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  8. AI SRE API
    1. Getting an API token
    2. Chats API
      1. List all chats GET
      2. Get a single chat GET
      3. Create a chat POST
      4. Get chat status GET
      5. Reply to a chat POST
      6. Approve or deny a confirmation PATCH
      7. Remove a chat DELETE
    3. List models GET

Create a chat

Creates a new chat and starts the first agent turn on your message. The request returns as soon as the message is saved. Poll the chat status until it leaves processing, then get the chat to read the answer.

POST https://chat.betterstack.com/api/v2/chats

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer $TOKEN

Content-Type
required string

application/json

Body parameters

team_name
string

Required if using global API token to specify the team which should own the chat.

message
required string

Your first message to the agent.

name
string

Chat name. If omitted, the chat is named automatically after the first turn.

model
string

The model to run the chat on, one of the ids that List models returns. If omitted, the chat runs on your team's default model.

201

Returns the newly created chat, still processing. Its transcript holds your message and a placeholder for the agent's answer.

Response body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "12345",
    "type": "chat",
    "attributes": {
      "team_id": 123456,
      "team_name": "example-team",
      "name": "Checkout 5xx spike",
      "status": "processing",
      "message_count": 2,
      "last_message_at": "2026-09-07T10:30:00.000Z",
      "total_tokens": 0,
      "model": "anthropic/claude-opus-5.5",
      "total_cost_usd": 0.0,
      "created_at": "2026-09-07T10:30:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-07T10:30:00.000Z",
      "messages": [
        {
          "id": 9001,
          "message_type": "user",
          "text": "Why did checkout start returning 5xx at 10:15?",
          "artifacts": [],
          "created_at": "2026-09-07T10:30:00.000Z",
          "user": null
        },
        {
          "id": 9002,
          "message_type": "ai",
          "text": null,
          "artifacts": [],
          "created_at": "2026-09-07T10:30:00.000Z",
          "user": null
        }
      ],
      "pending_confirmations": []
    }
  }
}
400

Bad Request - Model Not Available

Response body

{
  "errors": "The requested model is not available. Use one of available_models; GET /api/v2/chats/models describes the models a chat can run on.",
  "available_models": [
    "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash",
    "openai/gpt-5.6-sol",
    "anthropic/claude-opus-5.5"
  ]
}
401

Unauthorized

Response body

{
  "errors": "Invalid authentication"
}
403

Forbidden - AI SRE Not Included In Your Plan

Response body

{
  "errors": "AI SRE is not available on this plan."
}
422

Unprocessable Entity - Missing Required Attributes

Response body

{
  "errors": "Sorry, you are missing some required attributes",
  "required_attributes": [
    "message"
  ]
}
422

Unprocessable Entity - Validation Errors

Response body

{
  "errors": "Sorry, some values are incorrect",
  "invalid_values": {
    "message": "can't be blank"
  }
}

Example cURL

Example
curl --request POST \
  --url https://chat.betterstack.com/api/v2/chats \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "message": "Why did checkout start returning 5xx at 10:15?",
    "name": "Checkout 5xx spike",
    "model": "anthropic/claude-opus-5.5"
  }'


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