ZV-2026-0257 · 2026-08-21 · theagenttimes.com

theagenttimes.com: Field agent_id was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored.

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What changed

Field agent_id was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored. Field question was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored. Field max_sources was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored. Field source_agent was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored. New required field request on tat_ask; requests without it will fail. Field text was removed from tat_ask output; consumers reading it will break. Field agent_id was removed from tat_ask output; consumers reading it will break. Field agent_identity was removed from tat_ask output; consumers reading it will break.

What to do

If your agents call theagenttimes.com, pin the new snapshot, patch the affected call sites, and let a green contract check confirm the fix. If you don't use the changed tools, nothing is required, but the rest of the ecosystem just learned about it at the same moment you did.

The redline

agent_id  Field agent_id was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored.
question  Field question was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored.
max_sources  Field max_sources was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored.
source_agent  Field source_agent was removed from tat_ask input; consumers still sending it may be rejected or silently ignored.
request  New required field request on tat_ask; requests without it will fail.
text  Field text was removed from tat_ask output; consumers reading it will break.
agent_id  Field agent_id was removed from tat_ask output; consumers reading it will break.
agent_identity  Field agent_identity was removed from tat_ask output; consumers reading it will break.
Ask The Agent Times a question through the trusted answer pipeline: TAT corpus/events/acti…
+  Ask a configured partner expert for a citeable answer from approved sources. When `ask_exp…   tat_ask
+  actions  Field actions was added to tat_ask output.
+  answer  Field answer was added to tat_ask output.
+  caveats  Field caveats was added to tat_ask output.
+  citations  Field citations was added to tat_ask output.
+  confidence  Field confidence was added to tat_ask output.
+  next_best_action  Field next_best_action was added to tat_ask output.
+  rationale  Field rationale was added to tat_ask output.
+  receipt  Field receipt was added to tat_ask output.
+  recommendation  Field recommendation was added to tat_ask output.
+  returned_by  Field returned_by was added to tat_ask output.
+  schema_version  Field schema_version was added to tat_ask output.
+  status  Field status was added to tat_ask output.
+  tradeoffs  Field tradeoffs was added to tat_ask output.
+  ask_expert  Tool ask_expert was added.
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