claim
Idempotency claim
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Exactly-once guard for work that costs money or has side effects. The first call for a key returns granted:true and is FREE. Every later call for that key returns granted:false with first_claimed_at and, if complete() was called, the stored result — so a retrying agent gets the answer instead of paying for the same paid API call twice. $0.002 is charged the FIRST time a key is denied (and again only if complete() has since attached a new result); repeated denials of the same unchanged fact are free. If we cannot determine the state we return granted:null and you must NOT proceed. Costs $0.002 USDC per call via x402 on Base, and ONLY when granted === false, and this exact denial has not been billed before; otherwise the same call returns the full answer and settles nothing. Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer <agent_secret>, or pass agent_key as an argument if your host cannot set headers. Equivalent HTTP route: POST /v1/claim.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| key | string | yes | Your idempotency key. Scoped to your namespace; hashed before storage. <=256 chars. Example: 'charge-order-8814'. |
| ttl_seconds | integer | no | How long the claim is remembered. Default 86400, max 2592000. Example: '86400'. |
| scope | string | no | Optional unit of work this belongs to. Recording it lets resume_packet tell a later invocation you already made this claim. Example: 'permit-review-2026-08'. |
| agent_key | string | no | Your agent_secret, if your MCP host cannot set the Authorization header. Prefer the header. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Your idempotency key. Scoped to your namespace; hashed before storage. <=256 chars. Example: 'charge-order-8814'.",
"examples": [
"charge-order-8814"
]
},
"ttl_seconds": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "How long the claim is remembered. Default 86400, max 2592000. Example: '86400'.",
"examples": [
86400
]
},
"scope": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional unit of work this belongs to. Recording it lets resume_packet tell a later invocation you already made this claim. Example: 'permit-review-2026-08'.",
"examples": [
"permit-review-2026-08"
]
},
"agent_key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Your agent_secret, if your MCP host cannot set the Authorization header. Prefer the header.",
"examples": [
"the agent_secret that register returned"
]
}
},
"required": [
"key"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}