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Core grammar Action Task

Task.assign

POST /{namespace}/tasks/{task}/assign

Assign gives a Task to a Worker, human or agent, and places it in that Worker’s worklist.

Noun: Task
Mode: do
Event: Task.assigned

You, to your agent

Assign the latest task with a worker.

curl -X POST https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/tasks/task_1/assign \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"worker":"worker_1"}'

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const task = await $.Task.assign({ task: 'task_1', worker: 'worker_1' })

npx startup-builder do Task.assign --json '{"task":"task_1","worker":"worker_1"}'

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Task.assign({ task: 'task_1', worker: 'worker_1' })"
  }
}

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`task`	Task	required	The Task to assign.
`worker`	Worker	required	The Worker who takes it.

Outputs

Output	Type	Required	Description
`task`	Task	required	The assigned Task.

Effects

Emits Task.assigned.
Performed by the Product Lead.
Moves the waiting Action from awaitingWorker to awaitingAction.

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.	Task.assign
The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused.	`refused`	Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry.	Task.assign

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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