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Pause an automation

An MCP tool from the OpenAI API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Pause an automation Pauses future scheduled delivery without stopping an active session. [POST /agents/automations/{automation_id}/pause]

Name on the gateway: openai_api__pause_agent_automation · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
automation_id requiredstringautomation_id parameter

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "openai_api__pause_agent_automation",
  "arguments": {
    "automation_id": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the OpenAI API server directly, which lists 371 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-openai-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/openai-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the pause an automation tool with automation_id set to ….

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