initiate_handoff
Initiate Handoff
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Begin a handoff from the agent to either a human operator (SMS/email via lead_routing_json) or another agent (signed continuation URL). In human mode the notification body is composed by the server from the contact and reason fields — callers supply those fields, not the message text. Idempotent: re-using the same idempotency_key returns the original handoff.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | yes | Business slug identifier |
| reservation_id | string | no | Optional link to a prior reservation |
| mode | string | yes | Handoff mode: human (SMS/email) or agent (continuation URL) |
| contact_name | string | no | End-user's name |
| contact_email | string | no | End-user's email |
| contact_phone | string | no | End-user's phone |
| urgency | string | no | How time-sensitive (default: normal) |
| reason | string | no | Why the user wants to reach a human |
| message | string | no | Deprecated alias for `reason`. The notification body is composed by the server from the fields above; this value is delivered as the reason line, not as the message itself. Supplying both is an error. |
| purpose | string | no | Purpose description for agent-mode continuation |
| idempotency_key | string | yes | Unique key for idempotent handoff |
| agent_id | string | no | Optional agent identifier |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Business slug identifier"
},
"reservation_id": {
"description": "Optional link to a prior reservation",
"type": "string"
},
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"human",
"agent"
],
"description": "Handoff mode: human (SMS/email) or agent (continuation URL)"
},
"contact_name": {
"description": "End-user's name",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 120
},
"contact_email": {
"description": "End-user's email",
"type": "string",
"format": "email",
"pattern": "^(?!\\.)(?!.*\\.\\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-\\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
},
"contact_phone": {
"description": "End-user's phone",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 40
},
"urgency": {
"description": "How time-sensitive (default: normal)",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"low",
"normal",
"high",
"emergency"
]
},
"reason": {
"description": "Why the user wants to reach a human",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 800
},
"message": {
"description": "Deprecated alias for `reason`. The notification body is composed by the server from the fields above; this value is delivered as the reason line, not as the message itself. Supplying both is an error.",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 800
},
"purpose": {
"description": "Purpose description for agent-mode continuation",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"idempotency_key": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Unique key for idempotent handoff"
},
"agent_id": {
"description": "Optional agent identifier",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"mode",
"idempotency_key"
]
}