Reference

Get a draft

A draft with its change set, its diff against the agent as it is now, problems and validation.

REST	`GET /api/v1/agents/{agent_id}/drafts/{draft_id}`
MCP tool	`get_draft`
Classification	Read (changes nothing)
Scope	`agents:read`
Minimum role on the agent	editor
Confirmation	Not needed
Retry safety	Safe to retry with the same input
Success status	200

What it does

A draft with its change set, its diff against the agent as it is now, problems and validation.

Side effects

None. It only reads.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	In	Description
`agent_id`	string	yes	path	The agent id (agt_...), from list_agents.
`draft_id`	string	yes	path	The draft id.

Example

REST

curl "https://covo.lanaai.io/api/v1/agents/agt_4edc89bb2964/drafts/80da083a-0818-47b5-afc4-ef5b39c59137" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COVO_TOKEN"

MCP (POST /mcp)

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_draft",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agt_4edc89bb2964",
      "draft_id": "80da083a-0818-47b5-afc4-ef5b39c59137"
    }
  }
}

Response

Returns an object with id, title, status, base_revision, current_revision, stale, change_set, changes, problems, removes, validation, client, created_at and updated_at. This is a real response, shortened to two items per list.

200 response

{
  "id": "80da083a-0818-47b5-afc4-ef5b39c59137",
  "title": "Spring greeting",
  "status": "open",
  "base_revision": 6,
  "current_revision": 6,
  "stale": false,
  "change_set": {
    "personality": {
      "greeting": "Hi, I am Avery’s Concierge. Ask me about spring projects."
    }
  },
  "changes": [
    {
      "path": "personality.greeting",
      "operation": "replace",
      "before": "I'm Avery Quinn's Concierge. I can help you learn about Avery Quinn's work, what's on offer, or anything else you're curious about.",
      "after": "Hi, I am Avery’s Concierge. Ask me about spring projects."
    }
  ],
  "problems": [],
  "removes": 0,
  "validation": {
    "valid": true,
    "state": "ready",
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [
      {
        "step": "knowledge",
        "field": null,
        "severity": "recommended",
        "message": "Add a few common questions. Short, specific answers work best."
      },
      {
        "step": "publish",
        "field": null,
        "severity": "recommended",
        "message": "Ask the preview a question before you publish."
      }
    ]
  },
  "client": {
    "name": "docs-examples",
    "interface": "rest"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-10-07T20:14:41.872Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-07T20:14:41.872Z"
}

Over MCP the same object comes back as the tool result, in structuredContent and as JSON text.

Errors

Status	Code	Meaning
401	`unauthorized`	No token, or it is unknown, revoked or expired. OAuth apps refresh or reconnect.
403	`account_suspended`	The account that owns the token is paused.
403	`insufficient_scope`	The token lacks `agents:read`.
404	`agent_not_found`	Unknown agent, or not reachable with this token.
400	`bad_request`	An input is invalid; `field` names it.
429	`rate_limited`	Wait `Retry-After` seconds.