vigil_set_watchdog
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Arm a dead-man switch. Register an interval and an https webhook; then call vigil_heartbeat before each interval elapses. Miss one and Vigil attempts a signed 'absence' payload to your webhook, retrying failed delivery. Free tier: 1 watchdog. Overwrites an existing watchdog and resets its timer and delivery state. A missed heartbeat sends the supplied message to an external HTTPS recipient; failed delivery is capped at five attempts per armed interval.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| vigil_key | string | no | DEPRECATED legacy account-wide credential, including deletion and permission issuance. Prefer the client-injected HTTP Authorization: Bearer header; omit this argument when that header authenticates the request. This is not a scoped agent token. |
| name | string | yes | A name for this watchdog, 1-64 chars. |
| interval_s | integer | yes | Seconds allowed between heartbeats, 60..604800. |
| webhook_url | string | yes | An https URL resolving to a public address; fired once on a missed heartbeat. |
| message | string | no | Optional note included in the absence payload, <=2000 chars. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"vigil_key": {
"type": "string",
"deprecated": true,
"description": "DEPRECATED legacy account-wide credential, including deletion and permission issuance. Prefer the client-injected HTTP Authorization: Bearer header; omit this argument when that header authenticates the request. This is not a scoped agent token.",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 256
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A name for this watchdog, 1-64 chars.",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64
},
"interval_s": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Seconds allowed between heartbeats, 60..604800.",
"minimum": 60,
"maximum": 604800
},
"webhook_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "An https URL resolving to a public address; fired once on a missed heartbeat.",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 2048,
"pattern": "^https://[^\\s]+$"
},
"message": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional note included in the absence payload, <=2000 chars.",
"maxLength": 2000
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"interval_s",
"webhook_url"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"examples": [
{
"name": "agent-health",
"interval_s": 300,
"webhook_url": "https://alerts.example.com/vigil",
"message": "agent missed heartbeat"
}
]
}