Delete alignment categories

Deletes one or more alignment categories. By default their prompts survive and become uncategorised, matching “Delete” without the checkbox in the app; pass delete_prompts: true to also delete every prompt in those categories, matching the dialog’s “Also delete all prompts” checkbox.

delete_prompts applies to the whole batch — there is no per-category choice in one call.

Bulk-shaped only. There is no single-category delete endpoint; send one id for the single-row case.

Requires the write:alignment scope, and the workspace must be enabled for API writes.


DELETE /v1/brands/{brand_id}/alignment/categories

Authorization

Header	Type	Required
`Authorization`	`Bearer asky_sk_…`	required
`Idempotency-Key`	`string`	required

Path parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`brand_id`	`uuid`	required	From List brands

Body

application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
`category_ids`	`uuid[]`, 1-200	required	From List alignment categories
`delete_prompts`	`boolean`	optional	Also delete every prompt in these categories. Default `false` — prompts become uncategorised instead

Request

cURL


curl --request DELETE \
  --url 'https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/alignment/categories' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <api-key>' \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: 5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"category_ids": ["8f3d2c1b-6a94-4e57-9c02-1b7f4d3a8e65"], "delete_prompts": false}'

Python


import requests
 
url = "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/alignment/categories"
 
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <api-key>",
    "Idempotency-Key": "5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {"category_ids": ["8f3d2c1b-6a94-4e57-9c02-1b7f4d3a8e65"], "delete_prompts": False}
 
response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)

JavaScript


const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer <api-key>',
    'Idempotency-Key': '5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    category_ids: ['8f3d2c1b-6a94-4e57-9c02-1b7f4d3a8e65'],
    delete_prompts: false,
  }),
};
 
fetch('https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/alignment/categories', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

PHP


<?php
 
$curl = curl_init();
 
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/alignment/categories",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    "category_ids" => ["8f3d2c1b-6a94-4e57-9c02-1b7f4d3a8e65"],
    "delete_prompts" => false,
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <api-key>",
    "Idempotency-Key: 5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);
 
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
 
curl_close($curl);
 
if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

Go


package main
 
import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "strings"
    "io"
)
 
func main() {
 
    url := "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/alignment/categories"
 
    payload := strings.NewReader(`{"category_ids": ["8f3d2c1b-6a94-4e57-9c02-1b7f4d3a8e65"], "delete_prompts": false}`)
 
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, payload)
 
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <api-key>")
    req.Header.Add("Idempotency-Key", "5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa")
    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))
 
}

Ruby


require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
 
url = URI("https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/alignment/categories")
 
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
 
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <api-key>'
request["Idempotency-Key"] = '5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = {category_ids: ["8f3d2c1b-6a94-4e57-9c02-1b7f4d3a8e65"], delete_prompts: false}.to_json
 
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Response

200


{
  "data": {
    "deleted_category_ids": ["8f3d2c1b-6a94-4e57-9c02-1b7f4d3a8e65"],
    "deleted_prompts": false
  },
  "request_id": "req_5c1e93f8a2074b6dbf30"
}

400


{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "category_ids not found for this brand: 9f8e7d6c-....",
    "request_id": "req_2d61f0ac48b34e59c7bd"
  }
}

403 plan


{
  "error": {
    "code": "plan_required",
    "message": "This workspace is not enabled for API writes. Contact support to have it turned on.",
    "request_id": "req_9d4a7c1e3b5f48d0ac2e"
  }
}

404


{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Not found.",
    "request_id": "req_5b0e77d213a94f6a8ce1"
  }
}

429


{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests. Retry after 24 seconds.",
    "request_id": "req_9a3f5e21c0aa47b190d2"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`data.deleted_category_ids`	`uuid[]`	required. Same set as `category_ids`, once every id has been verified to belong to this brand
`data.deleted_prompts`	`boolean`	required. Echoes the `delete_prompts` you sent (`false` if omitted)
`request_id`	`string`	required. Also returned as the `x-request-id` header. Quote it when contacting support

Errors

Status	Code	When
400	`invalid_request`	`category_ids` is empty, over 200 entries, or contains an id not found for this brand
401	`invalid_token`	The key is missing, malformed, or does not exist
401	`token_expired`	The key passed its expiry date
401	`token_revoked`	The key was revoked
403	`insufficient_scope`	The key does not carry `write:alignment`
403	`plan_required`	This workspace is not enabled for API writes
404	`not_found`	The brand does not exist, or this key is not allowed to reach it
429	`rate_limited`	Over 60 requests per minute

Notes

Validation is all-or-nothing. An id that is missing or belongs to another brand refuses the entire call and names every offender — nothing is deleted unless every id checks out.

delete_prompts: false (the default) does not touch prompts. They survive and become uncategorised — their category_id is set to null, they stay active, and they keep running. This does not change your active-prompt quota usage.

delete_prompts: true deletes the categories’ prompts first, then the categories, matching the app’s own two-step exactly. This is permanent: their execution history is detached, not deleted, the same as Delete alignment prompts.

One flag for the whole batch. If you need delete_prompts: true for some categories and false for others, split the call into two requests.

Idempotency-Key is required. Reuse it when retrying an attempt and the original response is replayed rather than a second delete being attempted. See Idempotency.