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id: workflow-engine-metadata
title: "Read engine metadata"
description: "Returns what the engine supports: API version, how many plugins are installed, and feature flags. This is the only endpoint that requires no authentication, which makes it a simple connectivity check."
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  method={"get"}
  path={"/workflows/metadata"}
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>
  
</MethodEndpoint>



Returns what the engine supports: API version, how many plugins are installed, and feature flags. This is the only endpoint that requires no authentication, which makes it a simple connectivity check.

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