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PATCH
/
v1
/
memory
/
contact
/
{memory_id}
/
summary
Update Conversation Summary
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.bland.ai/v1/memory/contact/{memory_id}/summary \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'authorization: <authorization>' \
  --data '
{
  "summary": "<string>"
}
'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "mem-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
    "org_id": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
    "contact_id": "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
    "persona_id": "persona-12345678",
    "agent_number": null,
    "summary": "Customer is a premium plan subscriber. Recently inquired about order #12345 which is in transit. Preferred contact method is phone. Located in EST timezone.",
    "summary_updated_at": "2025-07-22T16:00:00.000Z",
    "facts": {
      "name": "John Doe"
    },
    "recent_messages": [...],
    "created_at": "2025-07-20T10:30:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-07-22T16:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "errors": null
}

​
Headers

​
authorization
string
required
Your API key for authentication.

​
Path Parameters

​
memory_id
string
required
The unique identifier of the contact memory record.

​
Body Parameters

​
summary
string
required
The new summary text. This replaces the existing summary.

​
Response

​
data
object
The updated contact memory object.
​
data.id
string
Unique identifier for the contact memory.
​
data.summary
string
The updated summary.
​
data.summary_updated_at
string
ISO timestamp when the summary was last updated.
​
errors
null
Error array (null on success).
{
  "data": {
    "id": "mem-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
    "org_id": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
    "contact_id": "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
    "persona_id": "persona-12345678",
    "agent_number": null,
    "summary": "Customer is a premium plan subscriber. Recently inquired about order #12345 which is in transit. Preferred contact method is phone. Located in EST timezone.",
    "summary_updated_at": "2025-07-22T16:00:00.000Z",
    "facts": {
      "name": "John Doe"
    },
    "recent_messages": [...],
    "created_at": "2025-07-20T10:30:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-07-22T16:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "errors": null
}
Docs for agents: llms.txt