context

Return the dose range used in the selected evidence set for named ingredients, with the citation and its limitations.

Return the dose range used in the selected evidence set for named ingredients, with the citation and its limitations.

When to use. Use to place a declared amount against published work. Pass ingredient ids, or a product_id to read the ingredients that product declares.

What it cannot provide. A dose comparison is not evidence of effectiveness, safety, or suitability for any person, and the response says so on every record.

Requires the research:read scope. Each distinct ingredient named in a successful answer spends one unit of the key's daily ingredient budget. Asking twice about the same one costs once.

post/api/v1/research/context

Request

  • Base URL: https://formulasignal.com
  • URL: https://formulasignal.com/api/v1/research/context
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Headers

X-FormulaSignal-Origin'api' | 'mcp'

Optional attribution: mcp when the call comes from the FormulaSignal MCP server, api otherwise. Self-reported and recorded on the usage row so a customer can see which surface their traffic came from. Nothing reads it to decide what a caller may do, so a wrong value costs only the accuracy of that customer's own reporting.

Request body

ingredient_idsstring[]
product_idstring

Response

A FormulaSignal answer. status says what kind of answer it is, and every value except supported is still a real answer about the Record rather than a fact about the product.

request_idstring required
capabilitystring required
status'supported' | 'partial' | 'stale' | 'under_review' | 'ambiguous' | 'unsupported' | 'refused' required

What kind of answer this is. Every value except supported is still a real answer about the Record rather than a fact about the product.

summarystring required

One sentence saying what kind of answer this is.

signalsobject[]
comparisonobject
coverageobject
ledgerobject
watchobject
next_cursorstring nullable
limitationsstring[] required

Always present, including when empty. Read it.

record_versionstring required

The Record data-state id. Two answers sharing it came from one committed state.

record_as_ofstring date required
record_timestampstring date-time required

The newest dated observation the Record holds. Deliberately not "now".

methodology_versionstring required
disclaimerstring required

Example response

{
  "methodology_version": "record-v1",
  "disclaimer": "FormulaSignal provides evidence-backed supplement information and does not provide individualized medical advice."
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.