> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cactal.ai/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get the CMS schema snapshot > Returns every active collection and field of a website in one call — the full content model. Collections are ordered newest first; fields are grouped by collection in display order. Use this to discover the schema before reading or writing items. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /cms/schema openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Cactal API version: 1.0.0 description: >- The Cactal public API. Create, edit, publish, and operate websites programmatically. Authenticate every request with an API key sent as `Authorization: Bearer `. servers: - url: https://api.cactal.ai/v1 security: - apiKey: [] tags: - name: Documentation description: >- Search and read the Cactal product documentation for concepts, guides, agent workflows, platform behavior, and API operations. - name: Feedback description: >- Submit free-form product feedback from users and agents to the Cactal feedback inbox. - name: Websites description: >- Create and manage websites — the top-level resource that owns source code, content, assets, domains, and analytics. - name: Website editors description: >- Grant, list, and revoke website-scoped editor access, and invite collaborators to a single website by email. - name: API keys description: >- Create, scope, rotate, and revoke the API keys that authenticate programmatic and agent access. - name: Source code description: >- Read and edit the framework source files of a website draft. Mutations require an edit lease. - name: Publishing description: Validate, build, publish, and roll back website versions. - name: CMS collections description: >- Define the content model: collections of structured content owned by a website. - name: CMS fields description: Manage the typed fields that make up a collection schema. - name: CMS items description: >- Create, query, publish, and organize the content entries inside a collection. - name: Domains description: >- Manage platform subdomains and custom domains, including DNS verification and the primary domain. - name: Assets description: Upload and manage website files and images served from the Cactal CDN. - name: Media generation description: >- Generate reference-guided website images that are stored as ordinary Cactal CDN assets. - name: Project Context description: >- Upload private durable reference material that the website agent can search, read, and inspect. - name: Analytics description: >- Read first-party traffic analytics for a website and export datasets as CSV. - name: Organizations description: Manage organizations, members, and organization-wide invitations. - name: Audit log description: >- Read the immutable record of actions performed in an organization by users and API keys. - name: Billing description: >- Read billing state and manage plans, site capacity, and prepaid usage balance. Every billing operation requires the organization owner role, which API keys cannot hold — today these operations are performed from the dashboard, return 403 for API-key callers, and are hidden from MCP tool lists. paths: /cms/schema: get: tags: - CMS collections summary: Get the CMS schema snapshot description: >- Returns every active collection and field of a website in one call — the full content model. Collections are ordered newest first; fields are grouped by collection in display order. Use this to discover the schema before reading or writing items. operationId: cms.schema.snapshot parameters: - name: websiteId in: query required: true schema: type: string minLength: 1 responses: '200': description: The full content model for the website. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: collections: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Unique collection id. slug: type: string description: >- URL-shaped identifier, unique among the website’s active collections. Lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens, starting with a letter; max 64 characters. displayName: type: string description: Human-readable name, 1–200 characters. description: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: Optional description, up to 2,000 characters. required: - id - slug - displayName - description additionalProperties: false description: Active collections, newest first. fields: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Unique field id. collectionId: type: string description: Id of the owning collection. key: type: string description: >- JSON key under item `data`. Lowercase snake_case, max 64 characters, unique per collection. Changed only via `key` on the update-field endpoint, which migrates stored data. displayName: type: string description: Human-readable name, 1–200 characters. description: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: Optional description, up to 2,000 characters. type: type: string enum: - plain_text - markdown - number - boolean - date - link - email - color - option - reference - multi_reference - image - gallery - file description: Value type. Immutable after creation. required: type: boolean description: >- Whether every item must carry a non-null value for this field. Enforced on write. isUnique: type: boolean description: >- Whether values must be unique across the collection’s active items. Not supported for `plain_text`, `markdown`, `multi_reference`, `image`, `gallery`, or `file` fields. example: description: >- Optional example value used as a design-phase placeholder. Any JSON value; `null` when unset. config: anyOf: - type: object properties: choices: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- Stable choice id stored as the field value. label: type: string description: Human-readable choice label. required: - id - label additionalProperties: false description: Selectable choices, 1–1,000. multiple: type: boolean description: Whether items may select multiple choices. required: - choices - multiple additionalProperties: false - type: 'null' description: >- Type-specific configuration. Present for `option` fields only; `null` for all other types. targetCollectionId: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: >- For `reference` and `multi_reference` fields, the id of the collection referenced items must belong to (same website). `null` otherwise. Immutable. required: - id - collectionId - key - displayName - description - type - required - isUnique - example - config - targetCollectionId additionalProperties: false description: >- All fields across those collections, grouped by collection in display order. required: - collections - fields additionalProperties: false '400': description: >- Validation failed. The response `message` names the first invalid field. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' '401': description: Missing, invalid, expired, or revoked API key. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' '403': description: The authenticated principal lacks the required capability. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' '404': description: >- The resource does not exist or is outside the principal’s access scope. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' '429': description: >- Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the number of seconds in the `Retry-After` header. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceError' components: schemas: ServiceError: type: object required: - kind - message description: >- Canonical error body returned by every non-2xx response. Extra fields carry error-specific details. properties: kind: type: string enum: - validation - unauthorized - forbidden - not_found - conflict - rate_limited - internal description: Stable, machine-readable error category. message: type: string description: Human-readable explanation of the failure. suggestion: type: string description: >- What to do next when the failure has a known fix; may name the exact operation to call. validValues: type: array items: type: string description: The acceptable values for the failing field, when the set is closed. additionalProperties: true securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Cactal API key. Create one in the dashboard or via `POST /apiKeys`. The plaintext key is shown once at creation. ````