await
Wait for something (burns zero tokens)
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Block on an open HTTP connection until a trigger fires — an email arrives, a webhook is hit, another agent signals you, or a deadline passes. Returns the instant it happens. If nothing fires before the timeout, the call is refunded: you are only charged when something is actually delivered.
When to use: Call INSTEAD of polling in a loop. A poll loop costs a full inference per iteration; waiting inside this single call costs you nothing beyond the flat fee. Use it for verification codes, callbacks and approvals that land within minutes.
Price: US$0.004000 per call. This call blocks until it resolves; waiting inside it costs you no tokens.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| on | any | yes | What to wait for. |
| timeout_seconds | integer | no | |
| lookback_seconds | integer | no | Also match events that arrived this many seconds BEFORE the call. Covers the gap between submitting a form and starting to wait. Raise it if you were slow to call. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"on": {
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "email"
},
"match": {
"description": "Case-insensitive substring, or /regex/, matched against subject + body.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200
},
"from": {
"description": "Only match mail whose sender contains this.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 320
},
"extract": {
"default": "code",
"description": "Pull a verification code or the first confirmation link out of the message.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"code",
"link",
"none"
]
}
},
"required": [
"type"
]
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "hook"
},
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "The webhook slug created with hook.create."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"slug"
]
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "signal"
},
"name": {
"description": "Only match signals carrying this name.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
}
},
"required": [
"type"
]
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "time"
},
"at": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d(?::[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?)?(?:Z))$",
"description": "Absolute ISO-8601 instant to fire at."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"at"
]
}
],
"description": "What to wait for."
},
"timeout_seconds": {
"default": 300,
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 600
},
"lookback_seconds": {
"default": 60,
"description": "Also match events that arrived this many seconds BEFORE the call. Covers the gap between submitting a form and starting to wait. Raise it if you were slow to call.",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 3600
}
},
"required": [
"on"
]
}