# SXSW 2026 Agent-First Schedule

> 4322 events across March 12–18, 2026. Sourced daily from schedule.sxsw.com.

## Query API (Use This)

A search API returns filtered results in <10 KB. No bulk downloads.

- [OpenAPI spec](https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/openapi.json) — import into ChatGPT, Claude, LangChain, or any OpenAPI-aware agent
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/shortlist?topic=ai-developer-tooling&per_day=5` — one-call daily shortlist for agentic search
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/events?date=2026-03-14&q=AI&q_mode=any&limit=200` — broad topic search on a specific day
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/events?date=2026-03-14&q=AI+developer+tooling&q_mode=all&limit=200` — strict all-term matching
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/events?venue=Hilton&type=panel` — venue + format filter
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/events?contributor=Carmen+Simon` — find sessions by speaker/artist
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/events/PP1162244` — single event by ID
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/dates` — festival dates with event counts
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/venues?name=Hilton` — venue lookup
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/categories` — all categories (format labels: Panel, Rock, Mentor Session, etc.)
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/contributors?name=Simon` — speaker/artist search
- `https://sxsw.0fn.net/api/health` — health + current index timestamp

Note: `category` is a format label (Panel, Rock, Mentor Session…), not a topic. Use `q=` with `q_mode=` for topic search. If a strict query returns zero, retry with `q=AI&q_mode=any`.

All API responses are JSON, CORS-enabled, always <10 KB.

## Reference Files

- [agents.json](/agents.json) — machine-readable contract with all endpoints
- [schedule.manifest.json](/schedule.manifest.json) — freshness metadata
- [schema.json](/schema.json) — field inventory with sample event

## Data Freshness

Last built: 2026-04-07T10:08:05.823Z
Source snapshot: 2026-03-26T20:21:00.000Z
Expected next refresh: 2026-04-08T10:08:05.823Z

## Key Fields

- `event_id` — primary identifier
- `event_type` — panel, showcase, screening, networking, party, activation, exhibition, comedy_event, lounge, special_event, registration
- `contributors` — speakers, artists, performers (name + type)
- `credentials` — badge types required (platinum, music, film, interactive, etc.)
- `reservable` — true if RSVP required via SXSW app
- `venue.lat` / `venue.lon` — coordinates for geospatial filtering
- Timestamps are America/Chicago (UTC-5 during festival)

## Fetching Notes

- **Use the API** — /api/events with query params returns only what you need, always parses cleanly
- Do not route requests through reader proxies (r.jina.ai etc.) — they wrap JSON in markdown and break parsing
- All endpoints return `Content-Type: application/json` or `application/x-ndjson` — never HTML
- If you receive HTML, you hit a proxy or a 404. Retry the raw URL directly.