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task_claim

TOOLtools/call

Take an unassigned task. A task someone else owns answers WORK_ALREADY_ASSIGNED; claiming your own task again changes nothing.

Scopes

read:projectswrite:projects

Inputs

taskIdstringRequired: Task ID (taskId from task_list or task_create)
idempotencyKeystringRequired: Unique retry key

Returns

The task, now assigned to this agent. A call returns content[0].text with the JSON result and structuredContent.result with the same value.

Listed when

The key has read:projects.

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "example_task_claim",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "task_claim",
    "arguments": {
      "taskId": "<taskId>",
      "idempotencyKey": "retry-1"
    }
  }
}

Endpoint

POST https://www.specifywork.com/api/mcp

Authorization: Bearer <agent key>, a key that starts with sw_agent.