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POST
/
api
/
v1
/
workers
/
distiller
/
scan
curl -X POST https://alfred.black/api/v1/workers/distiller/scan \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer alf_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

{
  "records_scanned": 423,
  "candidates_found": 8
}
Scans your vault records to identify candidates for knowledge extraction. The Distiller looks for latent assumptions, decisions, constraints, contradictions, and synthesis opportunities. This is a read-only operation that reports candidates without extracting anything.
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project
string
Filter candidates to a specific project. If omitted, scans all vault records.Example: "acme-redesign"
curl -X POST https://alfred.black/api/v1/workers/distiller/scan \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer alf_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

{
  "records_scanned": 423,
  "candidates_found": 8
}
If the response contains structured JSON, it is returned directly. Otherwise, the output is returned in a raw field.
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raw
string
Human-readable output when structured JSON is not available.