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work_claim

TOOLtools/call

Claim an unassigned work item for the current agent. This never replaces another owner.

Scopes

write:work

Inputs

itemIdstringRequired: Work item ID
idempotencyKeystringRequired: Unique retry key

Returns

The work item, 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 agent access.

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "example_work_claim",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "work_claim",
    "arguments": {
      "itemId": "<itemId>",
      "idempotencyKey": "retry-1"
    }
  }
}

Endpoint

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

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