> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pomerado.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get build ideas

> Returns ideas for a tool to build: each a website and one task on it, from a reviewed set of popular US websites that Pomerado has no public tool for that task yet and that a Pomerado browser opened without being blocked.

> [accordion] Details
>
> Ideas come from different categories in random order; ask again with exclude for others.
>
> * **Callers:** an API key, an MCP OAuth token or a Dashboard session.
> * **Permission:** `tools:read`.
> * **Effect:** Changes nothing.
> * **Errors:** only the [errors any request can get](https://docs.pomerado.ai/errors.md).


## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /v1/suggestions
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Pomerado API
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    Run and build website tools, follow their jobs, and manage logins, API keys
    and webhooks. Authenticate with a Pomerado API key (pom_…), an MCP OAuth
    token or a Dashboard session as a Bearer token.
servers:
  - url: https://api.pomerado.ai
security: []
tags:
  - name: account
    x-group: Account
  - name: api_keys
    x-group: API keys
  - name: connected_apps
    x-group: Connected apps
  - name: usage
    x-group: Usage
  - name: quota
    x-group: Quota
  - name: billing
    x-group: Billing
  - name: integrations
    x-group: Integrations
  - name: connect
    x-group: Connect
  - name: code
    x-group: Code
  - name: logins
    x-group: Saved logins
  - name: two_factor
    x-group: 2FA
  - name: login_access
    x-group: Login access
  - name: tools
    x-group: Tools
  - name: webhooks
    x-group: Webhooks
  - name: runs
    x-group: Runs
  - name: builds
    x-group: Builds
  - name: jobs
    x-group: Jobs
  - name: suggestions
    x-group: Suggestions
  - name: audit
    x-group: Audit
  - name: files
    x-group: Files
  - name: team
    x-group: Team
  - name: sso
    x-group: Single sign-on
  - name: issue_reports
    x-group: Problem reports
paths:
  /v1/suggestions:
    get:
      tags:
        - suggestions
      summary: Get build ideas
      description: >-
        Returns ideas for a tool to build: each a website and one task on it,
        from a reviewed set of popular US websites that Pomerado has no public
        tool for that task yet and that a Pomerado browser opened without being
        blocked.
      operationId: suggestions.list
      parameters:
        - name: count
          in: query
          required: false
          description: How many ideas, 1 to 10 (default 3)
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: exclude
          in: query
          required: false
          description: >-
            IDs of ideas already shown, comma-separated, to leave out: at most
            100, so send the latest shown. Once nearly every idea has been
            shown, the rest are filled from all of them again
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Build ideas
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BuildSuggestions'
        '400':
          description: invalid_request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: unauthorized, reauthentication_required
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: internal_error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '503':
          description: temporarily_unavailable
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security:
        - bearer: []
components:
  schemas:
    BuildSuggestions:
      type: object
      required:
        - suggestions
      properties:
        suggestions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BuildSuggestion'
      additionalProperties: false
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - retryable
            - docs_url
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            retryable:
              type: boolean
            docs_url:
              type: string
            details:
              type: object
              required: []
              properties: {}
              additionalProperties:
                $id: /schemas/unknown
          additionalProperties: false
      additionalProperties: false
    BuildSuggestion:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - site_name
        - site_url
        - task
        - inputs
        - outputs
        - category
        - sign_in
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        site_name:
          type: string
          description: The website's name
        site_url:
          type: string
          description: Where the website starts
        task:
          type: string
          description: What the tool would do, verb first
        inputs:
          type: string
          description: What you would give the tool
        outputs:
          type: string
          description: What the tool would return
        category:
          type: string
          enum:
            - shopping
            - groceries
            - travel
            - outdoors
            - home
            - jobs
            - records
            - money
            - health
            - learning
            - events
            - food
            - work
            - tech
            - sports
            - cars
            - entertainment
            - local
        sign_in:
          type: string
          enum:
            - none
            - own_account
          description: >-
            none: the task needs no sign-in. own_account: the build asks you to
            sign in with your own account on the website
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````

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