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Deny a tool call

$ cadenya objectives:tool-calls deny
PUT/v1/objectives/{objectiveId}/tool_calls/{toolCallId}/deny

When an agent attempts to use a tool that requires approval, use this endpoint to mark it as denied. Use a memo to steer the LLM to a different decision or usage of the tool.

ParametersExpand Collapse
--objective-id: string

The ID of the objective. Supports "external_id:" prefix for external IDs.

--tool-call-id: string

The ID of the tool call to deny

--memo: optional string

A memo to associate to the tool call denial. Use a memo to steer the LLM to a different decision or usage of the tool.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
objective_tool_call: object { data, metadata, status, 2 more }

ObjectiveToolCall is a record of a tool call made during an objective's execution. Tool calls are mutable — their status changes as they are approved, denied, or executed.

data: object { callable, arguments, memo, 2 more }
callable: object { agent, cadenyaProvidedTool, tool }

CallableTool is a union that represents a tool that can be called by an agent. In Cadenya, a tool that is used within an agent objective might be a user-defined tool (IE: MCP, HTTP), another Agent (useful to separate context), or a Cadenya Tool (one Cadenya provides).

agent: optional object { id, accountId, createdAt, 5 more }

Standard metadata for persistent, named resources (e.g., agents, tools, prompts)

id: string

Unique identifier for the resource (prefixed ULID, e.g., "agent_01HXK...")

accountId: string

Account this resource belongs to for multi-tenant isolation (prefixed ULID)

createdAt: string

Timestamp when this resource was created

name: string

Human-readable name for the resource (e.g., "Customer Support Agent", "Email Tool") Required for resources that users interact with directly

profileId: string

ID of the actor (user or service account) that created this resource

workspaceId: string

Workspace this resource belongs to for organizational grouping (prefixed ULID)

externalId: optional string

External ID for the resource (e.g., a workflow ID from an external system)

labels: optional map[string]

Arbitrary key-value pairs for categorization and filtering Examples: {"environment": "production", "team": "platform", "version": "v2"}

cadenyaProvidedTool: optional object { id, accountId, createdAt, 5 more }

Standard metadata for persistent, named resources (e.g., agents, tools, prompts)

id: string

Unique identifier for the resource (prefixed ULID, e.g., "agent_01HXK...")

accountId: string

Account this resource belongs to for multi-tenant isolation (prefixed ULID)

createdAt: string

Timestamp when this resource was created

name: string

Human-readable name for the resource (e.g., "Customer Support Agent", "Email Tool") Required for resources that users interact with directly

profileId: string

ID of the actor (user or service account) that created this resource

workspaceId: string

Workspace this resource belongs to for organizational grouping (prefixed ULID)

externalId: optional string

External ID for the resource (e.g., a workflow ID from an external system)

labels: optional map[string]

Arbitrary key-value pairs for categorization and filtering Examples: {"environment": "production", "team": "platform", "version": "v2"}

tool: optional object { id, accountId, createdAt, 5 more }

Standard metadata for persistent, named resources (e.g., agents, tools, prompts)

id: string

Unique identifier for the resource (prefixed ULID, e.g., "agent_01HXK...")

accountId: string

Account this resource belongs to for multi-tenant isolation (prefixed ULID)

createdAt: string

Timestamp when this resource was created

name: string

Human-readable name for the resource (e.g., "Customer Support Agent", "Email Tool") Required for resources that users interact with directly

profileId: string

ID of the actor (user or service account) that created this resource

workspaceId: string

Workspace this resource belongs to for organizational grouping (prefixed ULID)

externalId: optional string

External ID for the resource (e.g., a workflow ID from an external system)

labels: optional map[string]

Arbitrary key-value pairs for categorization and filtering Examples: {"environment": "production", "team": "platform", "version": "v2"}

arguments: optional map[unknown]

The arguments passed to the tool

memo: optional string

A memo supplied by the reviewer when denying the tool call

result: optional string

The result content returned by the tool after execution

statusChangedBy: optional object { metadata, spec }

Profile represents a human user at the account level. Profiles are account-scoped resources that can be associated with multiple workspaces through the Actor model. Authentication for profiles is handled via SSO/OAuth (WorkOS).

metadata: object { id, accountId, name, 3 more }

AccountResourceMetadata is used to represent a resource that is associated to an account but not to a workspace.

id: string

Unique identifier for the resource (prefixed ULID, e.g., "apikey_01HXK...")

accountId: string

Account this resource belongs to for multi-tenant isolation (prefixed ULID)

name: string

Human-readable name for the resource (e.g., "Customer Support Agent", "Email Tool") Required for resources that users interact with directly

profileId: string
externalId: optional string

External ID for the resource (e.g., a workflow ID from an external system)

labels: optional map[string]

Arbitrary key-value pairs for categorization and filtering Examples: {"environment": "production", "team": "platform", "version": "v2"}

spec: object { type, email, name }

ProfileSpec contains the profile-specific fields

type: "PROFILE_TYPE_USER" or "PROFILE_TYPE_API_KEY" or "PROFILE_TYPE_SYSTEM"

Type is the type of profile. User's are humans, API keys are computers. You know the deal.

"PROFILE_TYPE_USER"
"PROFILE_TYPE_API_KEY"
"PROFILE_TYPE_SYSTEM"
email: optional string

Email address of the user (required, unique per account)

name: optional string

Display name for the user (e.g., "Bobby Tables")

metadata: object { id, accountId, createdAt, 4 more }

Metadata for ephemeral operations and activities (e.g., objectives, executions, runs)

id: string

Unique identifier for the operation (prefixed ULID, e.g., "obj_01HXK...")

accountId: string

Account this operation belongs to for multi-tenant isolation (prefixed ULID)

createdAt: string

Timestamp when this operation was created ULID includes timestamp information, but this explicit field enables easier querying

profileId: string

ID of the actor (user or service account) that created this operation

workspaceId: string

Workspace this operation belongs to for organizational grouping (prefixed ULID)

externalId: optional string

External ID for the operation (e.g., a workflow ID from an external system)

labels: optional map[string]

Arbitrary key-value pairs for categorization and filtering Examples: {"priority": "high", "source": "api", "workflow": "onboarding"}

status: "TOOL_CALL_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED" or "TOOL_CALL_STATUS_AUTO_APPROVED" or "TOOL_CALL_STATUS_WAITING_FOR_APPROVAL" or 2 more

Current status of the tool call

"TOOL_CALL_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED"
"TOOL_CALL_STATUS_AUTO_APPROVED"
"TOOL_CALL_STATUS_WAITING_FOR_APPROVAL"
"TOOL_CALL_STATUS_APPROVED"
"TOOL_CALL_STATUS_DENIED"
executionStatus: optional "TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED" or "TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_PENDING" or "TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_RUNNING" or 2 more
"TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED"
"TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_PENDING"
"TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_RUNNING"
"TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_COMPLETED"
"TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_ERRORED"
info: optional object { createdBy, objective }
createdBy: optional object { metadata, spec }

Profile represents a human user at the account level. Profiles are account-scoped resources that can be associated with multiple workspaces through the Actor model. Authentication for profiles is handled via SSO/OAuth (WorkOS).

metadata: object { id, accountId, name, 3 more }

AccountResourceMetadata is used to represent a resource that is associated to an account but not to a workspace.

id: string

Unique identifier for the resource (prefixed ULID, e.g., "apikey_01HXK...")

accountId: string

Account this resource belongs to for multi-tenant isolation (prefixed ULID)

name: string

Human-readable name for the resource (e.g., "Customer Support Agent", "Email Tool") Required for resources that users interact with directly

profileId: string
externalId: optional string

External ID for the resource (e.g., a workflow ID from an external system)

labels: optional map[string]

Arbitrary key-value pairs for categorization and filtering Examples: {"environment": "production", "team": "platform", "version": "v2"}

spec: object { type, email, name }

ProfileSpec contains the profile-specific fields

type: "PROFILE_TYPE_USER" or "PROFILE_TYPE_API_KEY" or "PROFILE_TYPE_SYSTEM"

Type is the type of profile. User's are humans, API keys are computers. You know the deal.

"PROFILE_TYPE_USER"
"PROFILE_TYPE_API_KEY"
"PROFILE_TYPE_SYSTEM"
email: optional string

Email address of the user (required, unique per account)

name: optional string

Display name for the user (e.g., "Bobby Tables")

objective: optional object { id, accountId, createdAt, 4 more }

Metadata for ephemeral operations and activities (e.g., objectives, executions, runs)

id: string

Unique identifier for the operation (prefixed ULID, e.g., "obj_01HXK...")

accountId: string

Account this operation belongs to for multi-tenant isolation (prefixed ULID)

createdAt: string

Timestamp when this operation was created ULID includes timestamp information, but this explicit field enables easier querying

profileId: string

ID of the actor (user or service account) that created this operation

workspaceId: string

Workspace this operation belongs to for organizational grouping (prefixed ULID)

externalId: optional string

External ID for the operation (e.g., a workflow ID from an external system)

labels: optional map[string]

Arbitrary key-value pairs for categorization and filtering Examples: {"priority": "high", "source": "api", "workflow": "onboarding"}

Deny a tool call

cadenya objectives:tool-calls deny \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --objective-id objectiveId \
  --tool-call-id toolCallId
{
  "data": {
    "callable": {
      "agent": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      },
      "cadenyaProvidedTool": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      },
      "tool": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "arguments": {
      "foo": "bar"
    },
    "memo": "memo",
    "result": "result",
    "statusChangedBy": {
      "metadata": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      },
      "spec": {
        "type": "PROFILE_TYPE_USER",
        "email": "email",
        "name": "name"
      }
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "id": "id",
    "accountId": "accountId",
    "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "profileId": "profileId",
    "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
    "externalId": "externalId",
    "labels": {
      "foo": "string"
    }
  },
  "status": "TOOL_CALL_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED",
  "executionStatus": "TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED",
  "info": {
    "createdBy": {
      "metadata": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      },
      "spec": {
        "type": "PROFILE_TYPE_USER",
        "email": "email",
        "name": "name"
      }
    },
    "objective": {
      "id": "id",
      "accountId": "accountId",
      "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "profileId": "profileId",
      "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
      "externalId": "externalId",
      "labels": {
        "foo": "string"
      }
    }
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "data": {
    "callable": {
      "agent": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      },
      "cadenyaProvidedTool": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      },
      "tool": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "arguments": {
      "foo": "bar"
    },
    "memo": "memo",
    "result": "result",
    "statusChangedBy": {
      "metadata": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      },
      "spec": {
        "type": "PROFILE_TYPE_USER",
        "email": "email",
        "name": "name"
      }
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "id": "id",
    "accountId": "accountId",
    "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "profileId": "profileId",
    "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
    "externalId": "externalId",
    "labels": {
      "foo": "string"
    }
  },
  "status": "TOOL_CALL_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED",
  "executionStatus": "TOOL_CALL_EXECUTION_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED",
  "info": {
    "createdBy": {
      "metadata": {
        "id": "id",
        "accountId": "accountId",
        "name": "name",
        "profileId": "profileId",
        "externalId": "externalId",
        "labels": {
          "foo": "string"
        }
      },
      "spec": {
        "type": "PROFILE_TYPE_USER",
        "email": "email",
        "name": "name"
      }
    },
    "objective": {
      "id": "id",
      "accountId": "accountId",
      "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "profileId": "profileId",
      "workspaceId": "workspaceId",
      "externalId": "externalId",
      "labels": {
        "foo": "string"
      }
    }
  }
}