overlane task assign | Overlane Docs

Assigns the task to a connected bot and opens the bot’s thread for it (default thread: task:<task id>). A retry of the same request assigns once. The bot must be connected and not revoked.

Usage

overlane task assign task-id --bot BOT_ID [--thread THREAD] [--dry-run]

Arguments

Argument	Required	Description
`task-id`	yes	The task to hand over

Flags

Flag	Type	Required	Description
`--bot`	string	yes	The bot to assign the task to
`--thread`	string	no	The bot’s own thread for the task
`--dry-run`	boolean	no	Print the requests and file changes this command would make, then stop. Needs no credentials.

Examples

overlane task assign task-12 --bot bot_ab12
overlane task assign task-12 --bot bot_ab12 --thread dots-9 --dry-run

Behavior

Effect: write (changes local or hosted state).
Needs credentials: yes. Uses the network: yes.
Supports --dry-run: yes. Accepts --force: no.
Machine-readable description: overlane schema task assign.

Result

With --json (the default when stdout is not a terminal) the command prints this JSON Schema’s shape on stdout.

{
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "tenantId": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 128,
          "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.:-]*$",
          "description": "tenant identifier"
        },
        "projectId": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 128,
          "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.:-]*$",
          "description": "project identifier"
        },
        "taskId": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 128,
          "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.:-]*$",
          "description": "task identifier"
        },
        "botId": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^bot_[A-Za-z0-9]{8,32}$",
          "description": "bot identifier"
        },
        "threadId": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 200
        },
        "assignedBy": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "assignedAt": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z|([+-](?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d)))$"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "tenantId",
        "projectId",
        "taskId",
        "botId",
        "threadId",
        "assignedBy",
        "assignedAt"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "dryRun": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": true
        },
        "service": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "requests": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "method": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "body": {},
              "note": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "method",
              "path"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "commands": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "writes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "action": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "write",
                  "append",
                  "delete"
                ]
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "path",
              "action",
              "description"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "notes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "dryRun",
        "requests",
        "commands",
        "writes",
        "notes"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}

See exit codes for the status the process returns.