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Interns

Get an intern

Returns the public lifecycle state and settings for one visible intern. The API key selects the caller, workspace and visible interns. There is no default workspace fallback. Requests on regional hostnames such as eu.openrouter.ai are refused. API key required.

get/interns/{internId}

Path parameters

internIdstring required

ID of an intern visible to the authenticated API key.

Example:7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7

ID of an intern visible to the authenticated API key.

Response

Intern lifecycle state and settings.

attached_vault_idstring nullable required

Vault the intern borrows from another intern, or null when it borrows none.

created_atstring required

ISO 8601 creation time.

descriptionstring nullable required

Free-form description.

hostnamestring nullable required

Public hostname the intern is reachable at, or null until provisioning has assigned one.

idstring required

Intern id.

instructionsstring nullable required

Standing instructions the intern boots with.

last_failure_messagestring nullable required

Why the last provisioning attempt failed, when status is failed.

modelstring nullable required

OpenRouter model slug the intern runs, or null for the workspace default.

namestring required

Intern name, unique per creator within a workspace.

status'awaiting_slack_install' | 'queued' | 'provisioning' | 'running' | 'failed' | 'stopped' | 'destroying' | 'destroy_failed' required

Lifecycle status.

updated_atstring required

ISO 8601 last update time.

vault_idstring nullable required

Vault the intern owns, or null before it has been created.

workspace_idstring required

Workspace that owns the intern and scopes its secrets.

Example response

{
  "attached_vault_id": null,
  "created_at": "2026-09-16T08:30:00.000Z",
  "description": "Researches customer questions",
  "hostname": "research-assistant.openrouter.ai",
  "id": "7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7",
  "instructions": null,
  "last_failure_message": null,
  "model": "openai/gpt-5.4",
  "name": "research-assistant",
  "progress": null,
  "status": "running",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-16T08:45:00.000Z",
  "vault_id": "b431c59d-6eed-41ac-bc89-9a89be79a121",
  "workspace_id": "89f9f5b2-3f89-4eaf-83ca-5ceae149e8bb"
}

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