---
title: "Get link watch"
method: POST
path: "/v1/commands/get_link_watch"
tags: ["Link monitoring and evidence"]
---

# Get link watch

`POST /v1/commands/get_link_watch`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.agentlinkops.com`
- URL: `https://app.agentlinkops.com/v1/commands/get_link_watch`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer

Shared command transport. All logical arguments in JSON; no query or Idempotency-Key header. See canonical operation reference.

## Headers

- `X-Workspace-ID` string

## Request body

- GetLinkWatchInput
  - `watchId` string, required: watch ID from create/list.

## Response `200`

Command result, including queued admission.

- GetLinkWatchOutput
  - `id` string, required: Resource identifier returned by the operation.
  - `workspace_id` string, required: Workspace that owns this record.
  - `project_id` string, required: Project that owns this record.
  - `status` 'active' | 'paused', required: Resource lifecycle status.
  - `cadence_seconds` number, required
  - `state` string, required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
  - `observation_state` object, required: Saved observation state. Before the first check, this object can be empty.
    - `state` string: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
    - `uncertain` boolean
    - `checked_at` string: UTC timestamp of the saved check.
    - `lastChangedAt` string, nullable
    - `firstAbsentAt` string, nullable
    - `nextCheckAt` string, nullable
    - `reason` string, nullable: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
    - `latestAttempt` object, nullable
      - `state` string: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
      - `reason` string, nullable: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
      - `checkedAt` string
      - `httpStatus` number, nullable
      - `occurrenceCount` number
      - `occurrences` object[]
        - `href` string, nullable
        - `targetUrl` string, nullable
        - `anchor` string, nullable
        - `rel` string[]
        - `context` string, nullable
        - `locator` object, nullable
          - `line` number, nullable
          - `column` number, nullable
          - `offset` number, nullable
      - `checkerVersion` string
    - `lastSuccessfulObservation` object, nullable
      - `state` string: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
      - `reason` string, nullable: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
      - `checkedAt` string
      - `httpStatus` number, nullable
      - `occurrenceCount` number
      - `occurrences` object[]
        - `href` string, nullable
        - `targetUrl` string, nullable
        - `anchor` string, nullable
        - `rel` string[]
        - `context` string, nullable
        - `locator` object, nullable
          - `line` number, nullable
          - `column` number, nullable
          - `offset` number, nullable
      - `checkerVersion` string
    - `lastSuccessfulObservationSameAsLatestAttempt` boolean
    - `confirmedState` string, nullable
    - `lastSuccessfulAt` string, nullable
    - `lastHealthyAt` string, nullable
    - `firstUnavailableAt` string, nullable
    - `unavailableCount` number
    - `wasEverHealthy` boolean
    - `retryNotBefore` string, nullable
    - `ignored` boolean
    - `absentCount` integer: Detailed source-link state: accepted complete absent observations in the current sequence. Present or source-unavailable observations reset it; an unknown attempt preserves it.
    - `wasEverPresent` boolean: Detailed source-link state: a complete present observation was recorded previously. This historical flag does not establish current presence.
    - `sourceUnavailableConfirmed` boolean: Detailed source-link state: repeated complete source-unavailability observations satisfied the confirmation window. An unknown attempt can preserve this historical flag; it does not establish link absence.
  - `created_at` string, required: UTC timestamp when the record was created.
  - `updated_at` string, required: UTC timestamp of the last record update.
  - `last_attempt_at` string, nullable, required
  - `last_success_at` string, nullable, required
  - `last_observation_id` string, nullable, required
  - `next_check_at` string, nullable, required
  - `overdue_reason` string, nullable, required
  - `google_crawlable` boolean, nullable: Googlebot robots.txt permission on the latest checked source and observed redirect hops: true allowed, false blocked, null unknown. Does not establish Google indexing, page availability or ranking.
  - `google_crawl_reason` string, nullable: Recorded Googlebot robots permission or why that permission is unknown. Separate from permission for AgentLinkOps monitoring.
  - `robots_rule` string, nullable: Publisher robots.txt path rule supporting the current Googlebot decision, or null when no matching rule was observed.
  - `noindex` boolean, nullable: Whether the most recently completely read page told Googlebot not to index it. Null means not observed; check page_observed_at for retained older evidence.
  - `page_nofollow` boolean, nullable: Whether the most recently completely read page told Googlebot not to follow its links. Independent of individual link rel attributes; null means not observed.
  - `link_rel` string[], nullable: Sorted union of rel attributes on directly observed matching link occurrences. An empty array is an observed ordinary link; null means no current or retained link attributes were observed.
  - `can_verify_reason` string, nullable: Why the latest check could not verify link presence or absence. Null means that check completed; not_checked means no check is retained.
  - `last_verified_at` string, nullable: Original timestamp of the most recent complete link presence or absence check. It stays unchanged after a blocked or incomplete check.
  - `crawlability_provenance` object: Original saved check times and observation IDs for robots permission, page directives and link attributes. Retained page/link facts can predate the latest robots check.
    - `robots_observed_at` string, nullable, required: Timestamp of the latest saved check containing the robots permission attempt, including unknown results.
    - `page_observed_at` string, nullable, required: Timestamp of the complete source page read supporting the page directives, or null when no complete page is retained.
    - `link_observed_at` string, nullable, required: Timestamp of the complete source page read where matching links were present, or null when no matching link was observed.
    - `robots_observation_id` string, nullable, required: Saved observation supporting the latest robots permission attempt, or null.
    - `page_observation_id` string, nullable, required: Saved observation supporting the page directives, or null.
    - `link_observation_id` string, nullable, required: Saved observation where the matching link was present, or null.
  - `category_contract` 'link-category-v1': Version of the shared table, API and export category projection.
  - `chosen_category` object: The saved choice and recorded account attribution. Cleared keeps the type empty; automatic permits eligible existing page evidence to supply the displayed category. Neither action reviews or starts AI work.
    - `intent` 'chosen' | 'cleared' | 'automatic', required
    - `id` 'contextual_citation' | 'guest_post' | 'recommendation' | 'resource_entry' | 'technical_reference' | 'directory_entry' | 'profile_website' | 'author_attribution' | 'discussion_contribution' | 'navigation_template' | 'badge_embed_attribution' | 'partner_sponsor' | 'other', nullable, required: Resource identifier returned by the operation.
    - `name` string, nullable, required
    - `standard_name` string, nullable, required
    - `actor_id` string, nullable, required
    - `recorded_at` string, nullable, required
    - `revision` integer, required: Saved label revision; pass as revision to set_link_type. Required for intent=automatic.
    - `deliberate_clear` boolean, required
  - `page_assessment` object: What retained page evidence says about link occurrences. Applicability separates current, previous, expired and unavailable evidence. Suggested is provisional; accepted_manual requires a recorded review; accepted_auto requires a qualified saved policy.
    - `status` 'ready' | 'unavailable', required: Resource lifecycle status.
    - `reason` string, required: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
    - `read_reason` string, nullable, required
    - `explanation` string, required
    - `applicability` string, required
    - `binding` object, nullable, required
      - `workspaceId` string, required
      - `projectId` string, required
      - `watchId` string, required
    - `capture` object, nullable, required
      - `id` string, required: Resource identifier returned by the operation.
      - `manifest_id` string, nullable, required
      - `observation_id` string, nullable, required
      - `observed_at` string, nullable, required: UTC timestamp of the observation used here.
      - `expires_at` string, nullable, required
    - `source` object, nullable, required
      - `state` string, nullable, required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
      - `observed_at` string, nullable, required: UTC timestamp of the observation used here.
      - `observation_id` string, nullable, required
      - `pageUnavailable` boolean, required
    - `assessed_at` string, nullable, required
    - `revision` integer, nullable, required: Highest retained eligible occurrence decision or review revision, or null. Evidence provenance, not a write token.
    - `model_revisions` object[], required
      - `model` string, required
      - `revision` string, nullable, required: Recorded model version or revision, or null. Evidence provenance, not a write token.
    - `policy_revisions` object[], required
      - `taxonomy_version` string, nullable, required
      - `rubric_version` string, nullable, required
      - `policy_revision` union, required: Recorded policy revision as a string or number, or null. Evidence provenance, not a write token.
        - string
        - number
    - `roles` object[], required
      - `id` 'contextual_citation' | 'guest_post' | 'recommendation' | 'resource_entry' | 'technical_reference' | 'directory_entry' | 'profile_website' | 'author_attribution' | 'discussion_contribution' | 'navigation_template' | 'badge_embed_attribution' | 'partner_sponsor' | 'other', required: Resource identifier returned by the operation.
      - `name` string, required
      - `standard_name` string, required
      - `count` integer, required
      - `states` object, required
        - `suggested` integer, required
        - `accepted_manual` integer, required
        - `accepted_auto` integer, required
    - `decision_state` 'suggested' | 'accepted_manual' | 'accepted_auto' | 'mixed' | 'none', required
    - `mixed` boolean, required
    - `coverage` object, required: Occurrence counts for this watch. Null means unavailable. Assessed counts completed evaluations, including inconclusive ones. Classified counts occurrences with a determined role; partial describes type coverage. Retained includes excluded occurrences. Counts do not represent separate watched links.
      - `assessed` integer, nullable, required
      - `classified` integer, nullable, required
      - `eligible` integer, nullable, required
      - `retained` integer, nullable, required
      - `excluded` integer, nullable, required
      - `unassessed` integer, nullable, required
      - `unclassified` integer, nullable, required
      - `partial` boolean, nullable, required
    - `pending_count` integer, nullable, required
    - `failed_count` integer, nullable, required
    - `job_count` integer, nullable, required
    - `review_required_count` integer, nullable, required
  - `display_category` object: The category shown in the everyday table. A deliberate saved choice takes precedence. Otherwise page evidence supplies a category or Mixed types, with its evidence state. Read the reason when no category is available.
    - `source` 'chosen' | 'page_assessment' | 'none', required
    - `kind` 'category' | 'mixed' | 'cleared' | 'unknown', required
    - `id` 'contextual_citation' | 'guest_post' | 'recommendation' | 'resource_entry' | 'technical_reference' | 'directory_entry' | 'profile_website' | 'author_attribution' | 'discussion_contribution' | 'navigation_template' | 'badge_embed_attribution' | 'partner_sponsor' | 'other', nullable, required: Resource identifier returned by the operation.
    - `name` string, required
    - `state` string, required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
    - `reason` string, required: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
    - `applicability` string, required
    - `coverage` object, required: Occurrence counts for this watch. Null means unavailable. Assessed counts completed evaluations, including inconclusive ones. Classified counts occurrences with a determined role; partial describes type coverage. Retained includes excluded occurrences. Counts do not represent separate watched links.
      - `assessed` integer, nullable, required
      - `classified` integer, nullable, required
      - `eligible` integer, nullable, required
      - `retained` integer, nullable, required
      - `excluded` integer, nullable, required
      - `unassessed` integer, nullable, required
      - `unclassified` integer, nullable, required
      - `partial` boolean, nullable, required
  - `source_url` string, required: Publisher page URL recorded in this evidence.
  - `target_url` string, required: Destination URL recorded in this evidence.
  - `target_scope` string, required
  - `expected_anchor` string, nullable, required
  - `expected_rel` string[], nullable, required
  - `local_reference` string, nullable, required: Customer reference for joining this record to a local ledger entry.
  - `last_successful_observation_id` string, nullable, required
  - `history_compacted_before` string, nullable
  - `archived_at` string, nullable
  - `provider_metrics` union
    - object
      - `dataforseo` object, required
        - `rank` integer, nullable, required
        - `page_from_rank` integer, nullable, required
        - `domain_from` string
        - `domain_from_rank` integer, nullable, required
        - `backlink_spam_score` integer, nullable, required
        - `rank_scale` 'one_thousand', required
    - object
      - `imported` object, required
        - `supplier` 'ahrefs' | 'google_search_console' | 'bing_webmaster_tools' | 'semrush' | 'majestic' | 'moz' | 'dataforseo' | 'linkody' | 'csv', required
        - `supplier_row_id` string, nullable, required
        - `target_basis` 'supplier_observed' | 'user_supplied_target_expectation'
        - `supplier_generated_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
        - `supplier_metrics` object, nullable, required
    - object
      - `linktrail_corpus` object, required
        - `source_outlink_count` integer, nullable, required
        - `source_external_outlink_count` integer, nullable, required
        - `fetch_kind` 'direct' | 'rendered' | 'proxied', required
        - `extraction_complete` boolean, required
  - `provider_metrics_retrieved_at` string, nullable
  - `provider_metrics_data_mode` string
  - `initial_check` object
    - `job_id` string, nullable, required
    - `state` string, required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
    - `error_code` string, nullable, required: Latest delivery detail code; null when no failure or retry has been recorded.
  - `check_operation` object
    - `id` string, required: Resource identifier returned by the operation.
    - `watch_id` string, required
    - `operation_key` string, required
    - `state` 'pending' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'partial', required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
    - `source` object, required
      - `state` 'queued' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'skipped' | 'unavailable' | 'failed' | 'waiting_source', required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
      - `job_id` string, nullable, required
      - `reason` string, nullable, required: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
      - `result` string, nullable, required: Saved result; null when this operation has no completed result.
      - `lane` string, nullable, required
      - `last_crawl_at` string, nullable
    - `target` object, required
      - `state` 'queued' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'skipped' | 'unavailable' | 'failed' | 'waiting_source', required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
      - `job_id` string, nullable, required
      - `reason` string, nullable, required: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
      - `result` string, nullable, required: Saved result; null when this operation has no completed result.
      - `lane` string, nullable, required
      - `last_crawl_at` string, nullable
    - `classification` object, required
      - `state` 'queued' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'skipped' | 'unavailable' | 'failed' | 'waiting_source', required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
      - `job_id` string, nullable, required
      - `reason` string, nullable, required: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
      - `result` string, nullable, required: Saved result; null when this operation has no completed result.
      - `lane` string, nullable, required
      - `last_crawl_at` string, nullable
    - `google` object, required
      - `state` 'queued' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'skipped' | 'unavailable' | 'failed' | 'waiting_source', required: Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
      - `job_id` string, nullable, required
      - `reason` string, nullable, required: Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
      - `result` string, nullable, required: Saved result; null when this operation has no completed result.
      - `lane` string, nullable, required
      - `last_crawl_at` string, nullable
    - `follow_up_required` boolean, required
  - `created` boolean: True when this request created the record; false when an existing record was reused.
  - `detail` string
  - `type` 'contextual_citation' | 'guest_post' | 'recommendation' | 'resource_entry' | 'technical_reference' | 'directory_entry' | 'profile_website' | 'author_attribution' | 'discussion_contribution' | 'navigation_template' | 'badge_embed_attribution' | 'partner_sponsor' | 'other' | 'null', nullable: Saved compatibility type on enriched watch records; null when empty. Prefer display_category for the category shown in the table and page_assessment for currentness. A saved model type alone does not prove a current assessment. Reading or checking a link does not classify it. Deployments without label tables omit this field; concise list rows omit it too.
  - `type_source` 'person' | 'model' | 'null', nullable: Who supplied the saved compatibility value: person includes a team choice or deliberate clear; model identifies a saved model type. A null value can accompany automatic display; read chosen_category.intent for the team intent. Classification updates preserve team choices and clears. Deployments without label tables and concise list rows omit this field.
  - `type_revision` integer: Saved compatibility label revision; zero when no label record exists. Use chosen_category.revision for set_link_type conflict checks. Deployments without label tables and concise list rows omit this field.
  - `tags` object[]: Active workspace tags attached to this watch, ordered by name; an empty array means the watch has no active tags. Tags remain separate from the chosen category and page assessment. Checking a link does not add tags. Deployments without label tables and concise list rows omit this field.
    - `id` string, required: Workspace tag identifier returned by list_link_tags or save_link_tag.
    - `name` string, required: Saved display name of the attached workspace tag.
    - `color` string, required: Saved display color of the attached workspace tag.
  - `disavow` 'active' | 'proposed' | 'null', nullable: Saved rule coverage for this source: active for an approved rule, proposed for a suggestion, or null when no rule covers it or rule metadata is unavailable. An active rule takes precedence over a proposed rule. Concise list rows omit this field; reading this coverage does not submit a disavow file to Google.

## Other responses

- `429`: Request-rate or usage refusal. Inspect error.code and recovery details before retrying.
- `default`: Error envelope. Non-configuration 5xx messages are masked and details omitted; allowlisted configuration errors retain static operator recovery.

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