---
title: "Check AI search availability"
description: "Whether Ask AI can answer now, for everything (no scope) or for one workspace."
canonical_url: https://docs.markdrop.in/api/search/check-ai-search-availability
last_updated: 2026-11-04
site: "Markdrop Docs"
index: https://docs.markdrop.in/llms.txt
---

# Check AI search availability

`GET https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/search/ai-status`

Whether Ask AI can answer now, for everything (no `scope`) or for one workspace. When it can't, `enabled` is `false`, `reason` says why (`off`, `not_configured`, `workspace_off`, `blocked`, `burst`, `user_daily`, `daily` or `monthly`) and `message` says it in words. `model` names the model it uses.

- **Authentication:** API token required: `Authorization: Bearer mdk_…`.
- **Rate limit:** 120 per minute per IP address.
- **Guide:** [Ask AI](https://docs.markdrop.in/workspaces/search#ask-ai)

## Query parameters

- `scope` (string): Up to 40 characters.

## Responses

- `200`: OK.
- `401`: No token, or the token is revoked or mistyped.
- `422`: The request didn't validate. `detail` lists each problem, with where it is (`loc`) and why (`msg`).
- `429`: Too many requests from your IP address. Wait the seconds in `Retry-After`.

## Examples

**curl**

```bash
curl https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/search/ai-status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARKDROP_TOKEN"
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/search/ai-status", {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MARKDROP_TOKEN}`,
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import os

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/search/ai-status",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MARKDROP_TOKEN']}"},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```