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delete_task

Soft-delete an ordinary task.

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## delete_task

Soft-delete an ordinary task.

Use to remove ad-hoc tasks; deletion is a retained soft delete.

Workflow requests are audit-retained and cannot be deleted; the call fails instead.

Scopes: task:delete

Risk: write; confirmation: none; idempotency: required.

### Input schema (personal API key)

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "workspaceId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|[fF]{8}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{12})$",
      "format": "uuid"
    },
    "taskId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|[fF]{8}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{12})$",
      "format": "uuid"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "workspaceId",
    "taskId"
  ],
  "patternProperties": {
    "^(?!(?:workspaceId|taskId)$)[\\s\\S]*$": false
  },
  "additionalProperties": true,
  "propertyNames": {
    "type": "string",
    "enum": [
      "workspaceId",
      "taskId"
    ]
  }
}
```

### Input schema (OAuth / delegated agent)

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "workspaceId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|[fF]{8}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{12})$",
      "format": "uuid"
    },
    "taskId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|[fF]{8}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{12})$",
      "format": "uuid"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "workspaceId",
    "taskId"
  ],
  "patternProperties": {
    "^(?!(?:workspaceId|taskId)$)[\\s\\S]*$": false
  },
  "additionalProperties": true,
  "propertyNames": {
    "type": "string",
    "enum": [
      "workspaceId",
      "taskId"
    ]
  }
}
```

### Output schema (structuredContent)

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|[fF]{8}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{4}-[fF]{12})$",
      "format": "uuid"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "patternProperties": {
    "^(?!(?:id)$)[\\s\\S]*$": false
  },
  "additionalProperties": true,
  "propertyNames": {
    "anyOf": [
      {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "id"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

### Underlying API operations

- `tasks.delete`: `DELETE /v1/workspaces/:workspaceId/tasks/:taskId`