---
title: "Single best answer to a question (citation-ready)"
method: GET
path: "/api/answer"
tags: ["answer"]
---

# Single best answer to a question (citation-ready)

`GET /api/answer`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://signals.gitdealflow.com`
- URL: `https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/answer`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/docs/api/answer/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Single-shot retrieval over the agent-query corpus + standalone FAQs. Returns the best match with confidence, supporting facts, and a canonical URL for verification. Designed for ChatGPT custom GPTs, Claude tool use, Perplexity actions.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required

## Response `200`

Top answer hit

- AnswerHit
  - `question` string
  - `answer` string
  - `url` string, uri
  - `source` 'agent-query' | 'faq'
  - `confidence` number
  - `facts` object[]
    - `claim` string
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri
  - `related` object[]
    - `question` string
    - `url` string, uri

## Changes

- **2026-08-14** `e8fe6095df09`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/changes/api/answer/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/revisions/1150ac4e7a23?raw)