{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.com/schemas/ironclad/ironclad-entity-schema.json",
  "title": "Ironclad Entity",
  "description": "Schema for an Ironclad Entity — a counterparty, internal party, or referenced organization/person that is linked to workflows, records, and obligations. Surfaced via /entities under the Ironclad Public API.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "type"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the entity."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Entity type — e.g., company, person, vendor, customer."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Display name of the entity."
    },
    "schemaId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Identifier of the Entities schema defining this entity's metadata fields."
    },
    "createdDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "lastUpdatedDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "properties": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "description": "Free-form metadata properties for the entity. Field structure is governed by the entity's schema."
    },
    "relationships": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "relationshipType": { "type": "string" },
          "targetEntityId": { "type": "string" },
          "targetEntityType": { "type": "string" }
        }
      },
      "description": "Typed relationships to other entities (parent/child, subsidiary, signatory-of, etc.)."
    }
  }
}