> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gdeltcloud.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fetch Brief > Fetch one Monitoring Brief: status, the original input, the structured `document` (Monitoring Brief content), `citations`, the evidence `appendix`, and report URLs. A still-running Brief is reconciled first. Requires a plan with Briefs access. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi-v2.json get /api/v2/briefs/{id} openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: GDELT Cloud API v2 version: 2.0.0 description: >- Clean v2 REST API for generated GDELT Cloud structured Events, clustered Stories, linked Entities, summaries, admin1 discovery, significance ranking, and paginated article evidence. Event significance is a family-scoped weighted blend, renormalized so every event family spans a true 0-1: each event's raw total is divided by the maximum its own family can reach (Conflict 1.00, CAMEO+ POLITICAL 0.90, other CAMEO+ domains 0.65). All events: Goldstein severity 0.25, article evidence 0.05, confidence 0.05. Conflict only: fatalities 0.55 (log-scaled by body count) and civilian targeting 0.10. CAMEO+ only: magnitude 0.20, systemic importance 0.15, propagation potential 0.10, market sensitivity 0.10. When magnitude is unmeasured its term AND its 0.20 weight are both dropped. The four CAMEO+ metrics are rubric scores produced by published formulas - ordinal ranking signals, not measurements, probabilities, or predicted price moves. goldstein_scale is one canonical public metric, populated for Conflict Events and CAMEO+ POLITICAL Events where meaningful. Story linked_event_count is a Story-to-Event link aggregate, not a distinct Event total. servers: - url: https://gdeltcloud.com description: Production - url: http://localhost:3000 description: Local development security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] tags: - name: Events description: Coded CAMEO+ / conflict events — search, fetch, and summarize. - name: Stories description: Clustered narratives (stories) and their articles. - name: Entities description: >- People & organizations — resolve a name to an entity, then fetch its profile and tone. - name: Geography description: Admin-1 geography lookups. - name: Energy description: Global Energy Monitor assets + ownership registry. - name: Facilities description: >- Unified physical-asset directory — GEM energy assets + World Port Index ports + Epoch AI data centers on one keyed surface, resolved to spine owners. Plan-gated (Analyst plan and up). - name: Screening and Reference description: >- Restricted-party lists, screening, and ownership-chain exposure. Plan-gated (`can_use_screening` / `can_use_exposure`). - name: China description: >- China overseas development finance (AidData GCDF). Plan-gated (`can_use_china`). - name: Media Intelligence description: >- Entity tone (`can_use_tone`) and Share of Voice (`can_use_share_of_voice`) are plan-gated. Social signal remains an admin-only preview. - name: Filings description: >- SEC EDGAR filings, XBRL financials, and AI-extracted relations. Requires a plan with SEC filings access (`can_use_filings`) — the Corporate & Supply Chain plan and above. - name: Macro Finance description: >- FRED economic time series (catalog, point-in-time observations, releases). Plan-gated (`can_use_macro`). - name: Maritime description: >- AIS-derived vessel-flow signals across maritime chokepoints — chokepoint transits, last-known vessel positions, carriers, dwell, and AIS-dark gaps. Plan-gated (`can_use_maritime`). - name: Briefs description: Source-backed monitoring briefs. paths: /api/v2/briefs/{id}: get: tags: - Briefs summary: Fetch Brief description: >- Fetch one Monitoring Brief: status, the original input, the structured `document` (Monitoring Brief content), `citations`, the evidence `appendix`, and report URLs. A still-running Brief is reconciled first. Requires a plan with Briefs access. operationId: get-brief-v2 parameters: - name: id in: path required: true schema: type: string description: Brief id from create or list. responses: '200': description: The Brief. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string title: type: string brief_type: type: string status: type: string description: queued → generating → building → ready, or failed. created_at: type: string updated_at: type: string error_message: type: string nullable: true input: type: object nullable: true document: type: object description: Structured Monitoring Brief content. nullable: true citations: type: array items: type: object appendix: type: object description: Evidence chain / tool-call ledger. nullable: true public_url: type: string nullable: true web_url: type: string examples: ready: value: id: brief_123 status: ready title: Red Sea maritime disruption watch brief_type: monitoring_brief created_at: '2026-06-08T14:00:00Z' updated_at: '2026-06-08T14:08:00Z' error_message: null input: time_window: 7d audience: executive document: bottom_line: Disruption risk remains elevated. citations: [] appendix: [] public_url: null web_url: https://gdeltcloud.com/briefs/brief_123 '401': description: Missing or invalid API key. '403': description: >- Briefs are not available on your plan (`BRIEF_ACCESS_DENIED`), or the included Brief allotment is exhausted (`BRIEF_LIMIT_REACHED`). '404': description: Brief not found (or not owned by the caller). security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: bash label: cURL source: |- curl "https://gdeltcloud.com/api/v2/briefs/$BRIEF_ID" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $GDELT_CLOUD_API_KEY" components: securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: gdelt_sk_... description: 'GDELT Cloud API key. Send as `Authorization: Bearer gdelt_sk_...`.' ````