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# Detect Patterns (Experimental)

POST https://api.getzep.com/api/v2/graph/patterns
Content-Type: application/json

Deprecated. Pattern detection is not part of Public API v4.
Detects structural patterns in a knowledge graph including relationship frequencies,
multi-hop paths, co-occurrences, hubs, and clusters.
When a query is provided, uses hybrid search to discover seed nodes,
detects triple-frequency patterns, and returns resolved edges ranked by relevance.

Reference: https://docs-beta.getzep.com/sdk-reference/graph/detect-patterns-experimental

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an apidata.DetectPatternsRequest.

- `detect` (apidata.DetectConfig, optional) — Which pattern types to detect with type-specific configuration. Omit to detect all types with defaults. Ignored when query is set.
- `edge_limit` (integer, optional) — Max resolved edges per pattern. Default: 10, Max: 100. Only used with query.
- `graph_id` (string, optional) — Graph ID when detecting patterns on a named graph
- `limit` (integer, optional) — Max patterns to return. Default: 50, Max: 200
- `min_occurrences` (integer, optional) — Minimum occurrence count to report a pattern. Default: 2
- `query` (string, optional) — Search query for discovering seed nodes via hybrid search. When set, forces triple-frequency detection only and enables edge resolution with cross-encoder reranking. Mutually exclusive with seeds.
- `query_limit` (integer, optional) — Max seed nodes from search. Default: 10, Max: 50. Only used with query.
- `recency_weight` (enum, optional) — Exponential half-life decay applied to edge created_at timestamps. Valid values: none, 7_days, 30_days, 90_days. Default: none
  - Allowed values: `none`, `7_days`, `30_days`, `90_days`
- `search_filters` (graphiti.SearchFilters, optional) — Filters which edges/nodes participate in pattern detection. Reuses the same filter format as the `graph.search` SDK method.
- `seeds` (apidata.PatternSeeds, optional) — Seed selection. If omitted, analyzes the entire graph. Mutually exclusive with query.
- `user_id` (string, optional) — User ID when detecting patterns on a user graph

## Response

### 200

Detected patterns

- `metadata` (apidata.PatternMetadata, optional) — Statistics about the detection run
- `nodes` (list of graphiti.EntityNode, optional) — Resolved nodes referenced by pattern edges (deduplicated). Only populated when query is set.
- `patterns` (list of apidata.PatternResult, optional) — Detected patterns, sorted by weighted_score descending

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `message` (string, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `message` (string, optional)

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `message` (string, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `message` (string, optional)

## Types

### apidata.DetectConfig

- `clusters` (apidata.ClusterDetectConfig, optional) — Detect tightly interconnected groups (triangle topology)
- `co_occurrences` (apidata.CoOccurrenceDetectConfig, optional) — Detect node types that co-occur within k hops
- `hubs` (apidata.HubDetectConfig, optional) — Detect highly connected hub nodes (star topology)
- `paths` (apidata.PathDetectConfig, optional) — Detect frequent multi-hop connection paths
- `relationships` (apidata.RelationshipDetectConfig, optional) — Detect common (source_label, edge_type, target_label) relationship triples

### graphiti.SearchFilters

- `connected_node_uuids` (list of string, optional) — List of node UUIDs to filter edges on: an edge matches if its source OR target node UUID is in this list. Applies to edges only; rejected on requests whose result type contains no edges. Max 256 entries.
- `created_at` (list of list of graphiti.DateFilter, optional) — 2D array of date filters for the created\_at field. The outer array elements are combined with OR logic. The inner array elements are combined with AND logic. Example: `[[{">", date1}, {"<", date2}], [{"=", date3}]]` This translates to: `(created_at > date1 AND created_at < date2) OR (created_at = date3)`
- `edge_types` (list of string, optional) — List of edge types to filter on
- `edge_uuids` (list of string, optional) — List of edge UUIDs to filter on. Max 256 to align with graph-service filter limits.
- `episode_metadata_filters` (graphiti.MetadataFilterGroup, optional) — [Experimental] Episode metadata filter. Restricts results to edges/nodes derived from episodes matching the metadata predicates. Uses explicit AND/OR groups. This feature is experimental and may change in future releases.
- `episode_uuids` (list of string, optional) — List of episode UUIDs to filter on. An edge matches if it was derived from any listed episode; a node matches if it is mentioned by any listed episode. Valid for both edge and node result types. Max 256 entries.
- `exclude_edge_types` (list of string, optional) — List of edge types to exclude from results
- `exclude_node_labels` (list of string, optional) — List of node labels to exclude from results
- `expired_at` (list of list of graphiti.DateFilter, optional) — 2D array of date filters for the expired\_at field. The outer array elements are combined with OR logic. The inner array elements are combined with AND logic. Example: `[[{">", date1}, {"<", date2}], [{"=", date3}]]` This translates to: `(expired_at > date1 AND expired_at < date2) OR (expired_at = date3)`
- `invalid_at` (list of list of graphiti.DateFilter, optional) — 2D array of date filters for the invalid\_at field. The outer array elements are combined with OR logic. The inner array elements are combined with AND logic. Example: `[[{">", date1}, {"<", date2}], [{"=", date3}]]` This translates to: `(invalid_at > date1 AND invalid_at < date2) OR (invalid_at = date3)`
- `node_labels` (list of string, optional) — List of node labels to filter on
- `property_filters` (list of graphiti.PropertyFilter, optional) — List of property filters to apply to nodes and edges
- `source_node_uuids` (list of string, optional) — List of node UUIDs to filter edges on: an edge matches if its source node UUID is in this list. Applies to edges only; rejected on requests whose result type contains no edges. Max 256 entries.
- `target_node_uuids` (list of string, optional) — List of node UUIDs to filter edges on: an edge matches if its target node UUID is in this list. Applies to edges only; rejected on requests whose result type contains no edges. Max 256 entries.
- `valid_at` (list of list of graphiti.DateFilter, optional) — 2D array of date filters for the valid\_at field. The outer array elements are combined with OR logic. The inner array elements are combined with AND logic. Example: `[[{">", date1}, {"<", date2}], [{"=", date3}]]` This translates to: `(valid_at > date1 AND valid_at < date2) OR (valid_at = date3)`

### apidata.PatternSeeds

- `edge_types` (list of string, optional) — All endpoints of these edge types become seeds
- `node_labels` (list of string, optional) — All nodes with these labels become seeds
- `node_uuids` (list of string, optional) — Specific node UUIDs to analyze around. Max 10000 to align with pattern detection seed limits.

### apidata.PatternMetadata

- `edges_analyzed` (integer, optional) — Number of edges analyzed
- `elapsed_ms` (integer, optional) — Elapsed time in milliseconds
- `nodes_analyzed` (integer, optional) — Number of unique nodes analyzed

### graphiti.EntityNode

- `created_at` (string, required) — Creation time of the node
- `name` (string, required) — Name of the node
- `summary` (string, required) — Regional summary of surrounding edges
- `uuid` (string, required) — UUID of the node
- `attributes` (map from string to any, optional) — Additional attributes of the node. Dependent on node labels
- `degree` (integer, optional) — The count of live entity edges that touch this node (the edge scopes the entity edge list returns). Present only when the list request orders by degree.
- `episodes` (list of string, optional) — The UUIDs of the live episodes that mention this node, newest first. The list is complete when `episodes_truncated` is false. The list is empty when the node has more than 100 source episodes; list episodes with the `mentioned_node_uuids` filter to read them.
- `episodes_truncated` (boolean, optional) — True when the node has more than 100 source episodes, so `episodes` is empty, or when provenance is unavailable. False means `episodes` is the complete set.
- `labels` (list of string, optional) — Labels associated with the node
- `relevance` (double, optional) — Relevance is an experimental rank-aligned score in [0,1] derived from Score via logit transformation. Only populated when using cross_encoder reranker; omitted for other reranker types (e.g., RRF).
- `score` (double, optional) — Score is the reranker output: sigmoid-distributed logits [0,1] when using cross_encoder reranker, or RRF ordinal rank when using rrf reranker
- `selection_rank` (integer, optional) — SelectionRank is the global cross-scope rank assigned by auto scope selection.

### apidata.PatternResult

- `description` (string, optional) — Human-readable structural description of the pattern (e.g. "Person -[KNOWS]-> Person"). Omitted in query mode in favor of Summary.
- `edge_types` (list of string, optional) — Edge types in the pattern structure
- `edges` (list of graphiti.EntityEdge, optional) — Resolved edges for this pattern, sorted by cross-encoder relevance. Only populated when query is set.
- `node_labels` (list of string, optional) — Node labels in the pattern structure
- `occurrences` (integer, optional) — Raw structural occurrence count (always unweighted). Reflects pattern frequency in the graph, not the number of resolved edges after filtering.
- `summary` (string, optional) — Fact-derived summary from top reranked edges. Only populated when query is set. This is the primary display field for QA consumers.
- `type` (string, optional) — Pattern type: relationship, path, co_occurrence, hub, cluster
- `weighted_score` (double, optional) — Weighted structural support — equals occurrences when recency_weight is "none". Reflects graph-level support, not post-enrichment edge count.

### apidata.ClusterDetectConfig

### apidata.CoOccurrenceDetectConfig

- `max_hops` (integer, optional) — Max hops within which to detect co-occurring node types. Default: 3, Max: 5

### apidata.HubDetectConfig

- `min_degree` (integer, optional) — Minimum number of connections for a node to be considered a hub. Default: 3, Min: 2

### apidata.PathDetectConfig

- `max_hops` (integer, optional) — Max hops from seed nodes for path detection. Default: 3, Max: 5

### apidata.RelationshipDetectConfig

### graphiti.DateFilter

- `comparison_operator` (enum, required) — Comparison operator for date filter
  - Allowed values: `=`, `<>`, `>`, `<`, `>=`, `<=`, `IS NULL`, `is_null`, `IS NOT NULL`, `CONTAINS`
- `date` (string, optional) — Date to filter on. Required for non-null operators (`=`, `<>`, `>`, `<`, `>=`, `<=`). Should be omitted for IS NULL (or is\_null) and IS NOT NULL operators.

### graphiti.MetadataFilterGroup

- `type` (enum, required) — Logical operator: "and" or "or"
  - Allowed values: `and`, `or`
- `filters` (list of graphiti.EpisodeMetadataFilter, optional) — Leaf filters (predicates on metadata key-value pairs)
- `groups` (list of graphiti.MetadataFilterGroup, optional) — Nested sub-groups for composing complex boolean expressions

### graphiti.PropertyFilter

- `comparison_operator` (enum, required) — Comparison operator for property filter
  - Allowed values: `=`, `<>`, `>`, `<`, `>=`, `<=`, `IS NULL`, `is_null`, `IS NOT NULL`, `CONTAINS`
- `property_name` (string, required) — Property name to filter on
- `property_value` (any, optional) — Property value to match on. Accepted types: string, int, float64, bool, or nil. Invalid types (e.g., arrays, objects) will be rejected by validation. Must be non-nil for non-null operators (`=`, `<>`, `>`, `<`, `>=`, `<=`).

### graphiti.EntityEdge

- `created_at` (string, required) — Creation time of the edge
- `fact` (string, required) — Fact representing the edge and nodes that it connects
- `name` (string, required) — Name of the edge, relation name
- `source_node_uuid` (string, required) — UUID of the source node
- `target_node_uuid` (string, required) — UUID of the target node
- `uuid` (string, required) — UUID of the edge
- `attributes` (map from string to any, optional) — Additional attributes of the edge. Dependent on edge types
- `episodes` (list of string, optional) — List of episode ids that reference these entity edges
- `expired_at` (string, optional) — Datetime of when the node was invalidated
- `hyperedge_uuid` (string, optional) — HyperedgeUUID groups the pairwise edges projected from the same atomic multi-entity fact. Omitted when the edge is not part of a hyperedge.
- `invalid_at` (string, optional) — Datetime of when the fact stopped being true
- `relevance` (double, optional) — Relevance is an experimental rank-aligned score in [0,1] derived from Score via logit transformation. Only populated when using cross_encoder reranker; omitted for other reranker types (e.g., RRF).
- `scope` (string, optional) — Scope of the edge (e.g. "entity", "maybe_related")
- `score` (double, optional) — Score is the reranker output: sigmoid-distributed logits [0,1] when using cross_encoder reranker, or RRF ordinal rank when using rrf reranker
- `selection_rank` (integer, optional) — SelectionRank is the global cross-scope rank assigned by auto scope selection.
- `source_node_labels` (list of string, optional) — SourceNodeLabels are the labels of the source node at read time. Same read-time-projection semantics as SourceNodeName.
- `source_node_name` (string, optional) — SourceNodeName is the name of the source node at read time. It is a read-time projection of current node state, not a stored edge attribute: a subsequent node rename is reflected on the next read. Omitted (the edge is still returned) if the source node cannot be resolved, for example if it was deleted concurrently.
- `target_node_labels` (list of string, optional) — TargetNodeLabels are the labels of the target node at read time. Same read-time-projection semantics as SourceNodeName.
- `target_node_name` (string, optional) — TargetNodeName is the name of the target node at read time. Same read-time-projection semantics as SourceNodeName.
- `valid_at` (string, optional) — Datetime of when the fact became true

### graphiti.EpisodeMetadataFilter

- `comparison_operator` (enum, required) — Comparison operator: =, \<>, >, \<, >=, \<=, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL, IN, CONTAINS
  - Allowed values: `=`, `<>`, `>`, `<`, `>=`, `<=`, `IS NULL`, `is_null`, `IS NOT NULL`, `CONTAINS`
- `property_name` (string, required) — Metadata key to filter on
- `property_value` (any, optional) — Value to compare against. Not required for IS NULL / IS NOT NULL operators.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "edges_analyzed": 1,
    "elapsed_ms": 1,
    "nodes_analyzed": 1
  },
  "nodes": [
    {
      "created_at": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "summary": "string",
      "uuid": "string",
      "attributes": {},
      "degree": 12,
      "episodes": [
        "string"
      ],
      "episodes_truncated": true,
      "labels": [
        "string"
      ],
      "relevance": 1.1,
      "score": 1.1,
      "selection_rank": 1
    }
  ],
  "patterns": [
    {
      "description": "string",
      "edge_types": [
        "string"
      ],
      "edges": [
        {
          "created_at": "string",
          "fact": "string",
          "name": "string",
          "source_node_uuid": "string",
          "target_node_uuid": "string",
          "uuid": "string",
          "attributes": {},
          "episodes": [
            "string"
          ],
          "expired_at": "string",
          "hyperedge_uuid": "string",
          "invalid_at": "string",
          "relevance": 1.1,
          "scope": "string",
          "score": 1.1,
          "selection_rank": 1,
          "source_node_labels": [
            "string"
          ],
          "source_node_name": "string",
          "target_node_labels": [
            "string"
          ],
          "target_node_name": "string",
          "valid_at": "string"
        }
      ],
      "node_labels": [
        "string"
      ],
      "occurrences": 1,
      "summary": "string",
      "type": "string",
      "weighted_score": 1.1
    }
  ]
}
```