Quickstart

Get up and running in minutes with intelligent context from your data.

Create an account

Connect a data source

In the console, go to Connectors and connect to one of your tools. Once connected, click “sync data” and select your desired configuration. This can be changed at any time.

Create an API key

Go to Settings → API keys and create a key. Set it in your shell:

export ADAPTER_API_KEY="pk_live_..."

See API keys for scope and rotation details.

Ingestion runs in the background

Ingestion starts as soon as you connect a source, and you can search and ask against your data shortly after. There’s nothing to wait on or manage — the context layer is living, so it keeps enriching and deepening its understanding behind the scenes as more data lands.

Run your first search

curl https://api.adapter.com/v1/knowledge/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ADAPTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "q": "pricing discussions with enterprise customers",
    "limit": 5
  }'

import os, requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.adapter.com/v1/knowledge/search",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ADAPTER_API_KEY']}"},
    json={"q": "pricing discussions with enterprise customers", "limit": 5},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
for hit in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(hit["evidence_type"], hit["score"], hit["snippet"][:80])

const resp = await fetch("https://api.adapter.com/v1/knowledge/search", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ADAPTER_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    q: "pricing discussions with enterprise customers",
    limit: 5,
  }),
});
const { results } = await resp.json();
for (const hit of results) {
  console.log(hit.evidence_type, hit.score, hit.snippet.slice(0, 80));
}

A typical response looks like:

{
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "evidence_type": "email",
      "score": 0.87,
      "snippet": "Following up on the pricing thread from last week — they pushed back on...",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-21T18:42:11Z"
    }
  ]
}

Ask a question (optional)

For synthesized, grounded answers instead of raw hits, use the Ask endpoint.

curl https://api.adapter.com/v1/knowledge/ask \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ADAPTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "what do we know about Acme Corp?"}'

Knowledge endpoints

Search across your entities or ask for grounded answers.

Evidence and entities

The shape of records you query against.

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