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Core grammar Action

Action.answer

POST /{namespace}/actions/{action}/answer

Answer gives the reply to an Action’s open Question, through any Interface, and the Action resumes.

Noun: Action
Mode: do
Event: Action.answered

You, to your agent

Answer the latest action with a question.

curl -X POST https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/actions/action_1/answer \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question":"question_1","payload":{}}'

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const action = await $.Action.answer({ action: 'action_1', question: 'question_1', payload: {} })

npx startup-builder do Action.answer --json '{"action":"action_1","question":"question_1","payload":{}}'

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Action.answer({ action: 'action_1', question: 'question_1', payload: {} })"
  }
}

Answer replies to an open Question on an Action, from the asked Party or an Agent under its Mandate, and resumes the Action.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`action`	Action	required	The Action waiting on the Question.
`question`	Question	required	The Question answered.
`payload`	`json`	required	The answer, matching the Question’s choices or schema.

Outputs

Output	Type	Required	Description
`action`	Action	required	The resumed Action.

Effects

Emits Action.answered.
Two-way: it runs at once, in the try, send and do modes.
Records who answered and through which Interface; an agent answering for a Human records both, under a Mandate.
A free-text reply in the record’s Thread becomes an answer once an agent maps it to the schema.

Refuses when

Check	Error	Fix	Then call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.	`forbidden`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	Action.answer

When it waits

Gate	Default
Decision class	Low: two-way, nothing at stake
Delay window	None: it runs once review passes.
Limit	The call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the Limit	It waits `pending` for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends `refused` with `limit-exceeded`; unanswered by its deadline, it ends `canceled`.

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