devin_request_async
Destructive
Launch a Devin CLI coding task as a durable background job and retrieve output later with job status and result endpoints, enabling long-running requests without blocking.
Instructions
Start a Cognition Devin CLI request as a durable background job. Poll with llm_job_status, collect with llm_job_result.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| model | No | Model name or alias (e.g. opus, latest) | |
| config | No | Config file path (Devin --config <PATH>) | |
| prompt | No | Prompt text for Devin CLI. Required in practice; promptFile is additive (loads an initial prompt from a file). | |
| sandbox | No | Run the Devin session in a sandbox (Devin --sandbox). Safety control: never defaulted on; pass true to opt in. | |
| worktree | No | Slice λ: run this request inside a dedicated git worktree owned by the gateway. `true` creates a fresh worktree at `<repoRoot>/.worktrees/<uuid>` branched from HEAD. `{ name?, ref? }` lets the caller supply a sanitized name and/or a git ref (default: HEAD). When the request carries a sessionId and the session already has a worktree, reuse requires same-host ownership metadata and a matching live Git registration. Named path collisions never reuse manager state. Gateway-managed worktrees require the local file-backed session manager and fail closed with PostgreSQL sessions. The Grok, Devin, and Mistral adapters require an explicit provider-native sessionId; fresh, createNewSession, and resumeLatest-only worktree requests fail closed because they cannot durably reselect the worktree. The request must select a registered workspace explicitly, through caller-owned session metadata, or through the configured default. Worktrees never fall back to the gateway process cwd and cannot be combined with local workingDir, addDir, or includeDirs paths. The gateway spawns the child CLI with `cwd: <worktree-path>`; no `-w`/`--worktree` flag is ever emitted to the underlying CLI. On worktree materialization, the gateway suppresses repository, system, and global Git hooks and configured clean, smudge, and process checkout filters, sparse checkout, and lazy object fetching. Filter-dependent content such as Git LFS remains in its repository representation instead of executing host commands. On session_delete or TTL eviction the gateway hides the session and runs `git worktree remove --force`. Failed removal retains a durable cleanup-pending tombstone which blocks reuse and is retried when the file store is registered on the owning host. The tombstone is finalized only after verified Git removal. Successful responses are prefixed with `[gateway] worktree=<absolute-path>\n` so callers can use the path. For Claude approvalStrategy:mcp_managed, requesting or reusing a worktree requires approval and LLM_GATEWAY_APPROVAL_ALLOW_BYPASS=1. Other adapters reject mcp_managed before launch. NOTE: callers should `.gitignore` the `.worktrees/` directory in their repo (the gateway does NOT auto-gitignore; see slice λ spec Q4). | |
| sessionId | No | Devin session ID to resume (--resume <id>; use resumeLatest for --continue). Note: the gw-* id minted for a brand-new session is not resumable via sessionId; continue with resumeLatest:true. | |
| workspace | No | Registered workspace alias for remote HTTP/OAuth provider calls. Do not use this field, workspace_list, or workspace_register_existing_repo as a fallback for stdio/local provider path access; pass workingDir/addDir/includeDirs directly instead. | |
| promptFile | No | Load the initial prompt from a file (--prompt-file) | |
| workingDir | No | Local Devin process working directory. Stdio/local callers may pass local paths directly. Remote HTTP/OAuth callers must use relative paths inside a selected registered workspace. Do not call workspace_* tools to fix stdio/local provider path access. | |
| agentConfig | No | Agent config file path (Devin --agent-config <FILE>). devin 3000.4.16 and newer no longer advertise this flag and will reject it; the gateway passes it through rather than refusing it, because older devin installs still accept it and the binary is the authority on its own flags. | |
| forceRefresh | No | Bypass dedup and force a fresh CLI run even if a recent identical request exists | |
| resumeLatest | No | Resume the most recent Devin session in cwd (--continue). Note: the gw-* id minted for a brand-new session is not resumable via sessionId; continue with resumeLatest:true. | |
| correlationId | No | Request trace ID (auto if omitted) | |
| exportSession | No | Export the conversation (Devin --export [<PATH>]). ON BY DEFAULT to a gateway-owned path under ~/.llm-cli-gateway/devin-transcripts: devin writes only its final text to stdout, so without the export a run leaves no reconstructable record. Pass false to opt out, true for a bare --export (devin picks the path), or a string for your own path. | |
| idleTimeoutMs | No | Total-runtime bound, not an idle timer: this provider emits no output until it exits, so the child is killed after this duration even while healthy. Min 30s, max 1h, omit=1h default. | |
| providerFlags | No | Flags passed to the provider binary verbatim, keyed exactly as the binary spells them (e.g. {"--best-of-n": "3", "--verbatim": true, "--rules": ["a", "b"]}). Use this for any flag your installed CLI accepts that this schema does not name: the binary decides what it supports, not the gateway. true emits the flag alone; a list REPEATS the flag once per item (pass a joined string if your CLI wants a comma-separated value). Values may not start with '-', and a flag the gateway is already emitting for this request is refused rather than duplicated. LOCAL stdio callers only: remote HTTP/OAuth callers are refused every flag here and should use this tool's declared parameters, which carry their own host-path and approval gates. | |
| approvalPolicy | No | approvalPolicy is unavailable for this provider. It has no effect with legacy, and mcp_managed is rejected before launch because ambient MCP configuration cannot be isolated. | |
| optimizePrompt | No | Optimize prompt before execution | |
| permissionMode | No | Devin CLI permission mode (--permission-mode). auto, accept-edits, smart, or dangerous. When omitted, Devin uses its own headless default; choose an explicit mode for unattended runs. | |
| approvalStrategy | No | Approval strategy: legacy is supported. mcp_managed is rejected before launch because this adapter cannot isolate ambient MCP configuration. | legacy |
| compressResponse | No | Compress the response display text when collected via llm_job_result (native compressor; default: [compression].enabled). | |
| createNewSession | No | Force a new session | |
| respectWorkspaceTrust | No | Respect workspace trust (Devin --respect-workspace-trust <bool>). Devin defaults true for interactive and false for print mode; set explicitly to override. |