Forget (tombstone) a node

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.get-exo.com/v1/graph/nodes/{node_id} \
  --header 'X-Exo-API-Key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'X-Exo-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.get-exo.com/v1/graph/nodes/{node_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "deleted": true,
  "tombstoned": true,
  "undeleteWindowDays": 30
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

DELETE

graph

nodes

{node_id}

Forget (tombstone) a node

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.get-exo.com/v1/graph/nodes/{node_id} \
  --header 'X-Exo-API-Key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'X-Exo-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.get-exo.com/v1/graph/nodes/{node_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "deleted": true,
  "tombstoned": true,
  "undeleteWindowDays": 30
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "title": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "documentationUrl": "<string>",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "pointer": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "",
  "suggestedAction": "<string>"
}

Tombstone a node (never a physical delete of the node row). Idempotent. This is the erasure verb: forget must make the node’s content unrecoverable through the flagship read paths (POST /v1/search and /v1/retrieve’s default hybrid path both read memory_chunks). So besides tombstoning the node (deleted_at/deleted_by, auditable, structurally undeletable for a 30-day window), it also erases the node’s memory_chunks, which is where the retrievable/searchable text lives. Erasing the content (not merely soft-hiding it) is the correct semantics for a PII/erasure verb and does not depend on shared read paths threading a tombstone predicate. The node row itself stays as a tombstone (structure + audit) for 30 days, so POST /v1/graph/nodes/{id}/undelete restores its graph position but not its content (content erasure is intentional). After the window the tombstone is physically purged. Graph-read, recall, retrieve, the dashboard knowledge graph and brain training all filter the tombstone, so a forgotten node stops surfacing everywhere, not only here. A node not owned by the effective subject is 404; re-deleting an already-tombstoned node is a no-op success.

Authorization

This route requires the memory:forget scope. A key carrying write also qualifies. A missing or invalid credential returns 401 authentication_error. A valid credential without the scope returns 403 permission_denied, and the problem body names the exact scope required.

Headers

These are request conventions the contract does not declare as parameters, so they do not appear in the schema tables below.

Header	Applies	What it does
`X-Exo-API-Key`	Required	Your Exo API key, `exo_<env>_<token>`. `Authorization: Bearer exo_...` is accepted as an alternate.
`X-Exo-Subject`	Optional	Acts for a provisioned subject instead of the key owner. An unprovisioned id returns 403 `subject_not_provisioned`.
`Idempotency-Key`	Not applicable	The replay engine covers POST requests only.
`X-Request-Id`	Response	Returned on every response, including `204`s. Quote it in a support request.

Success responses

Status	Meaning
`200`	Successful Response

Errors

Status	Code	When
`400`	`invalid_request`	Malformed request, for example an invalid cursor.
`401`	`authentication_error`	Missing or invalid credentials.
`403`	`permission_denied`	Missing scope, or an unprovisioned subject selector.
`404`	`not_found`	The resource does not exist, or is not visible to this caller.
`409`	`conflict`	A conflict with the current state of the resource.
`422`	`validation_error`	The request was understood but failed field validation.
`429`	`rate_limit_exceeded`	Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the Retry-After interval.
`503`	`service_degraded`	A dependency is temporarily unavailable. Safe to retry.

Every error is an RFC 9457 application/problem+json body carrying a stable code, a requestId, and a suggestedAction where Exo has one. See Errors.

Notes

Forget erases content and tombstones structure. The node’s stored chunks are destroyed, which is what removes it from search and retrieval. The node row itself survives as a tombstone for 30 days for audit and undelete, then is physically purged.
Undelete restores position, never content. That asymmetry is deliberate: this is an erasure verb.
memory:forget is a narrower grant than graph:write. A key minted to edit the graph cannot destroy content. A write key holds both.

Authorizations

X-Exo-API-Key

string

header

required

An Exo API key (exo_...) sent as the X-Exo-API-Key header.

Path Parameters

node_id

string

required

The knowledge-graph node id.

Response

Successful Response

Tombstone acknowledgement for a node/edge forget.

string

required

deleted

boolean

default:true

tombstoned

boolean

default:true

undeleteWindowDays

integer

default:30

​Authorization

​Headers

​Success responses

​Errors

​Notes

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Response

Authorization

Headers

Success responses

Errors

Notes