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Get a research wave report

The knowledge.research_reports.get operation: GET /api/v1/tax/knowledge/research/reports/{id} in the REST API and the knowledge_research_reports_get tool in the MCP server.

GET/api/v1/tax/knowledge/research/reports/{id}

Returns one research wave report (data/tax/knowledge/reports/<id>.md) as markdown: the facts a wave added or changed per jurisdiction, open questions, disputes, unsupported rules and runs that couldn't finish (spec §42.6 step 4). id is the file name without .md, as knowledge.research.get lists them. The text is data. Platform staff only.

At a glance

  • REST: GET /api/v1/tax/knowledge/research/reports/{id}
  • MCP tool: knowledge_research_reports_get
  • Operation ID: knowledge.research_reports.get
  • Scope: Platform
  • Permission: tax_knowledge:read
  • Risk tier: read
  • Dry run: Not supported
  • Idempotency: Not needed (read only)
  • Modes: Test and live
  • Authentication: API key with the tax_knowledge:read scope
  • Since: M3

Request

Path parameters

FieldTypeDescription
idstring

Query parameters

This operation takes no query parameters.

Response

200 OK with a JSON object:

FieldTypeDescription
idstring
object"knowledge_research_report"
filestring
titlestring
commitstring
markdownstring

Examples

The report of a Tier 1 wave

HTTP
GET /api/v1/tax/knowledge/research/reports/t1-w2-eu-members
Authorization: Bearer or_test_…

Response (200):

JSON
{
  "id": "t1-w2-eu-members",
  "object": "knowledge_research_report",
  "file": "data/tax/knowledge/reports/t1-w2-eu-members.md",
  "title": "Wave report — t1-w2-eu-members",
  "commit": "1c14b2ec912aca347dd518b2044096f3b5d8eef1",
  "markdown": "# Wave report — t1-w2-eu-members\n\n- Result: 4 of 4 runs finished.\n"
}

Errors

CodeHTTP statusWhenWhat to do
resource_not_found404No report has this ID in the research data the app was built with.Check the ID and that your credentials are scoped to the right organization, entity, brand and mode.
validation_failed400The ID isn't a report file name.Fix the fields listed in details.issues and send the request again.
permission_denied403You aren't platform staff.Ask an organization owner or admin for a role or scope that allows this action.

It can also return these common errors: api_version_unsupported, authentication_required, api_key_invalid, dry_run_not_supported, rate_limited, internal_error.