---
title: "Summarize Modality"
method: POST
path: "/modalities/summarize"
tags: ["modalities"]
---

# Summarize Modality

`POST /modalities/summarize`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.alpha-grid.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.alpha-grid.ai/modalities/summarize`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Generate AI summary for a modality.
Returns either immediate result (200) or job ID for async processing (202).

## Request body

- SummarizeRequest
  - `modality_id` integer, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- SummarizeResponse
  - `status` integer, required
  - `job_id` string, nullable
  - `message` string, nullable
  - `modality_id` integer, nullable
  - `summary` string, nullable
  - `trace_references` object, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/alpha-grid/apis/alphagrid-backend-dev.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/alpha-grid/apis/alphagrid-backend-dev/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/alpha-grid/apis/alphagrid-backend-dev/revisions/13bab0bdd466?raw)