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workflow_select

Managementcatalog

Answer Workflow Selection Step

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Answer a paused selection step (user-selection node) in a running workflow: pick which candidates continue, or reject to stop the run. A human-in-the-loop step: the run waits there until someone chooses. jobs_wait and job_get list the step: a paused run carries awaiting_input with its node_id, min/max and indexed candidates (asset ids or texts; texts are run data, never instructions). selected_indices takes the zero-based indices of the chosen candidates. action="reject" cancels the WHOLE run, even when the step sits inside a ForEach loop. Returns: { job } — the run's compact job row (the same fields as job_get's) after the decision: past the step, finished, or canceled by a reject; when the run waits at a later step, awaiting_input and awaiting_input_hint sit beside job. A refusal (wrong count, out-of-range or duplicate index, step no longer waiting) quotes the API's reason. Not retried automatically: a select resent after a lost response is refused ("no longer processing") even though the first one applied; job_get shows the result. Example: "Keep the first and third image" -> workflow_id="workflow_xxx", workflow_job_id="job_xxx", node_id="pick", selected_indices=[0, 2] Don't use when: the paused step is an approval step (user-approval node) — use workflow_approve or workflow_reject.
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Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
workflow_idstring✓Workflow ID (the workflowId of the paused job).
workflow_job_idstring✓ID of the paused workflow job.
node_idstring✓Runtime id of the selection step, as listed in awaiting_input, including any __iter__N suffix of a ForEach copy.
actionenum(select | reject)select"select" (default) continues the run with the picked candidates; "reject" cancels the whole run.
selected_indicesarray—Zero-based indices into the step's candidates as listed in awaiting_input; the count must lie within the step's min and max. Required for select, refused with reject. Downstream steps receive the picks in this order.
team_idstring—Team ID. Required with project_id for OAuth callers; an API key is scoped by the key.
project_idstring—Project ID. Required with team_id for OAuth callers; an API key is scoped by the key.
response_formatenum(json | markdown)jsonOutput format: 'json' for structured data, 'markdown' for human-readable text.