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startAgentConversation

Start a new Ask Goliath chat as the key owner with its first message.

POST/api/v1/callWRITEidempotent · 24 hruns as the key's owner
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Start a new Ask Goliath chat as the key owner with its first message; it shows in their chat list as "via" this key's name. Returns the turn (getAgentTurn). Waits up to waitSeconds (0-25, default 25) for the reply; poll getAgentTurn after. confirmSends: an approval card for a text or email carries its draft; trust decides if it asks.

curl https://server.goliathdata.com/api/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOLIATH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
    "operationId": "startAgentConversation",
    "variables": {
      "message": "<String>"
    }
  }'
import { GoliathClient } from '@goliath-data/sdk'

const goliath = new GoliathClient({
  apiKey: process.env.GOLIATH_API_KEY!,
  baseUrl: 'https://server.goliathdata.com',
})

const result = await goliath.askGoliath.startAgentConversation(
  {
    message: '<String>'
  },
  { idempotencyKey: crypto.randomUUID() },
)
const res = await fetch('https://server.goliathdata.com/api/v1/call', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.GOLIATH_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Idempotency-Key': crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    operationId: 'startAgentConversation',
    variables: {
      message: '<String>'
    }
  }),
})
const { data, errors } = await res.json()

Variables

The example sends only what the schema requires. Some operations also need one of several optional variables (one filter or another, say); the description above says which.

messageString!required
waitSecondsInt

Default 25.

spokenBoolean

Default false.

confirmSendsBoolean

Default false.

Response

What comes back under data: a list shows as one entry, and a value as its type.

response shape
{
  "data": {
    "externalAgentChatMutation": {
      "startAgentConversation": {
        "conversationId": "<ID>",
        "turnId": "<ID>",
        "runId": "<ID>",
        "status": "RUNNING",
        "reply": "…",
        "questions": [
          {
            "id": "<ID>",
            "prompt": "…",
            "kind": "…",
            "options": [
              "…"
            ],
            "multi": true,
            "allowOther": true,
            "approval": true,
            "tone": "…",
            "confirmLabel": "…",
            "draft": {
              "channel": "…",
              "contactId": "<ID>",
              "toName": "…",
              "toAddress": "…",
              "from": "…",
              "reply": true,
              "subject": "…",
              "body": "…",
              "cc": [
                "…"
              ]
            }
          }
        ],
        "inAppCard": {
          "title": "…",
          "url": "…"
        },
        "error": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}

Errors

Idempotency

Send an Idempotency-Key of 1 to 255 characters. A finished request retried with the same key replays its stored response, marked Idempotency-Replayed: true; one still in flight returns 409 idempotency_conflict. Keys expire after 24 hours. Write without fear →