---
title: "List bounded hosted catalog candidates with full file evidence."
method: GET
path: "/api/novice-candidates"
tags: ["Agent Docs"]
---

# List bounded hosted catalog candidates with full file evidence.

`GET /api/novice-candidates`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz`
- URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz/api/novice-candidates`
- Auth: none required

Accepts catalog search filters. The handler forces hosting=hosted and summary=1; ignores hosted and caps rows at 50. Candidate metadata alone is not permission to download or evidence of a successful run.

**Inputs.** Path, query and header fields are listed below. No request body is required.

**Outputs.** See each status below for its media type, schema and headers. A missing record or unavailable capability is not a successful empty result.

**Errors.** API JSON failures use the documented response schema. Read code, message and next; retry only when the response allows it. Auth, invalid input and missing records need a caller change.

**Rate limits.** Public read budgets apply by client IP and route group. This operation can have a smaller route-specific budget. Read Retry-After on 429 or retryable 503 responses.

## Query parameters

- `q` string
- `limit` integer
- `type` string
- `license` string
- `task` string
- `source` string
- `owner` string
- `format` string
- `worksWith` string
- `sort` string

## Response `200`

List bounded hosted catalog candidates with full file evidence.

- object
  - `rows` object[], required
    - `id` string
    - `repo` string
    - `files` object[]
  - `generatedAt` string, required
  - `source` string, required

## Other responses

- `429`: Request budget exceeded. Wait for Retry-After.
- `503`: Candidate evidence is temporarily unavailable.

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