> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.phoenix.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get trader capabilities

> Handles `GET /v1/view/trader-capabilities` via `get.v1.view.trader_capabilities`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/phoenix-public-api.json get /v1/view/trader-capabilities
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Phoenix Eternal API
  description: >-
    RESTful API for accessing Phoenix Eternal perpetual trading data. Provides
    real-time orderbook levels, asset information, and market metadata.
  termsOfService: https://www.phoenix.trade/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: Phoenix Development Team
    url: https://github.com/Ellipsis-Labs/phoenix
  license:
    name: Proprietary
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://perp-api.phoenix.trade
    description: Phoenix Eternal Perp API
security: []
tags:
  - name: Auth
    description: Wallet and session authentication.
  - name: Exchange
    description: Exchange, market, candle, and no-referral register-instruction workflows.
  - name: Invite
    description: Invite validation, referral activation, and wallet allowlist checks.
  - name: Notifications
    description: Trader notification reads and acknowledgement helpers.
  - name: Trader
    description: Trader state, account history, and transaction builders.
externalDocs:
  url: https://docs.phoenix.trade
  description: Phoenix developer documentation
paths:
  /v1/view/trader-capabilities:
    get:
      tags:
        - Trader
      summary: Get trader capabilities
      description: >-
        Handles `GET /v1/view/trader-capabilities` via
        `get.v1.view.trader_capabilities`.
      operationId: get.v1.view.trader_capabilities
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Trader capability descriptors
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TraderCapabilitiesMetadata'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - PhoenixBearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    TraderCapabilitiesMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Metadata response that enumerates all trader capability descriptors.
      required:
        - capabilities
      properties:
        capabilities:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TraderCapabilityDescriptor'
          description: Supported capability descriptors.
    TraderCapabilityDescriptor:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Describes a trader capability in a forward-compatible, human readable
        way.
      required:
        - key
        - displayName
        - description
      properties:
        deprecated:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this capability key is deprecated.
        description:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable capability description.
        displayName:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable display name.
        key:
          type: string
          description: Stable capability key.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
  responses:
    ErrorResponse:
      description: Standard JSON error payload.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    PhoenixBearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer access token issued by `/v1/auth/*` login endpoints.

````