particle_alert_update
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Update an existing alert. Only the fields you pass change; the entities and notifications lists, when provided, replace the whole set (pass a single entity slug from the resolve tools, same as particle_alert_create — an alert watches exactly one entity). Use is_active to pause or resume an alert without deleting it. An alert's kind is fixed at creation — to change it, create a new alert.
The optional filters object replaces the alert's filter set wholesale — omit to leave the existing filters unchanged, send {} to clear all filters. Same four axes as particle_alert_create.filters: languages, relevance (EVERYTHING/RELEVANT), source_popularity (ANY/POPULAR), and speaker_roles (PODCAST_SPEAKER alerts only — sending it on an ENTITY_MENTION alert returns unprocessable_entity).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| alert_id | string | yes | Alert id to update. |
| delivery_cadence | string | no | New delivery cadence. |
| description | string | no | New description. |
| entities | array | no | Replacement watch target as a single entity slug (from the resolve tools). When provided, replaces the entire existing watch list — exactly one entity; omit to leave entities unchanged. |
| filters | object | no | Replace the alert's filter set wholesale. Omit to leave the existing filters unchanged; send an empty object {} to clear all filters. Same four axes as particle_alert_create.filters (languages, relevance, source_popularity, speaker_roles). |
| is_active | boolean | no | Pause (false) or resume (true) the alert. |
| notifications | array | no | Replacement notification emails. When provided, replaces the entire existing set; omit to leave them unchanged. |
| output_format | string | no | Output serialization. 'markdown' (default) returns the LLM-facing rendering. 'json' returns the structured payload as JSON text — use only for programmatic chaining where exact field extraction matters; the JSON shape is larger and noisier for an LLM to read. |
| title | string | no | New title. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"alert_id": {
"description": "Alert id to update.",
"type": "string"
},
"delivery_cadence": {
"description": "New delivery cadence.",
"enum": [
"REALTIME",
"DAILY",
"WEEKLY"
],
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"description": "New description.",
"type": "string"
},
"entities": {
"description": "Replacement watch target as a single entity slug (from the resolve tools). When provided, replaces the entire existing watch list — exactly one entity; omit to leave entities unchanged.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 1,
"minItems": 1,
"type": "array"
},
"filters": {
"description": "Replace the alert's filter set wholesale. Omit to leave the existing filters unchanged; send an empty object {} to clear all filters. Same four axes as particle_alert_create.filters (languages, relevance, source_popularity, speaker_roles).",
"properties": {
"languages": {
"description": "Primary language tags the source episode must be in: a 2-3 letter primary tag (e.g. 'en', 'de', 'sma'). A region or script subtag (e.g. 'pt-BR', 'zh-Hant') is accepted for readability but matching is on the PRIMARY tag only — 'pt-BR' surfaces every Portuguese episode regardless of region, and 'pt-BR' + 'pt-PT' collapse to one. Empty or missing means all languages are surfaced. Case-insensitive; echoed in canonical primary-tag form.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"relevance": {
"description": "EVERYTHING (default) returns both on-target and incidental matches — the watched entity is correctly identified in both, only the depth of discussion differs. RELEVANT narrows to on-target only: matches where the watched entity is the subject being discussed, dropping passing mentions. Wrong-entity matches (name collisions) are globally suppressed before any filter runs.",
"enum": [
"EVERYTHING",
"RELEVANT"
],
"type": "string"
},
"source_popularity": {
"description": "ANY (default) keeps matches from every source. POPULAR keeps only matches whose source podcast scores in the top 5% by chart-popularity percentile (Podcast.Popularity >= 0.95; cume_dist over current chart entries, multi-region weighted). Podcasts that aren't currently charting drop out.",
"enum": [
"ANY",
"POPULAR"
],
"type": "string"
},
"speaker_roles": {
"description": "PODCAST_SPEAKER alerts only — sending this on an ENTITY_MENTION alert returns an unprocessable_entity error. REPLACES (not intersects with) the default appearance set. Default when omitted is GUEST, PANELIST, CORRESPONDENT, AUDIENCE, SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER — HOST is excluded because hosting the show isn't an appearance. Setting ['HOST'] flips that; setting ['GUEST'] alone narrows further. Input casing is not significant — 'guest' and 'GUEST' are the same value — and the filter is stored and returned in canonical uppercase form. Raw STT/LLM labels like CALLER or REPORTER are not accepted.",
"items": {
"enum": [
"HOST",
"GUEST",
"PANELIST",
"CORRESPONDENT",
"AUDIENCE",
"SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"is_active": {
"description": "Pause (false) or resume (true) the alert.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"notifications": {
"description": "Replacement notification emails. When provided, replaces the entire existing set; omit to leave them unchanged.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"output_format": {
"description": "Output serialization. 'markdown' (default) returns the LLM-facing rendering. 'json' returns the structured payload as JSON text — use only for programmatic chaining where exact field extraction matters; the JSON shape is larger and noisier for an LLM to read.",
"enum": [
"markdown",
"json"
],
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"description": "New title.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"alert_id"
],
"type": "object"
}