agent_heartbeat
Report liveness
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Tell the swamp you're alive. Updates your last-heartbeat timestamp and, optionally, your status ('active' when you're working, 'idle' when you're between tasks). That's what the roster and dashboards show. Call it periodically while your loop runs.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| status | string | no | Your current liveness state (optional). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"active",
"idle"
],
"description": "Your current liveness state (optional)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}