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PATCH
/
v3
/
ai-sdr
/
knowledge-bases
/
{id}
Update a knowledge base
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.reply.io/v3/ai-sdr/knowledge-bases/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "instructions": "Updated: reference Q3 launch deck instead of internal v2."
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.reply.io/v3/ai-sdr/knowledge-bases/{id}"

payload = { "instructions": "Updated: reference Q3 launch deck instead of internal v2." }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({instructions: 'Updated: reference Q3 launch deck instead of internal v2.'})
};

fetch('https://api.reply.io/v3/ai-sdr/knowledge-bases/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.reply.io/v3/ai-sdr/knowledge-bases/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'instructions' => 'Updated: reference Q3 launch deck instead of internal v2.'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.reply.io/v3/ai-sdr/knowledge-bases/{id}"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"instructions\": \"Updated: reference Q3 launch deck instead of internal v2.\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.reply.io/v3/ai-sdr/knowledge-bases/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"instructions\": \"Updated: reference Q3 launch deck instead of internal v2.\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.reply.io/v3/ai-sdr/knowledge-bases/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"instructions\": \"Updated: reference Q3 launch deck instead of internal v2.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": 4821,
  "name": "Product knowledge base v3",
  "instructions": "Reference internal launch deck before answering pricing questions.",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-10T14:32:11Z",
  "ownerUserId": 1234
}
{
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "The request body contains validation errors.",
"errors": [
{
"pointer": "/",
"detail": "At least one field must be provided."
}
]
}
{
"title": "Unauthorized",
"status": 401,
"detail": "Authentication credentials are missing or invalid."
}
{
"title": "Forbidden",
"status": 403,
"detail": "AI SDR feature is not available for your team",
"code": "knowledgeBase.forbidden"
}
{
"title": "Not Found",
"status": 404,
"detail": "Knowledge base '4821' not found",
"code": "knowledgeBase.notFound"
}
{
"title": "Bad Gateway",
"status": 502,
"detail": "Upstream service returned an unexpected error",
"code": "knowledgeBase.upstreamFailure"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Authenticate every request with a Bearer token. Pass your Reply API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>

Get your API key from the Reply dashboard: Settings → API Key.

Path Parameters

id
integer<int64>
required

Knowledge base id

Required range: x >= 1

Body

application/json

Partial update for a knowledge base. Send only the fields you want to change; absent fields retain their current value. At least one field must be present.

name
string

Updated display name (non-empty)

Required string length: 1 - 128
instructions
string

Updated instructions. Empty string allowed (clears the instructions).

Maximum string length: 2000

Response

Knowledge base updated successfully

Detailed representation of a knowledge base.

id
integer<int64>
read-only

Unique identifier for the knowledge base

name
string

Display name of the knowledge base

instructions
string

Free-form instructions applied when the knowledge base is referenced by AI SDR generations.

updatedAt
string<date-time>
read-only

Timestamp of the last modification

ownerUserId
integer | null
read-only

User ID of the owner. null when the owner has been removed from the team.