Save a backlink contact

save_contact Create or replace a private backlink contact by its stable externalRef at an expected revision (0 creates). Identical replay is a no-op; no outreach is sent.

Name recorded in the 2026-10-27 deployment. This page describes current source; verify inputs and access in your connected catalog. Provider configuration and workspace access still apply.

Access	Behavior
`watches:write`	Writes or admits work; can change or remove existing state

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": "save_contact",
    "arguments": {
      "projectId": "project_example",
      "revision": 0,
      "contact": {
        "externalRef": "source:publisher",
        "name": "Example publisher",
        "email": "editor@publisher.example",
        "contactUrl": null
      }
    }
  }
}

agentlinkops call save_contact --args '{"projectId":"project_example","revision":0,"contact":{"externalRef":"source:publisher","name":"Example publisher","email":"editor@publisher.example","contactUrl":null}}'

curl --fail-with-body https://app.agentlinkops.com/v1/commands/save_contact \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTLINKOPS_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"projectId":"project_example","revision":0,"contact":{"externalRef":"source:publisher","name":"Example publisher","email":"editor@publisher.example","contactUrl":null}}'

Returned result

Schema-validated example; IDs and dates are illustrative. MCP returns this data in structuredContent and in a text content block; generic HTTP and CLI return the JSON result directly.

{
  "contact": {
    "id": "contact_example",
    "projectId": "pr_example",
    "externalRef": "outreach:example:publisher",
    "name": "Example publisher",
    "email": null,
    "contactUrl": null,
    "revision": "e61fed8c-85c3-4f30-a4d8-d84934f27698",
    "createdAt": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "replayed": false
}

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
`projectId`	string	Required	project ID from create/list. minLength: `1`; maxLength: `200`
`revision`	number / string	Required	Current contact revision from list_contacts or save_contact; 0 creates.
`contact`	object	Required	additional fields rejected
`contact.externalRef`	string	Required	minLength: `1`; maxLength: `200`
`contact.name`	string	Required	minLength: `1`; maxLength: `120`
`contact.email`	string / null	Required
`contact.contactUrl`	string / null	Required
`acceptTermsVersion`	string	Optional	Supply the current terms version only after an owner or administrator explicitly agrees for everyone saving contacts on this website. Never infer agreement from an import or contact read. minLength: `1`; maxLength: `80`

Validation and omitted values

The stable identity is workspace, project and externalRef. Use revision 0 to create; use the current opaque revision to replace all four supplied fields. Identical content replays without a contact write, subject to the current contact terms. Email and contact-page fields may be null. Saving a contact changes no sender record, sequence, watch schedule or verification job. If access changes after a save commits, the response may fail despite a saved record. Retain externalRef and intended content; read list_contacts when authorized before reconciling. A failed response does not prove no write. When a contact terms policy is active, list_contacts returns its current version and acceptance state. Only a current workspace owner or administrator may supply acceptTermsVersion after explicitly agreeing for everyone who saves contacts on that website. Never infer agreement from a read or import. The acknowledgment may commit before a later contact save fails; reread list_contacts.terms before reconciling. Reads, export, deletion and clearing a link’s contact stay available without acceptance.

Output fields

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

contact (object, required).
replayed (boolean, required): True when the response reuses an earlier request with the same idempotency value.

All fields and nested objects

Types, allowed values, limits and nested fields:

Field	Type	Presence	Meaning and constraints
`contact`	object	Required	additional fields rejected
`contact.externalRef`	string	Required	minLength: `1`; maxLength: `200`
`contact.name`	string	Required	minLength: `1`; maxLength: `120`
`contact.email`	string / null	Required
`contact.contactUrl`	string / null	Required
`contact.id`	string	Required	Resource identifier returned by the operation. minLength: `1`; maxLength: `200`
`contact.projectId`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation. minLength: `1`; maxLength: `200`
`contact.revision`	string	Required	Revision of this saved contact. Supply it as revision when updating or deleting the contact. format: `"uuid"`; pattern: `"^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}\|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"`
`contact.createdAt`	string	Required
`contact.updatedAt`	string	Required
`contact.attention`	object / null	Optional
`contact.relatedRecords`	array	Optional
`contact.relatedRecords[].watchId`	string	Required	Identifier returned by the related operation. minLength: `1`; maxLength: `200`
`contact.relatedRecords[].sourceUrl`	string / null	Required
`contact.relatedRecords[].publisherUrl`	string	Required
`contact.relatedRecords[].targetUrl`	string	Required
`contact.relatedRecords[].progress`	string / null	Required
`contact.relatedRecords[].monitoring`	boolean	Required
`contact.relatedRecords[].participationId`	string	Optional	Identifier returned by the related operation. minLength: `1`; maxLength: `200`
`contact.relatedRecords[].campaign`	string	Optional
`contact.relatedRecords[].lastContactedAt`	string / null	Optional
`contact.hasMoreRelatedRecords`	boolean	Optional
`replayed`	boolean	Required	True when the response reuses an earlier request with the same idempotency value.

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Errors and retries

This write is annotated idempotent without a caller-supplied idempotency key. Reconcile saved state after an uncertain response, then use the same inputs for the same intended operation. Do not add an unsupported key. 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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list_contacts · set_link_contact Follow the related workflow. See capability status for availability or the command index for another operation.

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Save a backlink contact

Example request

Returned result

Input fields

Validation and omitted values

Output fields

Errors and retries

HTTP resource routes

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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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Example request

Returned result

Input fields

Validation and omitted values

Output fields

Errors and retries

HTTP resource routes

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