Documentation Reference LibraryList gates

List gates

GET/library/gatesRESTFrom Free

List all 64 Human Design gates.

Retrieve a compact index of every gate for navigation, search and reference interfaces.

Authentication

Use Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY or X-Api-Key. Query-key authentication is deprecated compatibility behavior on supported REST routes and is rejected on Agent HTTP and MCP surfaces. Never put credentials in URLs, request bodies, or browser code.

Parameters

Name	In	Required	Description
`X-Api-Key`	header	Yes	API key used by the authorization middleware. `YOUR_API_KEY`

Quota effect

This is a free, non-consuming lookup. Authorized calls use 0 calculation units.

Errors

Expect 400 for invalid input, 401 for a missing or malformed key, 403 when the active plan does not include this operation, and 429 when the monthly allowance is exhausted.

Related operations

RequestcURL

curl "https://api.humandesign.ai/library/gates" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Verified response examplecURL

{
  "TotalGates": 64,
  "Gates": [
    {
      "Gate": 1,
      "Name": "The Creative",
      "IChingName": "The Creative (Ch'ien)",
      "Center": "G",
      "Circuit": "Individual",
      "Keynote": "The Gate of Self-Expression"
    },
    {
      "Gate": 2,
      "Name": "The Receptive",
      "IChingName": "The Receptive (K'un)",
      "Center": "G",
      "Circuit": "Collective",
      "Keynote": "The Gate of the Direction of the Self"
    }
  ]
}

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