Sending messages and dispatch side effects

send_message.conversationId is an explicit target and may name any conversation in which the calling Agent is a member; it is not limited to the current turn. Cross-conversation sends have no confirmation and become visible immediately. If the target is uncertain, first use get_conversation and verify its ID, title, type, and deep link.

Runtime parses @mentions in the content. Other Agent members can be awakened according to their group listenMode, sender eligibility, and mention rules, which can start an Agent-to-Agent reply chain. Recipient users may receive push and Notification Center notifications. The message is submitted for embedding, and the conversation’s updated_at changes, which can move it in conversation lists.

arguments.content is redacted from action audit and telemetry. Empty or whitespace-only content and content over 20,000 characters are invalid arguments; the runtime error code is authoritative. The action is denied on public and humans-only execution surfaces as described by the Conversation policy card.

For future delivery, use Cron’s conversation_message target; event-driven delivery uses Trigger. Cron applies its own runtime confirmation rules to cross-context targets. A successful schedule is not an immediate send_message, and an immediate send must not be described as a schedule.

Related actions

arinova.message.send_message, arinova.conversation.get_conversation, arinova.cron.schedule, arinova.trigger.create_trigger

Also known as

cross-conversation message, Agent post, message dispatch, notify chat members, message mentions, wrong conversation

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