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pause-mission

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Pause a running background mission. The mission will stop executing on its schedule until resumed. Use when the user wants to temporarily stop a mission without deleting it. Keywords: mission, pause, stop, suspend, disable.

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Pause Mission

Pauses a background mission so it stops executing on its schedule.

Preconditions

  • A mission ID or title is provided
  • The mission exists and belongs to the current user
  • The mission is currently active

Actions

1. Resolve Mission ID

If the user provides a title instead of an ID, search for the matching mission:

missions = await list_missions_activity({"user_id": user_id})
match = next((m for m in missions["missions"] if title in m["title"]), None)
mission_id = match["id"]

2. Pause the Mission

result = await temporal_client.execute_activity(
    "update_mission_status_activity",
    {
        "mission_id": mission_id,
        "status": "paused",
        "user_id": user_id,
    }
)

3. Confirm to User

⏸️  Mission paused: **Cluster health monitor** (mission-abc123)

The agent will no longer run this mission automatically.
To resume it, say: "resume mission mission-abc123"

Success Criteria

  • Mission status updated to "paused"
  • User receives confirmation

Failure Handling

  • If mission not found: list available missions and ask for clarification
  • If already paused: inform the user it is already paused

Examples

User: "Pause the cluster health monitor" User: "Stop mission mission-abc123" User: "Disable my daily news digest"