MCP 2025-06-18

design.answerClarification

Answer only an explicitly delegated factual question; human preference questions cannot be answered by agents.

Scopes

The agent key needs these scopes. The server also checks access to each record before returning data or changing it.

read:design
answer:design_clarifications

Input schema

This schema is shared with tools/list, including the required fields and additionalProperties rules.

Synthetic example · JSON

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "idempotencyKey": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 128
    },
    "clarificationId": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 128
    },
    "expectedVersion": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "disposition": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "answer",
        "defer",
        "localOnly",
        "dismiss",
        "reopen"
      ]
    },
    "answer": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 8000
    },
    "revisitAt": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "idempotencyKey",
    "clarificationId",
    "expectedVersion",
    "disposition"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Call this tool

Send it as POST https://www.specifywork.com/api/mcp. Authorization: Bearer <agent key>, a key that starts with sw_agent. Replace the example values with records your key can reach.

Synthetic example · JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "example_design_answerClarification",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "design.answerClarification",
    "arguments": {
      "idempotencyKey": "retry-1",
      "clarificationId": "<clarificationId>",
      "expectedVersion": 0,
      "disposition": "answer"
    }
  }
}

Read the result before continuing

The Design operation's result.

A call returns content[0].text with the JSON result and structuredContent.result with the same value. A refused call returns isError: true and the error code in content[0].text.

A request being accepted is not proof of an external action completing. Keep correlation IDs and mutation idempotency keys unchanged across safe retries.