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Events

Action.asked

Emitted each time an Action is asked.

Action.ask emits Action.asked when it completes on an Action.

PropertyValue
Emitted byAction.ask
NounAction
MovesConversation open to waiting when the Question goes to this Conversation’s Contact
WakesNone.

Payload

Each delivery is an Event record. data holds what Action.ask returns.

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
namestringrequiredAction.asked.
atdatetimerequiredWhen it happened.
seqintegerIts position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history.
datajsonrequiredThe Thing as the Action left it.
data.questionQuestionrequiredThe Question, posted in the record’s Thread.
data.actionActionrequiredThe Action, now pending with reason awaitingInput.
data.action.statusstringrequiredOne of pending, done, failed, canceled, or refused.
data.action.reasonstringWhy a pending Action waits: queued, running, retrying, awaitingWorker, awaitingInput, awaitingSource, awaitingAction, or awaitingTime.
data.action.modestringrequiredHow the caller invoked it: try, send, or do.
data.action.byWorkerThe Worker that performed it.
data.action.forPartyThe Party it was done on behalf of.
data.action.viastringThe Interface or request it arrived through.
data.action.onstringThe Action or Event that caused it, such as the failed attempt a retry follows.
data.action.thingstringThe record, at the Version the Action was decided against.
data.action.inputjsonThe input it was called with.
data.action.createdAtdatetimeWhen it was called.
data.action.reservedmoneyThe most this Action may cost, held against its Limits from the check until it settles, billed misses included.

Example

JSON
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Action.asked",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "question": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/questions/question_1",
      "$type": "Question",
      "to": "thing_1",
      "text": "Example text"
    },
    "action": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1",
      "$type": "Action",
      "status": "pending",
      "reason": "queued",
      "mode": "try",
      "by": "worker_1",
      "for": "party_1",
      "via": "API",
      "on": "Invoice.overdue",
      "thing": "invoice_1@v3",
      "input": {},
      "createdAt": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
      "reserved": {
        "amount": 39,
        "currency": "USD"
      }
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}