Create a response
This method uses Jockey to reason over content in a knowledge store and create a response. It uses Open Responses conventions for input items and streaming events.
Before you use this method, you must create an asset, create a knowledge store, and add the asset to the knowledge store as an item.
Multi-turn conversations: Supported via a session identifier. The first request implicitly creates a session; subsequent requests pass the returned identifier to continue the conversation.
Selections: By default, Jockey reasons over every item in the knowledge store. To narrow the scope, set the optional selections parameter to specific items or item collections, then reference each one with a {{sel:N}} token in the content field of an input item (N is the zero-based position in the selections array). The narrowing is applied at the prompt level; the knowledge store does not block access to other items.
Streaming: Set the stream parameter to true to receive the response as Server-Sent Events (SSE). The reply streams in as a sequence of typed events and ends with a data: [DONE] message.
<Accordion title="Example response"> ```json { "id": "resp_019f4f2a-b69e-7812-b20f-6ea6d644ceff", "type": "response", "object": "response", "status": "completed", "incomplete_details": null, "session_id": "sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea", "knowledge_store_id": "ks_019ebcf4-7e08-7201-b69c-69e0c1e6ae56", "output": [ { "type": "message", "id": "msg_sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea_0", "status": "completed", "role": "assistant", "phase": "final_answer", "content": [ { "type": "output_text", "text": "The video captures a heated sideline moment during Super Bowl LVIII: after a fumble, Travis Kelce approaches head coach Andy Reid, visibly frustrated, and briefly bumps him before being restrained by a teammate [1].", "annotations": [ { "type": "video_citation", "start_index": 211, "end_index": 213, "item_id": "ksi_069e9870-3c4d-7abc-9012-3456789abcde", "start_sec": 0.0, "end_sec": 9.0, "title": "Super Bowl LVIII sideline", "thumbnail_url": "https://example.com/thumbnail.jpg", "hls_url": "https://example.com/stream.m3u8" } ] } ] } ], "usage": { "input_tokens": 12625, "output_tokens": 289 }, "created_at": "2026-07-11T03:13:57Z" } ``` </Accordion> <Accordion title="Example streamed response (SSE)"> ``` event: response.created data: {"type":"response.created","sequence_number":0,"response":{"id":"resp_019f4f2a-b69e-7812-b20f-6ea6d644ceff","type":"response","object":"response","status":"in_progress","incomplete_details":null,"output":[],"session_id":"sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea","knowledge_store_id":"ks_019ebcf4-7e08-7201-b69c-69e0c1e6ae56","created_at":"2026-07-11T03:13:47Z"}}event: response.output_item.added data: {"type":"response.output_item.added","sequence_number":2,"output_index":0,"item":{"type":"message","id":"msg_sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea_0","status":"in_progress","role":"assistant","phase":"final_answer","content":[{"type":"output_text","text":"","annotations":[]}]}}
event: response.content_part.added data: {"type":"response.content_part.added","sequence_number":3,"item_id":"msg_sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea_0","output_index":0,"content_index":0,"part":{"type":"output_text","text":"","annotations":[]}}
event: response.output_text.delta data: {"type":"response.output_text.delta","sequence_number":4,"item_id":"msg_sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea_0","output_index":0,"content_index":0,"delta":"The video captures a heated sideline moment"}
event: response.output_text.delta data: {"type":"response.output_text.delta","sequence_number":5,"item_id":"msg_sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea_0","output_index":0,"content_index":0,"delta":" during Super Bowl LVIII: after a fumble, Travis Kelce approaches head coach Andy Reid."}
event: response.output_text.done data: {"type":"response.output_text.done","sequence_number":124,"item_id":"msg_sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea_0","output_index":0,"content_index":0,"text":"The video captures a heated sideline moment during Super Bowl LVIII: after a fumble, Travis Kelce approaches head coach Andy Reid, visibly frustrated, and briefly bumps him before being restrained by a teammate [1]."}
event: response.content_part.done data: {"type":"response.content_part.done","sequence_number":125,"item_id":"msg_sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea_0","output_index":0,"content_index":0,"part":{"type":"output_text","text":"The video captures a heated sideline moment during Super Bowl LVIII: after a fumble, Travis Kelce approaches head coach Andy Reid, visibly frustrated, and briefly bumps him before being restrained by a teammate [1].","annotations":[{"type":"video_citation","start_index":211,"end_index":213,"item_id":"ksi_069e9870-3c4d-7abc-9012-3456789abcde","start_sec":0.0,"end_sec":9.0,"title":"Super Bowl LVIII sideline","thumbnail_url":"https://example.com/thumbnail.jpg","hls_url":"https://example.com/stream.m3u8"}]}}
event: response.completed data: {"type":"response.completed","sequence_number":127,"response":{"id":"resp_019f4f2a-b69e-7812-b20f-6ea6d644ceff","type":"response","object":"response","status":"completed","incomplete_details":null,"output":[{"type":"message","id":"msg_sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea_0","status":"completed","role":"assistant","phase":"final_answer","content":[{"type":"output_text","text":"The video captures a heated sideline moment during Super Bowl LVIII: after a fumble, Travis Kelce approaches head coach Andy Reid, visibly frustrated, and briefly bumps him before being restrained by a teammate [1].","annotations":[{"type":"video_citation","start_index":211,"end_index":213,"item_id":"ksi_069e9870-3c4d-7abc-9012-3456789abcde","start_sec":0.0,"end_sec":9.0,"title":"Super Bowl LVIII sideline","thumbnail_url":"https://example.com/thumbnail.jpg","hls_url":"https://example.com/stream.m3u8"}]}]}],"usage":{"input_tokens":12625,"output_tokens":289},"session_id":"sess_019f4f2a-b69b-7a01-9018-cc51681121ea","knowledge_store_id":"ks_019ebcf4-7e08-7201-b69c-69e0c1e6ae56","created_at":"2026-07-11T03:13:57Z"}}
data: [DONE]
</Accordion>
Headers
Your API key.
<Note title="Note"> You can find your API key on the <a href="https://playground.twelvelabs.io/dashboard/api-keys" target="_blank">API Keys</a> page. </Note>