---
title: "Connect assistant to a collection."
method: POST
path: "/ai_assistants/{assistant_id}/collections"
tags: ["AI Assistants"]
---

# Connect assistant to a collection.

`POST /ai_assistants/{assistant_id}/collections`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/ai_assistants/{assistant_id}/collections`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/ai_assistants/:assistant_id/collections/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `assistant_id` string, required

## Request body

- AiAssistantCollectionConnectRequest
  - `collection_id` string, uuid, required
  - `access_mode` 'read' | 'write' | 'read_write'

## Response `204`

No Content

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

## Changes

- **2026-11-06** `a82a117320f4`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/changes/ai_assistants/:assistant_id/collections/post.md)

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