Update link watch

update_link_watch Pause/resume a placement or update cadence and expectations.

Hosted MCP registration verified. These schemas describe the development contract; confirm supported inputs with tools/list. Generic CLI/HTTP calls require a matching development server. Configure LINKTRAIL_API_URL; production does not expose these command routes.

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

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": "update_link_watch",
    "arguments": {
      "watchId": "watch_example"
    }
  }
}

linktrail call update_link_watch --args '{"watchId":"watch_example"}'

curl "$LINKTRAIL_API_URL/v1/commands/update_link_watch" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LINKTRAIL_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"watchId":"watch_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.

{
  "workspace_id": "ws_example",
  "project_id": "pr_example",
  "status": "paused",
  "cadence_seconds": 86400,
  "state": "unknown",
  "observation_state": {},
  "created_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
  "last_attempt_at": null,
  "last_success_at": null,
  "last_observation_id": null,
  "next_check_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
  "overdue_reason": null,
  "id": "watch_example",
  "source_url": "https://publisher.example.org/article",
  "target_url": "https://example.com/",
  "target_scope": "exact",
  "expected_anchor": null,
  "expected_rel": null,
  "local_reference": "ledger:example",
  "last_successful_observation_id": null
}

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
`watchId`	string	Required	Identifier of the watch returned by its create or list operation. minLength: 1; maxLength: 200
`status`	string	Optional	Lifecycle status filter or requested status; this is separate from observation state. values: “active”, “paused”
`cadenceSeconds`	integer	Optional	Scheduled check interval in seconds, from 3600 to 2592000. minimum: 3600; maximum: 2592000
`expectedAnchor`	string / null	Optional	Expected link anchor text; null clears the expectation.
`expectedRel`	array / null	Optional	Expected rel tokens; null clears the expectation.
`localReference`	string	Optional	Customer-owned reference to associate this record with a local ledger entry. maxLength: 200

Validation and omitted values

Supply at least one update field besides watchId. Omitted status, cadence and expectation fields preserve their existing values. Explicit null clears expectedAnchor or expectedRel. Lengthening cadence can postpone an existing due slot after a prior attempt; it does not shorten a stored retry floor. Resuming a paused watch can make its first check due now. Relation expectations allow at most twenty tokens, each one to forty letters, digits, _ or -.

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
`id`	string	Required	Resource identifier returned by the operation.
`workspace_id`	string	Required	Workspace that owns this record.
`project_id`	string	Required	Project that owns this record.
`status`	string	Required	Resource lifecycle status. values: “active”, “paused”
`cadence_seconds`	number	Required	cadence seconds recorded for this result.
`state`	string	Required	Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
`observation_state`	object	Required	Saved observation state. Before the first check, this object can be empty.
`observation_state.state`	string	Optional	Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
`observation_state.uncertain`	boolean	Optional	uncertain recorded for this result.
`observation_state.checked_at`	string	Optional	UTC timestamp of the saved check.
`observation_state.lastChangedAt`	string / null	Optional	last Changed At recorded for this result.
`observation_state.firstAbsentAt`	string / null	Optional	first Absent At recorded for this result.
`observation_state.consecutiveAbsent`	number	Optional	consecutive Absent recorded for this result.
`observation_state.nextCheckAt`	string / null	Optional	next Check At recorded for this result.
`observation_state.reason`	string / null	Optional	Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
`observation_state.latestAttempt`	object / null	Optional	latest Attempt recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.state`	string	Optional	Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.reason`	string / null	Optional	Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.checkedAt`	string	Optional	checked At recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.httpStatus`	number / null	Optional	http Status recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrenceCount`	number	Optional	occurrence Count recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences`	array	Optional	occurrences recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].href`	string / null	Optional	href recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].targetUrl`	string / null	Optional	target Url recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].anchor`	string / null	Optional	anchor recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].rel`	array	Optional	rel recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].context`	string / null	Optional	context recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].locator`	object / null	Optional	locator recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].locator.line`	number / null	Optional	line recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].locator.column`	number / null	Optional	column recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.occurrences[].locator.offset`	number / null	Optional	offset recorded for this result.
`observation_state.latestAttempt.checkerVersion`	string	Optional	checker Version recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation`	object / null	Optional	last Successful Observation recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.state`	string	Optional	Saved lifecycle or evidence state, as enumerated for this record.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.reason`	string / null	Optional	Recorded explanation; null when no explanation applies.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.checkedAt`	string	Optional	checked At recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.httpStatus`	number / null	Optional	http Status recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrenceCount`	number	Optional	occurrence Count recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences`	array	Optional	occurrences recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].href`	string / null	Optional	href recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].targetUrl`	string / null	Optional	target Url recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].anchor`	string / null	Optional	anchor recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].rel`	array	Optional	rel recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].context`	string / null	Optional	context recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].locator`	object / null	Optional	locator recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].locator.line`	number / null	Optional	line recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].locator.column`	number / null	Optional	column recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.occurrences[].locator.offset`	number / null	Optional	offset recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservation.checkerVersion`	string	Optional	checker Version recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulObservationSameAsLatestAttempt`	boolean	Optional	last Successful Observation Same As Latest Attempt recorded for this result.
`observation_state.confirmedState`	string / null	Optional	confirmed State recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastSuccessfulAt`	string / null	Optional	last Successful At recorded for this result.
`observation_state.lastHealthyAt`	string / null	Optional	last Healthy At recorded for this result.
`observation_state.firstUnavailableAt`	string / null	Optional	first Unavailable At recorded for this result.
`observation_state.unavailableCount`	number	Optional	unavailable Count recorded for this result.
`observation_state.wasEverHealthy`	boolean	Optional	was Ever Healthy recorded for this result.
`observation_state.retryNotBefore`	string / null	Optional	retry Not Before recorded for this result.
`observation_state.ignored`	boolean	Optional	ignored recorded for this result.
`created_at`	string	Required	UTC timestamp when the record was created.
`updated_at`	string	Required	UTC timestamp of the last record update.
`last_attempt_at`	string / null	Required	last attempt at recorded for this result.
`last_success_at`	string / null	Required	last success at recorded for this result.
`last_observation_id`	string / null	Required	last observation id recorded for this result.
`next_check_at`	string / null	Required	next check at recorded for this result.
`overdue_reason`	string / null	Required	overdue reason recorded for this result.
`source_url`	string	Required	Publisher page URL recorded in this evidence.
`target_url`	string	Required	Destination URL recorded in this evidence.
`target_scope`	string	Required	target scope recorded for this result.
`expected_anchor`	string / null	Required	expected anchor recorded for this result.
`expected_rel`	array / null	Required	expected rel recorded for this result.
`local_reference`	string / null	Required	Customer reference for joining this record to a local ledger entry.
`last_successful_observation_id`	string / null	Required	last successful observation id recorded for this result.
`history_compacted_before`	string / null	Optional	history compacted before recorded for this result.
`created`	boolean	Optional	True when this request created the record; false when an existing record was reused.
`detail`	string	Optional	detail recorded for this result.

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Errors and retries

This command is not annotated idempotent. After a timeout, inspect existing state before repeating a write. See error recovery for status, scope, cooldown, cursor and retry handling. Unknown observations are result data and do not establish loss.

HTTP resource routes

These existing resource routes share the operation’s domain behavior. Their parameter placement, status and response envelope can differ from generic invocation. See HTTP route details.

Method and route	Success	Details
`PATCH /v1/watches/{watchId}`	200	Remaining arguments go in a JSON object body.

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