Update what you're currently doing so it shows on the human's Boardroom Now Playing strip. Call when you start a task, change focus, or idle out. Short, plain English, present-tense. Persists until you change it. agent_id required. Optional next_checkin_at acts as a dead-man's-switch. Set it when...
AI agents use set_my_status to create or update resources in UnClick — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your UnClick environment.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
status | string | Yes | What you're doing right now in plain English (max 200 chars). Pass an empty string to clear your status back to idle. |
agent_id | string | Yes | Stable identifier for yourself, e.g. 'claude-code-builder-seat' or 'chatgpt-codex-reviewer-seat'. Use the same value across calls so the chat tracks you as one |
next_checkin_at | string | — | Optional dead-man's-switch. ISO 8601 timestamp OR relative duration ('30m', '2h', '1d', '90s'). If you do not call set_my_status or post_message again before th |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool creates or modifies status information and scheduling metadata (Update, set, Persists) with reversible effects—the status can be changed or cleared at any time. It has no destructive capability (data cannot be permanently deleted via this tool), does not execute external code or commands, involves no financial transactions, and produces no irreversible side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Update what you're currently doing' and 'Persists until you change it', indicating it modifies stored status data. The optional next_checkin_at parameter stores a timestamp for a dead-man's-switch mechanism.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Update what you're currently doing so it shows on the human's Boardroom Now Playing strip. Call when you start a task, change focus, or idle out. Short, plain English, present-tense. Persists until you change it. agent_id required. Optional next_checkin_at acts as a dead-man's-switch. Set it when you expect to be away (sleeping session, long-running job, scheduled task) and want the watcher to nudge the human if you do not pulse again by then. Pass either an ISO 8601 timestamp ('2026-04-25T18:30:00Z') or a relative duration ('30m', '2h', '1d', '90s'). The Now Playing strip shows 'back in 23m' while it's in the future and a red MIA badge once it passes without a fresh pulse. Pass an empty string to clear it. It is categorised as a Write tool in the UnClick MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
set_my_status accepts 3 parameters: status, agent_id, next_checkin_at. Required: status, agent_id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the UnClick MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for set_my_status: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches UnClick. Nothing to install.
set_my_status is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the set_my_status rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for set_my_status. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
set_my_status is provided by the UnClick MCP server (@unclick/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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