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Primary execution tool. Use this to actually do the job through APIClaw: live web search, scraping, speech, LLM calls, invoices, screenshots, currency, weather, and other external API work. Requires a free workspace; if not authenticated, the response will return action="agent_auth_required" with the CLI command to run (npx @nordsym/apiclaw auth login).

SINGLE CALL: Provide provider + action + params CHAIN: Provide chain array to execute multiple APIs in sequence/parallel with cross-step references.

Chain features:

• Sequential: Steps execute in order, each can reference previous results via $stepId.property

• Parallel: Use { parallel: [...steps] } to run concurrently

• Conditional: Use { if: "$step.success", then: {...}, else: {...} }

• Loops: Use { forEach: "$step.results", as: "item", do: {...} }

• Error handling: Per-step retry/fallback via onError

• Async: Set async: true to get chainId immediately, poll or use webhook

Example chain: chain: [ { id: "search", provider: "brave_search", action: "search", params: { query: "AI agents" } }, { id: "summarize", provider: "openrouter", action: "chat", params: { message: "Summarize: $search.results" } } ]

Check the authenticated workspace tier, Free/Paid API status, and verified PAYG status.

Check your workspace status, tier, and usage remaining.

Find APIs by job-to-be-done. Use this when the user asks "what API can do X?", wants provider recommendations, or needs web search, scraping, email, SMS, speech, PDFs, browser automation, weather, finance, or other external capabilities.

Search mission templates by natural-language query. Returns ranked templates with slug, version, title, description, paramSchema, and match reasons. Ranking combines keyword relevance with live success-rate signal from providerHealth — templates whose steps call providers that have been degrading in the last 30 days slide down automatically. Use this to find the right template by intent before calling start_mission.

Inspect one provider after discovery. Good when the agent needs endpoint names, params, pricing, auth, or docs. Use compact=true to avoid oversized responses in Claude/Desktop.

List API categories with total + callable counts. Lightweight by design — does NOT dump every API ID. Use discover_apis(query, category) to drill into a category.

Summary of managed providers callable right now through APIClaw with no key paste. Defaults to a compact execution-ready summary. Pass verbose=true only if the agent explicitly needs source-verified discovery entries. Use discover_apis(query) for narrow lookups instead of dumping the whole catalog.

List recent missions in the current workspace (most recent first).

List the mission templates available to your agent and the parameters each one accepts.

List the live APIClaw model catalog. Entries identify the model owner, serving source, and compatible gateway endpoint. Catalog presence does not prove execution readiness.

Check status, audit events, cost, and final result for a mission started via start_mission.

Start a mission — a structured, observable orchestration that runs on APIClaw's runtime. Use this when the user wants to spin up a multi-step task rather than a single API call. Returns a missionId you can poll with mission_status. Legacy templates run through the hand-coded path; data-driven templates run through the v2 composition runner when template_version is pinned.