Initiatives

Use these operations to interact with Initiatives in Cortex.

Required permissions

• Create, read, update, or delete Initiatives: Your API key must have the Edit Initiatives permission.

• View Initiatives: Your API key must have the View Initiatives permission.

Operations

List Initiatives

get

Retrieves a list of Initiatives.

API key must have the View Initiatives permission.

Authorizations

bearerAuth

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Query parameters

includeDraftsbooleanOptional

Whether or not to include draft Initiatives in the response

Default: false

includeExpiredbooleanOptional

Whether or not to include expired Initiatives in the response

Default: false

pageSizeinteger · int32Required

Number of results to return per page, between 1 and 1000. Default 250.

Default: 250

pageinteger · int32Required

Page number to return, 0-indexed. Default 0.

Default: 0

Responses

200

Successfully retrieved Initiatives

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

get

/api/v1/initiatives

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /api/v1/initiatives?pageSize=250&page=0 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "initiatives": [
    {
      "cid": "in2da8159dbeefb974",
      "description": "text",
      "emphasizedLevels": [
        {
          "color": "text",
          "name": "text",
          "rank": 1
        }
      ],
      "emphasizedRules": [
        {
          "description": "text",
          "expression": "text",
          "title": "text"
        }
      ],
      "filter": {
        "groups": {
          "exclude": [
            "text"
          ],
          "include": [
            "text"
          ]
        },
        "query": "text",
        "types": {
          "exclude": [
            "text"
          ],
          "include": [
            "text"
          ]
        }
      },
      "isDraft": true,
      "name": "text",
      "notificationSchedule": {
        "isDisabled": true,
        "replyToEmails": [
          "text"
        ],
        "timeInterval": 1,
        "timeUnit": "text"
      },
      "scorecardName": "text",
      "scorecardTag": "text",
      "targetDate": "2025-12-12"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "total": 1,
  "totalPages": 1
}

Get Initiative

get

Get Initiative.

API key must have the View Initiatives permission.

Authorizations

bearerAuth

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

cidstringRequired

Responses

200

Successfully retrieved Initiative

application/json

404

Initiative not found

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

get

/api/v1/initiatives/{cid}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /api/v1/initiatives/{cid} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "cid": "in2da8159dbeefb974",
  "description": "text",
  "emphasizedLevels": [
    {
      "color": "text",
      "name": "text",
      "rank": 1
    }
  ],
  "emphasizedRules": [
    {
      "description": "text",
      "expression": "text",
      "title": "text"
    }
  ],
  "filter": {
    "groups": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "query": "text",
    "types": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    }
  },
  "isDraft": true,
  "name": "text",
  "notificationSchedule": {
    "isDisabled": true,
    "replyToEmails": [
      "text"
    ],
    "timeInterval": 1,
    "timeUnit": "text"
  },
  "scorecardName": "text",
  "scorecardTag": "text",
  "targetDate": "2025-12-12"
}

Create an Initiative

post

Create an Initiative.

API key must have the Edit Initiative permission.

Authorizations

bearerAuth

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Body

application/json

descriptionstringOptional

Optional description of the Initiative

isDraftbooleanRequired

Whether or not the Initiative is a draft

namestringRequired

Name of the Initiative

scorecardTagstringRequired

Tag of the scorecard associated with the Initiative

targetDatestring · dateRequired

Target date for the Initiative to be completed. Must be in the future

Responses

200

Successfully created Initiative

application/json

400

Bad Request

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

post

/api/v1/initiatives

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /api/v1/initiatives HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 399

{
  "description": "text",
  "emphasizedLevels": [
    {
      "rank": 1
    }
  ],
  "emphasizedRules": [
    {
      "expression": "text"
    }
  ],
  "filter": {
    "groups": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "query": "text",
    "types": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    }
  },
  "isDraft": true,
  "name": "text",
  "notificationSchedule": {
    "isDisabled": true,
    "replyToEmails": [
      "text"
    ],
    "timeInterval": 1,
    "timeUnit": "text"
  },
  "scorecardTag": "text",
  "targetDate": "2025-12-12"
}

{
  "cid": "in2da8159dbeefb974",
  "description": "text",
  "emphasizedLevels": [
    {
      "color": "text",
      "name": "text",
      "rank": 1
    }
  ],
  "emphasizedRules": [
    {
      "description": "text",
      "expression": "text",
      "title": "text"
    }
  ],
  "filter": {
    "groups": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "query": "text",
    "types": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    }
  },
  "isDraft": true,
  "name": "text",
  "notificationSchedule": {
    "isDisabled": true,
    "replyToEmails": [
      "text"
    ],
    "timeInterval": 1,
    "timeUnit": "text"
  },
  "scorecardName": "text",
  "scorecardTag": "text",
  "targetDate": "2025-12-12"
}

Update an Initiative

put

Update an Initiative.

API key must have the Edit Initiative permission.

Authorizations

bearerAuth

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

cidstringRequired

Body

application/json

descriptionstringOptional

Optional description of the Initiative

isDraftbooleanRequired

Whether or not the Initiative is a draft

namestringRequired

Name of the Initiative

scorecardTagstringRequired

Tag of the scorecard associated with the Initiative

targetDatestring · dateRequired

Target date for the Initiative to be completed. Must be in the future

Responses

200

Successfully updated Initiative

application/json

400

Bad Request

application/json

404

Initiative not found

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

put

/api/v1/initiatives/{cid}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

PUT /api/v1/initiatives/{cid} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 399

{
  "description": "text",
  "emphasizedLevels": [
    {
      "rank": 1
    }
  ],
  "emphasizedRules": [
    {
      "expression": "text"
    }
  ],
  "filter": {
    "groups": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "query": "text",
    "types": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    }
  },
  "isDraft": true,
  "name": "text",
  "notificationSchedule": {
    "isDisabled": true,
    "replyToEmails": [
      "text"
    ],
    "timeInterval": 1,
    "timeUnit": "text"
  },
  "scorecardTag": "text",
  "targetDate": "2025-12-12"
}

{
  "cid": "in2da8159dbeefb974",
  "description": "text",
  "emphasizedLevels": [
    {
      "color": "text",
      "name": "text",
      "rank": 1
    }
  ],
  "emphasizedRules": [
    {
      "description": "text",
      "expression": "text",
      "title": "text"
    }
  ],
  "filter": {
    "groups": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "query": "text",
    "types": {
      "exclude": [
        "text"
      ],
      "include": [
        "text"
      ]
    }
  },
  "isDraft": true,
  "name": "text",
  "notificationSchedule": {
    "isDisabled": true,
    "replyToEmails": [
      "text"
    ],
    "timeInterval": 1,
    "timeUnit": "text"
  },
  "scorecardName": "text",
  "scorecardTag": "text",
  "targetDate": "2025-12-12"
}

Delete Initiative

delete

Authorizations

bearerAuth

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

cidstringRequired

Responses

200

Successfully deleted Initiative

No content

404

Initiative not found

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

delete

/api/v1/initiatives/{cid}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

DELETE /api/v1/initiatives/{cid} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

No content