Preview resource deletion

preview_resource_deletion Preview permanent removal of an unused watch, target or project. Returns exact confirmation and blockers. Resources with execution history require historical erasure; pause watches and targets or retire competitor sets to stop future scheduling while preserving evidence.

Development preview. This command is absent from the hosted MCP readback. Generic CLI/HTTP calls require a matching development server. Configure LINKTRAIL_API_URL; production does not expose these command routes.

Access	Behavior
`projects:write`, `watches:write`	Reads saved data

Reading saved data does not start a verification job. Mutations can change saved records or access; the effects below apply.

Example request

Connect through MCP, CLI, or HTTP. Replace example identifiers with records from your workspace.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "preview_resource_deletion",
    "arguments": {
      "resourceType": "watch",
      "resourceId": "resource_example"
    }
  }
}

linktrail call preview_resource_deletion --args '{"resourceType":"watch","resourceId":"resource_example"}'

curl "$LINKTRAIL_API_URL/v1/commands/preview_resource_deletion" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LINKTRAIL_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"resourceType":"watch","resourceId":"resource_example"}'

Returned result

Illustrative data validated against the documented response schema. IDs and dates are examples, not a live account capture. MCP returns this data in structuredContent and in a text content block; generic HTTP and CLI return the JSON result directly.

{
  "resource_type": "watch",
  "resource_id": "resource_example",
  "project_id": "pr_example",
  "counts": {
    "watches": 1,
    "targets": 0,
    "jobs": 0,
    "target_jobs": 0,
    "observations": 0,
    "target_observations": 0,
    "events": 0,
    "target_events": 0
  },
  "blockers": [],
  "eligible": true,
  "confirmation": "delete watch resource_example",
  "state": "preview",
  "receipt": null,
  "scope": "Never-executed scratch resources only. Historical resource erasure is not available through this tool yet."
}

Input fields

Omit optional fields when you do not want to supply them. Null is accepted only where listed. Unknown input properties are rejected.

Field	Type	Presence	Meaning and constraints
`resourceType`	string	Required	The resource type value; allowed values and bounds are specified in this schema. values: “watch”, “target”, “project”
`resourceId`	string	Required	Identifier of the resource returned by its create or list operation. minLength: 1; maxLength: 200

Validation and omitted values

Only unused resources without execution or retained shared history qualify. Inspect eligible, blockers and the exact returned confirmation before requesting deletion.

Output fields

Fields inside optional or nullable parents apply only when that parent exists. Common schema conventions explain evidence states, empty lists and extensions.

Field	Type	Presence	Meaning and constraints
`resource_type`	string	Required	resource type recorded for this result. values: “watch”, “target”, “project”
`resource_id`	string	Required	resource id recorded for this result.
`project_id`	string	Required	Project that owns this record.
`counts`	object	Required	counts recorded for this result.
`counts.watches`	number	Optional	watches recorded for this result.
`counts.targets`	number	Optional	targets recorded for this result.
`counts.jobs`	number	Optional	jobs recorded for this result.
`counts.target_jobs`	number	Optional	target jobs recorded for this result.
`counts.observations`	number	Optional	observations recorded for this result.
`counts.target_observations`	number	Optional	target observations recorded for this result.
`counts.events`	number	Optional	events recorded for this result.
`counts.target_events`	number	Optional	target events recorded for this result.
`blockers`	array	Required	blockers recorded for this result.
`blockers[].code`	string	Required	code recorded for this result.
`blockers[].message`	string	Required	message recorded for this result.
`eligible`	boolean	Required	eligible recorded for this result.
`confirmation`	string	Required	confirmation recorded for this result.
`state`	string	Required	Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
`receipt`	object / null	Required	receipt recorded for this result.
`receipt.id`	string	Required	Resource identifier returned by the operation.
`receipt.workspace_id`	string	Required	Workspace that owns this record.
`receipt.project_id`	string	Required	Project that owns this record.
`receipt.resource_type`	string	Required	resource type recorded for this result. values: “watch”, “target”, “project”
`receipt.resource_id`	string	Required	resource id recorded for this result.
`receipt.requested_at`	string	Required	requested at recorded for this result.
`receipt.requested_by`	string	Required	requested by recorded for this result.
`receipt.state`	string	Required	Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record. values: “pending”, “completed”
`receipt.replayed`	boolean	Optional	True when the response reuses an earlier request with the same idempotency value.
`scope`	string	Required	scope recorded for this result.

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Errors and retries

The command is annotated idempotent. Reuse an accepted idempotency key when the input provides one; changing the payload under a reused key can conflict. See error recovery for status, scope, cooldown, cursor and retry handling. Unknown observations are result data and do not establish loss.

HTTP resource routes

This operation has no separate resource alias. Use its generic command route in a matching environment.

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Preview resource deletion

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Input fields

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​Example request

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Example request

Returned result

Input fields

Validation and omitted values

Output fields

Errors and retries

HTTP resource routes

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