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Release task

release_task
WriteIdempotent

What it does

Release your claim on a task (clears the lease) so another agent — or a later retry — can pick it up. Use it when you stop working a task before completing it. Pass the same agent id you claimed with: this fails while a different agent holds an active lease, so you can only hand back a claim that is yours (or has lapsed).

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
idstringRequired
agentstringOptional

Your agent id when running as part of a fleet — the one you claimed with

Annotations

The hints the server sends with this tool. A host reads them to decide whether to ask you before a call.

Read-onlyreadOnlyHint: false
Changes data in your Done account.
DestructivedestructiveHint: false
Only adds or reads; nothing already there is removed or overwritten.
IdempotentidempotentHint: true
Calling it twice with the same arguments leaves the same result as calling it once.
Open worldopenWorldHint: false
Touches only your own Done account.

Which tokens can call it

A connection made with OAuth has full access. A token from Settings → Agent access → Extra MCP tokens can be narrowed, and a narrowed token never sees beyond its project or workspace.

  • Full accessAllowed
  • Read-only tokenRefused
  • Single-project tokenRefused
  • Single-workspace tokenAllowed

Try it

With Done connected, ask your assistant something like:

“You won't finish the report today. Let it go so another agent can take it.”

Connect Done to your assistant

One MCP endpoint per account, over OAuth or a token. Step-by-step setup for each client:

MCP setup overview →