# List knowledge items

List folders and documents in a workspace knowledge location with supported filters.

## Endpoint

`GET /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/knowledge`

## Authentication

| Class | Authentication | Minimum role | API key |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| dashboard-session-api | Dashboard session cookie; mutations also require X-CX-Request: 1. | member | Not allowed |

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace_id` | path | `string` | Yes | — |
| `folder_id` | query | `string or null` | No | — |
| `q` | query | `string or null` | No | — |
| `type` | query | `string or null` | No | — |
| `created_by` | query | `string or null` | No | — |

## Request body

This operation has no request body.

## Example

```bash
curl --request GET 'https://operade.ai/api/v1/workspaces/ws_demo/knowledge' \
  --cookie 'cx_session=YOUR_SESSION_COOKIE'
```

## Responses

| Status | Description | Content |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4XX | Handled client error | application/json: `ErrorResponse` |
| 200 | Successful Response | application/json: `KnowledgeLibraryResponse` |

### 4XX application/json response schema

| Field path | Type | Reference | Format | Nullable | Required | Enum | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `$` | `object` | ErrorResponse | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `error` | `object` | ErrorItem | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `error.code` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `error.details` | `object` | — | — | No | No | — | — |
| `error.message` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |

### 200 application/json response schema

| Field path | Type | Reference | Format | Nullable | Required | Enum | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `$` | `object` | KnowledgeLibraryResponse | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `breadcrumbs` | `array<KnowledgeBreadcrumb>` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `breadcrumbs[]` | `object` | KnowledgeBreadcrumb | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `breadcrumbs[].id` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `breadcrumbs[].name` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder` | `object or null` | KnowledgeFolder | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.child_count` | `integer` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.created_at` | `string` | — | date-time | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.created_by` | `object` | KnowledgeCreator | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.created_by.email` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.created_by.id` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.created_by.name` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.entity_type` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | "folder" | — |
| `current_folder.id` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.name` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.parent_folder_id` | `string or null` | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| `current_folder.updated_at` | `string` | — | date-time | No | Yes | — | — |
| `folder_tree` | `array<KnowledgeFolderSummary>` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `folder_tree[]` | `object` | KnowledgeFolderSummary | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `folder_tree[].id` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `folder_tree[].name` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `folder_tree[].parent_folder_id` | `string or null` | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| `items` | `array<object>` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[]` | `object` | KnowledgeFolder or KnowledgeDocumentListItem | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].child_count` | `integer` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].created_at` | `string` | — | date-time | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].created_by` | `object` | KnowledgeCreator | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].created_by.email` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].created_by.id` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].created_by.name` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].entity_type` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | "folder" | — |
| `items[].id` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].name` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].parent_folder_id` | `string or null` | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].updated_at` | `string` | — | date-time | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].byte_size` | `integer` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].chunk_count` | `integer` | — | — | No | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].error` | `string or null` | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].folder_id` | `string or null` | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].indexed_at` | `string or null` | — | date-time | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].source_url` | `string or null` | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| `items[].status` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | "pending", "indexing", "ready", "failed" | — |
| `items[].type` | `string` | — | — | No | Yes | "text", "file", "url" | — |

### Response example

```json
{
  "items": [],
  "breadcrumbs": [],
  "current_folder": {
    "entity_type": "folder",
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "parent_folder_id": "string",
    "child_count": 0,
    "created_by": {
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "email": "string"
    },
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "folder_tree": []
}
```

## Errors

Reviewed common and route-declared errors are summarized here; the list is not exhaustive. Start with the [distributed error index](/docs/reference/api/errors) to find each code's canonical domain page.

| Status | Code | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | Authentication is missing, invalid, or revoked. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The authenticated caller does not have access to this operation. |
| 404 | `not_found` | The requested workspace resource was not found. |

## Related operations

- [Create a knowledge folder](/docs/api-reference/knowledge/create-knowledge-folder) — `POST /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/knowledge/folders`
- [Create a text document](/docs/api-reference/knowledge/create-knowledge-text) — `POST /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/knowledge/text`
- [Delete a knowledge document](/docs/api-reference/knowledge/delete-knowledge-document) — `DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/knowledge/{document_id}`