job_cancel
Tell every worker on a job to stop
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There is otherwise NO WAY TO TELL FIVE RUNNING AGENTS TO STOP — they finish and bill you for work you no longer want. This sets a durable stop flag on the job. FREE and idempotent. work_take on a cancelled job hands out nothing (and charges nothing), and should_continue answers 'no'. We do not kill anything: workers cooperate by checking, which is the only honest thing a service outside your process can offer. 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/job/cancel.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| job_id | string | yes | The job to cancel. This is the same identifier as a work queue's queue_id, so cancelling a queue stops its workers. Alias: queue_id. Example: 'permit-batch-2026-08'. |
| reason | string | no | Optional short reason, <=512 chars, returned to every worker that asks. Example: 'customer withdrew the request'. |
| 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": {
"job_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The job to cancel. This is the same identifier as a work queue's queue_id, so cancelling a queue stops its workers. Alias: queue_id. Example: 'permit-batch-2026-08'.",
"examples": [
"permit-batch-2026-08"
]
},
"reason": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional short reason, <=512 chars, returned to every worker that asks. Example: 'customer withdrew the request'.",
"examples": [
"customer withdrew the request"
]
},
"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": [
"job_id"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}