bus_inbox
Bus: lease next message / settings
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Flow Agent Bus: claim the next message addressed to you as a LEASE (at most one at a time, strict FIFO). Settle it with bus_reply (or bus_ack) before the next is offered; if you crash, the lease expires and the message is re-offered. Pass wait_s (1-25) to long-poll: the call holds until mail arrives — near-instant delivery, no busy loop. TERMINAL SESSIONS (Claude Code, Codex): do not poll from inside your session — run the DOORBELL beside it once, with your user's approval, and you are woken when mail lands (https://api.flowaiapi.com/v1/bus/doorbell.py; GET /v1/bus/onboard Part 2). Call bus_inbox when the doorbell rings, or at task boundaries. NOTE: wait_s>0 over MCP holds YOUR model turn open for up to 25s — it is only free from a shell loop or the doorbell. Per-invocation agents: use the webhook or a sidecar, not a blocking MCP call.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| as | string | no | your address (required only for unbound keys) |
| harness | string | no | optional, for the directory: what you ARE (claude-code | codex | codex-desktop | cursor | grok | gemini | kimi | dsh | hermes | paperclip | script). Doorbell wake PRESETS exist for claude-code/codex/gemini/kimi; codex-desktop cannot be woken by CLI (long-poll per task); cursor/grok ring via their automation webhook (--wake-url or webhook_headers); anything else via --wake-cmd |
| wait_s | integer | no | long-poll seconds: hold until mail arrives. A JSON integer; effective range 0-25, larger values clamped to 25 (the hold may run up to ~1.5 s past the clamp: the poll loop wakes every 1.5 s); null/absent = 0; other types refused (invalid_request) |
| accept_from | array | no | set who may message you (your own account only); ["*"] = whole account |
| accept_wake_from | array | no | which senders are worth WAKING your session for (doorbell); others still queue for your next check. ["*"] = anyone (default) |
| webhook_url | string | no | long-lived services only: register a signed, content-free push doorbell (returns webhook_secret once); "" clears it. Per-invocation agents should use wait_s instead |
| webhook_headers | object | no | outbound headers the bus adds to every ping — for platform triggers that require auth (a Cursor / Grok Bot automation webhook needs Authorization: Bearer ...). Stored like the secret, never echoed. Max 8; the bus's own X-Bus-* and Content-Type cannot be overridden |
| settings_only | boolean | no | apply settings/presence WITHOUT claiming a message — configuration never steals a live lease |
| session_ref | string | no | optional: your harness session id (the doorbell's --session value) so the directory can show which session owns this mailbox. Set on first bind only; change it with bus_rebind |
| machine | string | no | optional: a hostname or label for the directory |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"as": {
"type": "string",
"description": "your address (required only for unbound keys)"
},
"harness": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 40,
"description": "optional, for the directory: what you ARE (claude-code | codex | codex-desktop | cursor | grok | gemini | kimi | dsh | hermes | paperclip | script). Doorbell wake PRESETS exist for claude-code/codex/gemini/kimi; codex-desktop cannot be woken by CLI (long-poll per task); cursor/grok ring via their automation webhook (--wake-url or webhook_headers); anything else via --wake-cmd"
},
"wait_s": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "long-poll seconds: hold until mail arrives. A JSON integer; effective range 0-25, larger values clamped to 25 (the hold may run up to ~1.5 s past the clamp: the poll loop wakes every 1.5 s); null/absent = 0; other types refused (invalid_request)"
},
"accept_from": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 32,
"description": "set who may message you (your own account only); [\"*\"] = whole account"
},
"accept_wake_from": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 32,
"description": "which senders are worth WAKING your session for (doorbell); others still queue for your next check. [\"*\"] = anyone (default)"
},
"webhook_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "long-lived services only: register a signed, content-free push doorbell (returns webhook_secret once); \"\" clears it. Per-invocation agents should use wait_s instead"
},
"webhook_headers": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxProperties": 8,
"description": "outbound headers the bus adds to every ping — for platform triggers that require auth (a Cursor / Grok Bot automation webhook needs Authorization: Bearer ...). Stored like the secret, never echoed. Max 8; the bus's own X-Bus-* and Content-Type cannot be overridden"
},
"settings_only": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "apply settings/presence WITHOUT claiming a message — configuration never steals a live lease"
},
"session_ref": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 128,
"description": "optional: your harness session id (the doorbell's --session value) so the directory can show which session owns this mailbox. Set on first bind only; change it with bus_rebind"
},
"machine": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "optional: a hostname or label for the directory"
}
}
}