Update knowledge base

Update a knowledge base's name, description, chunking configuration, or folder placement. Workspace folder trees exceeding 10,000 folders return 413.

OAuth scope: api:write.

PATCH/api/v2/knowledge/{knowledgeBaseId}

Authorization

X-API-Key<token>

Send a personal or workspace API key in X-API-Key. See key types and access; operations that reject workspace keys say so in their description.

In: header

Request examples use an API key. For OAuth, replace the X-API-Key header with Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN.

curl -X PATCH "https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/knowledge/string" \  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "workspaceId": "a91c4b2e-6d3f-4e8a-b5c7-0d9e2f1a8c64",    "name": "Updated Product Documentation"  }'
const body = JSON.stringify({  "workspaceId": "a91c4b2e-6d3f-4e8a-b5c7-0d9e2f1a8c64",  "name": "Updated Product Documentation"})fetch("https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/knowledge/string", {  method: "PATCH",  headers: {    "Content-Type": "application/json",    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"  },  body})
package mainimport (  "fmt"  "net/http"  "io/ioutil"  "strings")func main() {  url := "https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/knowledge/string"  body := strings.NewReader(`{    "workspaceId": "a91c4b2e-6d3f-4e8a-b5c7-0d9e2f1a8c64",    "name": "Updated Product Documentation"  }`)  req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, body)  req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)  defer res.Body.Close()  body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)  fmt.Println(res)  fmt.Println(string(body))}
import requestsurl = "https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/knowledge/string"body = """{  "workspaceId": "a91c4b2e-6d3f-4e8a-b5c7-0d9e2f1a8c64",  "name": "Updated Product Documentation"}"""response = requests.request("PATCH", url, data = body, headers = {  "Content-Type": "application/json",   "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"})print(response.text)
import java.net.URI;import java.net.http.HttpClient;import java.net.http.HttpRequest;import java.net.http.HttpResponse;import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;import java.time.Duration;import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;var body = BodyPublishers.ofString("""{  "workspaceId": "a91c4b2e-6d3f-4e8a-b5c7-0d9e2f1a8c64",  "name": "Updated Product Documentation"}""");HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder()  .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10))  .build();HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder = HttpRequest.newBuilder()  .uri(URI.create("https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/knowledge/string"))  .header("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")  .PATCH(body)  .build();try {  HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(requestBuilder.build(), BodyHandlers.ofString());  System.out.println("Status code: " + response.statusCode());  System.out.println("Response body: " + response.body());} catch (Exception e) {  e.printStackTrace();}
using System;using System.Net.Http;using System.Text;var body = new StringContent("""{  "workspaceId": "a91c4b2e-6d3f-4e8a-b5c7-0d9e2f1a8c64",  "name": "Updated Product Documentation"}""", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");var client = new HttpClient();client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");var response = await client.PatchAsync("https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/knowledge/string", body);var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
{
  "data": {
    "id": "7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7",
    "name": "Product Documentation",
    "description": "All product documentation and guides",
    "tokenCount": 48213,
    "embeddingModel": "text-embedding-3-small",
    "embeddingDimension": 1536,
    "chunkingConfig": {
      "maxSize": 1024,
      "minSize": 100,
      "overlap": 200,
      "strategy": "auto",
      "strategyOptions": {
        "pattern": "string",
        "separators": [
          "string"
        ],
        "recipe": "plain",
        "strictBoundaries": true
      },
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "docCount": 12,
    "connectorTypes": [
      "notion",
      "google_drive"
    ],
    "createdAt": "2025-01-10T09:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-06-18T16:45:00Z",
    "webUrl": "http://example.com",
    "ownerEmail": "owner@example.com",
    "folderPath": "/Product",
    "deletedAt": "2026-01-16T09:00:00Z"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
    "message": "Invalid request"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Authentication required"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "Insufficient workspace permissions",
    "details": {
      "code": "INSUFFICIENT_WORKSPACE_ROLE"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Not found"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "CONFLICT",
    "message": "The request conflicts with current knowledge resource state"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE",
    "message": "Request body is too large"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE",
    "message": "Request body must be sent as application/json"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMITED",
    "message": "API rate limit exceeded",
    "details": {
      "retryAfter": "2026-01-01T00:00:30.000Z"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE",
    "message": "Service temporarily unavailable"
  }
}

Path parameters

knowledgeBaseId*string

Unique knowledge base identifier.

Length1 <= length

Request body

application/json

Workspace scope and fields to update. At least one mutable field is required.

TypeScript definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response body

application/json

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POSTSync knowledge connectorPATCHUpdate chunk