The SKU's activity log

GET /items/{sku}/events

The SKU's activity log: every journalled event that touched it — its creation, each configuration change, every stock movement, the transfer lines that carried it, and the catalog events that priced or recomposed it — newest first, each with its actor and occurredAt.

A composite SKU (a kit) has no item but has a log: the events naming the kit itself merged with every component's, since a part moving is what changes what the kit can promise. Paged by sequence, back to the SKU's first event: limit is 1–500 (100 when omitted), and a page carries next while older events remain — pass it as before for the next page. A cursor rather than an offset, so a movement landing mid-read never shifts a page. 404 ItemNotFound for a SKU that is neither an item nor a kit of the organization's.

Access

Requires stock:read or products:read or receiving:read or purchasing:read or allocations:read.

Any one of these scopes is enough.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as inventory_item_history (Inventory: Item history), in the stock toolset. It only reads.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

The three latest movements; pass next as before for older ones.

curl

curl -X GET 'https://inventory.getmanifold.io/items/WIDGET-BLUE/events?limit=3' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN"

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://inventory.getmanifold.io/items/WIDGET-BLUE/events?limit=3", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "events": [
    {
      "_tag": "inventory.stock-dispatched",
      "eventId": "evt_01a1615a-c0e0-7d38-a94d-ee5249f39be3",
      "txId": "tx_01a1615a-c0e0-7de2-b618-5b6075c9f4c7",
      "tenantId": "org_019cadd3-7f48-7813-b601-1d0e5ec31353",
      "sequence": 1042,
      "occurredAt": "2026-10-22T02:05:00.000Z",
      "source": "inventory-manager",
      "version": 1,
      "actor": {
        "_tag": "user",
        "id": "usr_019cadd3-7fc0-792b-bb42-1992ef490f3b"
      },
      "correlationId": "req_01a1615a-c0e0-756f-be6c-4dc5e8f50d4d",
      "payload": {
        "sku": "WIDGET-BLUE",
        "locationId": "loc_019cadd3-8330-7e12-aa44-2cd5f05da74a",
        "quantity": 2,
        "orderId": "ord_01a1612f-7ea8-705d-b799-e8d57826848d",
        "reference": "dsp_309cca80-6f93-1b13-35a3-a6c100d3dd4d"
      }
    },
    {
      "_tag": "inventory.stock-reserved",
      "eventId": "evt_01a16133-14a0-7763-b106-cd51c90e386a",
      "txId": "tx_01a16133-14a0-78fa-98e9-cc5d88322309",
      "tenantId": "org_019cadd3-7f48-7813-b601-1d0e5ec31353",
      "sequence": 1038,
      "occurredAt": "2026-10-22T01:21:40.000Z",
      "source": "inventory-manager",
      "version": 1,
      "actor": {
        "_tag": "user",
        "id": "usr_019cadd3-7fc0-792b-bb42-1992ef490f3b"
      },
      "correlationId": "req_01a16133-14a0-7df7-9f3a-2602dbf3b93f",
      "payload": {
        "sku": "WIDGET-BLUE",
        "locationId": "loc_019cadd3-8330-7e12-aa44-2cd5f05da74a",
        "quantity": 2,
        "orderId": "ord_01a1612f-7ea8-705d-b799-e8d57826848d",
        "reference": "alloc:ord_01a1612f-7ea8-705d-b799-e8d57826848d:lin_01a1612f-7ea8-7e3e-a6a9-e5568b62d9f6:loc_019cadd3-8330-7e12-aa44-2cd5f05da74a:2"
      }
    },
    {
      "_tag": "inventory.stock-received",
      "eventId": "evt_01a16131-99b8-7e3c-9094-0b6e0c28413e",
      "txId": "tx_01a16131-99b8-7768-b562-618c4c0db8ae",
      "tenantId": "org_019cadd3-7f48-7813-b601-1d0e5ec31353",
      "sequence": 1031,
      "occurredAt": "2026-10-22T01:20:03.000Z",
      "source": "inventory-manager",
      "version": 1,
      "actor": {
        "_tag": "user",
        "id": "usr_019cadd3-7fc0-792b-bb42-1992ef490f3b"
      },
      "correlationId": "req_01a16131-99b8-7439-8ed3-c1e91b268188",
      "payload": {
        "sku": "WIDGET-BLUE",
        "locationId": "loc_019cadd3-8330-7e12-aa44-2cd5f05da74a",
        "quantity": 48,
        "poId": "po_01a141ef-d880-772d-949d-a2ec6691c9c8",
        "unitCostCents": 1250,
        "fx": {
          "currency": "AUD",
          "home": "AUD",
          "rate": 1,
          "rateDate": "2026-10-22",
          "source": "same"
        },
        "reference": "rcpt_01a16131-8e00-74ae-b2dd-7dfe50fb5464:WIDGET-BLUE"
      }
    }
  ],
  "next": 1031
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: inventory-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://inventory.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`404`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`ItemNotFound` sku	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Try again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.