workflow_select
ManagementcatalogAnswer Workflow Selection Step
Not in the default tool list
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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.
open-world
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| workflow_id | string | ✓ | Workflow ID (the workflowId of the paused job). |
| workflow_job_id | string | ✓ | ID of the paused workflow job. |
| node_id | string | ✓ | Runtime id of the selection step, as listed in awaiting_input, including any __iter__N suffix of a ForEach copy. |
| action | enum(select | reject) | select | "select" (default) continues the run with the picked candidates; "reject" cancels the whole run. |
| selected_indices | array | — | 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_id | string | — | Team ID. Required with project_id for OAuth callers; an API key is scoped by the key. |
| project_id | string | — | Project ID. Required with team_id for OAuth callers; an API key is scoped by the key. |
| response_format | enum(json | markdown) | json | Output format: 'json' for structured data, 'markdown' for human-readable text. |