug": "<string>",
            "instructions": "<string>",
            "type": "response",
            "order": 0
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "turnsTotal": 123,
    "turnsOffset": 123,
    "lastUpdated": "2023-12-25",
    "shareToken": "<string>",
    "createdAt": "2023-12-25",
    "hasUploadedReferences": false
  },
  "error": "<string>",
  "usage": {
    "used": 123,
    "max": 123
  }
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

Assistant

Get Assistant Task

Poll the status and results of an assistant task. Call this endpoint repeatedly until the status is SUCCESS.

Task States

Status	Description
`PENDING`	Task is queued, not yet started
`STARTED`	Task is actively processing — `info` contains progress details
`SUCCESS`	Task completed — `result` contains the full response
`FAILURE`	Task failed — `error` contains the error message
`CANCELLED`	Task was cancelled via the cancel endpoint
`REVOKED`	Task was revoked

Progress Info (during `STARTED`)

While the task is running, the info field provides real-time progress:

{
  "id": "abc123",
  "status": "STARTED",
  "info": {
    "step": "EXECUTING_SEARCHES",
    "stepNumber": 3,
    "response": "partial response text...",
    "searches": ["query 1", "query 2"],
    "publicationsUsed": ["10.1234/example"],
    "publicationsConsulting": ["Author et al., Title, Journal, 2024"],
    "currentSearch": "current query being executed"
  }
}

Processing steps in order:

SCHEDULING_ASSISTANT — task queued
GENERATING_SEARCH_STRATEGY — AI generating search queries
EXECUTING_SEARCHES — running queries against Elasticsearch
RETRIEVING_UPLOADED_DOCUMENTS — loading reference check documents (if applicable)
RETRIEVING_PRIMARY_SOURCES — enriching with primary source data
COMPOSING_RESPONSE — preparing context for LLM
GENERATING_RESPONSE — LLM generating the answer

Success Result

{
  "id": "abc123",
  "status": "SUCCESS",
  "result": {
    "title": "How does protein structure affect function?",
    "sessionId": 42,
    "slug": "how-does-protein-structure-affect-function-xK9mP",
    "turns": [...],
    "lastUpdated": "2025-01-15",
    "createdAt": "2025-01-15",
    "tooManySessions": false
  }
}

Turn Structure

Each assistant turn in the turns array contains:

Field	Type	Description
`role`	str	`"user"` or `"assistant"`
`content`	str	Response text with numbered citation markers like `[1]`, `[2]`
`structuredResponse`	list or null	Structured response data (when `useStructuredResponse` was true)
`references`	list	Cited references (see below)
`searchStrategy`	list[str] or null	Search queries that were used
`warning`	str or null	Warning message if applicable
`model`	str or null	The model that generated this response
`settings`	dict or null	Settings applied (e.g., AI-suggested `rankBy`, `yearFrom`, `yearTo`)
`publicationsConsulted`	list[dict] or null	All publications considered (including unused ones)

Reference Structure

Each reference in the references array:

Field	Type	Description
`answer`	str	The relevant text passage (citation statement or abstract excerpt)
`texts`	list[str]	Text passages used
`context`	str	Surrounding context of the passage
`title`	str	Paper title
`doi`	str	Paper DOI
`link`	str	Link to the Scite report page
`type`	str	`"abstract"` or `"citation_statement"`
`paper`	object	Full paper metadata (title, authors, journal, year, date, abstract, tally, DOI, etc.)
`patent`	object or null	Patent data if from patent search
`refCheckId`	str or null	Reference check task ID if from uploaded document

GET

api_partner

assistant

tasks

{task_id}

Get Assistant Task

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.scite.ai/api_partner/assistant/tasks/{task_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "info": {
    "step": "<string>",
    "stepNumber": 123,
    "response": "<string>",
    "structuredResponse": [
      "<unknown>"
    ],
    "searches": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "publicationsUsed": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "publicationsConsulting": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "currentSearch": "<string>",
    "dois": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "factChecks": {
      "used": [
        "<unknown>"
      ],
      "rejected": [
        "<unknown>"
      ]
    }
  },
  "status": "<string>",
  "result": {
    "slug": "<string>",
    "title": "<string>",
    "sessionId": 123,
    "turns": [
      {
        "role": "<string>",
        "content": "<string>",
        "sections": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "structuredResponse": [
          "<unknown>"
        ],
        "references": [
          {
            "answer": "<string>",
            "texts": [
              "<string>"
            ],
            "context": "<string>",
            "title": "<string>",
            "doi": "<string>",
            "link": "<string>",
            "paper": {
              "id": "<string>",
              "doi": "<string>",
              "title": "<string>",
              "slug": "<string>",
              "authors": [
                {
                  "authorName": "<string>",
                  "authorSlug": "<string>",
                  "authorSequenceNumber": "<string>",
                  "affiliation": "<string>",
                  "affiliationSlug": "<string>"
                }
              ],
              "journal": "<string>",
              "shortJournal": "<string>",
              "publisher": "<string>",
              "memberId": 123,
              "abstract": "<string>",
              "year": 123,
              "date": "<string>",
              "lastUpdate": 123,
              "volume": "<string>",
              "issue": "<string>",
              "page": "<string>",
              "tally": {
                "citingPublications": 436,
                "contradicting": 6,
                "doi": "10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.012",
                "mentioning": 308,
                "supporting": 27,
                "total": 347,
                "unclassified": 6
              },
              "issns": [
                "<string>"
              ],
              "editorialNotices": [
                {
                  "doi": "<string>",
                  "status": "<string>",
                  "date": "<string>",
                  "noticeDoi": "<string>",
                  "urls": [
                    "<string>"
                  ]
                }
              ],
              "normalizedTypes": [
                "<string>"
              ],
              "isOa": false,
              "oaStatus": "closed",
              "meshTypes": [
                {
                  "descriptorId": "<string>",
                  "descriptorName": "<string>",
                  "qualifierId": "<string>",
                  "qualifierName": "<string>"
                }
              ],
              "relevancyScore": 123,
              "citations": [
                {
                  "source": "<string>",
                  "target": "<string>",
                  "snippet": "<string>",
                  "id": 123,
                  "negative": 123,
                  "positive": 123,
                  "neutral": 123,
                  "section": "<string>",
                  "expertClassification": "<string>",
                  "type": "<string>",
                  "typeConfidence": 123,
                  "lang": "<string>",
                  "langConfidence": 123,
                  "refLocation": "<string>",
                  "memberId": 123,
                  "selfCites": [
                    {
                      "type": "<string>",
                      "family": "<string>",
                      "given": "<string>"
                    }
                  ],
                  "snippetHidden": false
                }
              ],
              "fulltextExcerpts": [
                "<string>"
              ],
              "highlightedFields": [
                "<string>"
              ]
            },
            "textSources": [
              "<string>"
            ],
            "type": "academic_paper",
            "patent": {},
            "refCheckId": "<string>",
            "included": true,
            "reason": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "feedback": {
          "reason": "<string>"
        },
        "searchStrategy": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "warning": "<string>",
        "model": "<string>",
        "settings": {},
        "publicationsConsulted": [
          {}
        ],
        "columns": [
          {
            "name": "<string>",
            "slug": "<string>",
            "instructions": "<string>",
            "type": "response",
            "order": 0
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "turnsTotal": 123,
    "turnsOffset": 123,
    "lastUpdated": "2023-12-25",
    "shareToken": "<string>",
    "createdAt": "2023-12-25",
    "hasUploadedReferences": false
  },
  "error": "<string>",
  "usage": {
    "used": 123,
    "max": 123
  }
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

authorization

string

Set to Bearer <token> to pass token for authorization.

Path Parameters

task_id

string

required

Response

Successful Response

string | null

info

AssitantPollingInfo · object | null

Show child attributes

status

string | null

result

AssistantResponseSchema · object | null

Show child attributes

error

string | null

usage

AssistantUsageSchema · object | null

Show child attributes

⌘I

Journal

Smart Citation Graph

References

Assistant

Paper recommendations

Search

Collections

Papers

Evidence

Tallies

Reference Check

Authors

Get Assistant Task

Task States

Progress Info (during `STARTED`)

Success Result

Turn Structure

Reference Structure

Authorizations

Headers

Path Parameters

Response