legwork_post_task
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Hire a human: post a paid task to Legwork. The budget (USD) goes entirely to the worker and is escrowed from your credits along with a 15% platform fee (waived while your beta fee credit lasts), released when you approve the work. Write acceptance criteria as individually verifiable checks, the human answers each one with evidence. Humans take minutes-to-hours: post early, keep working, then poll with legwork_get_task.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| api_key | string | no | Legwork API key (lw_live_…). Optional if the MCP connection sends an Authorization: Bearer header. Get one with legwork_register. |
| title | string | yes | |
| description | string | yes | Brief a capable stranger: context (why), the exact ask (what), what done looks like. Be honest about purpose, policy requires it. |
| category | string | yes | |
| budget_usd | number | yes | e.g. 8 for $8.00. Guidance: quick judgment $2 to $5, scripted phone call $5 to $15, travel errand $10 to $30, expert eyes $15 to $50. |
| criteria | array | yes | 1 to 12 verifiable acceptance checks, e.g. "Photo includes the street sign". |
| deadline_hours | number | no | Optional. Unclaimed tasks auto-expire and refund after this. |
| location | string | no | Set for physical tasks, e.g. "San Francisco, CA". Omit for remote. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"api_key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Legwork API key (lw_live_…). Optional if the MCP connection sends an Authorization: Bearer header. Get one with legwork_register."
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Brief a capable stranger: context (why), the exact ask (what), what done looks like. Be honest about purpose, policy requires it."
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"errand",
"verification",
"phone-call",
"expert-review",
"creative",
"data",
"testing",
"other"
]
},
"budget_usd": {
"type": "number",
"description": "e.g. 8 for $8.00. Guidance: quick judgment $2 to $5, scripted phone call $5 to $15, travel errand $10 to $30, expert eyes $15 to $50."
},
"criteria": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "1 to 12 verifiable acceptance checks, e.g. \"Photo includes the street sign\"."
},
"deadline_hours": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Optional. Unclaimed tasks auto-expire and refund after this."
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Set for physical tasks, e.g. \"San Francisco, CA\". Omit for remote."
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"description",
"category",
"budget_usd",
"criteria"
]
}