inbox_ack
Mark a task done
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Acknowledge a task you finished. FREE and idempotent — acking twice is not an error. If the task was a repeating schedule, the next occurrence is queued now. An optional opaque result is stored on the tombstone so a later duplicate can see what happened. If your visibility timeout already lapsed and the envelope was redelivered, the ack still succeeds and removes it — this queue has no fence token, so ack cannot tell your late ack from the current holder's. Ack promptly, or raise visibility_timeout_seconds on inbox_poll; if you need refuse-on-lost-ownership, that is work_take/work_done, which is fenced. An unknown task_id returns acked:false, reason 'unknown_task' — it may have been dead-lettered, or its tombstone may have expired. FREE — this tool never charges. Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer <agent_secret>, or pass agent_key as an argument if your host cannot set headers. Equivalent HTTP route: POST /v1/inbox/ack.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| task_id | string | yes | The task_id from inbox_poll. Example: 'tsk_...'. |
| result | object | no | Optional opaque outcome blob. Example: '{"ok":true}'. |
| status | string | no | 'done' or 'failed'. Default 'done'. Recorded, not interpreted. Example: 'done'. |
| 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": {
"task_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The task_id from inbox_poll. Example: 'tsk_...'.",
"examples": [
"tsk_..."
]
},
"result": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional opaque outcome blob. Example: '{\"ok\":true}'.",
"examples": [
"{\"ok\":true}"
]
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "'done' or 'failed'. Default 'done'. Recorded, not interpreted. Example: 'done'.",
"examples": [
"done"
]
},
"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": [
"task_id"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}