MCP 2025-06-18

task_update

Change a task's title, priority, due date, next action, tags or assignee.

Scopes

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

read:projects
write:projects

Input schema

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

Synthetic example · JSON

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "taskId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Task ID (taskId from task_list or task_create)"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Task title"
    },
    "priority": {
      "enum": [
        "low",
        "normal",
        "high",
        "urgent"
      ]
    },
    "dueAt": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Unix time in milliseconds, or null"
    },
    "nextAction": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Concrete next action"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "assignee": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "me, none, or an actor ID"
    },
    "idempotencyKey": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique retry key"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "taskId",
    "idempotencyKey"
  ],
  "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_task_update",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "task_update",
    "arguments": {
      "taskId": "<taskId>",
      "idempotencyKey": "retry-1"
    }
  }
}

Read the result before continuing

The updated task.

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.