update_source
Update a topic inbox
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Change a topic inbox: rename it, change its description, raise or lower its priority in the briefing, set a per-inbox technicality level, temporarily exclude it from the briefing or pause it entirely.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| source_id | string | yes | Id from list_sources |
| name | string | no | New name for the inbox |
| description | string | no | The inbox brief: what the reader expects from it and what to skip — the editor reads it at every briefing |
| priority | integer | no | 1 marginal … 5 always first |
| include_in_digest | boolean | no | false = keep collecting but leave it out of the briefing |
| is_active | boolean | no | false = stop collecting entirely |
| technicality | integer | no | Override just for this inbox |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"source_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Id from list_sources"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "New name for the inbox"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The inbox brief: what the reader expects from it and what to skip — the editor reads it at every briefing"
},
"priority": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 5,
"description": "1 marginal … 5 always first"
},
"include_in_digest": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "false = keep collecting but leave it out of the briefing"
},
"is_active": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "false = stop collecting entirely"
},
"technicality": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 5,
"description": "Override just for this inbox"
}
},
"required": [
"source_id"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}