Responsibilities are units of work attached to project, process, or area nodes. Data sources and tools are descriptive metadata listing what a node reads from and what it uses. See Actors & Responsibilities for the conceptual model.
Create a responsibility on a node. Optionally assign initial actors in the same call.
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
node_id |
string |
yes |
Project, process, or area to attach to |
title |
string |
yes |
Short title |
description |
string |
no |
Longer explanation |
sort_order |
number |
no |
Display order within the node (lower sorts first). Default 0 |
assignees |
string[] |
no |
Actor IDs to assign on creation |
Returns: the created responsibility row ({ id, node_id, title, description, sort_order, assignees }).
Update fields on an existing responsibility. Only provided fields change.
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
responsibility_id |
string |
yes |
Responsibility ID |
title |
string |
no |
New title |
description |
string | null |
no |
New description. Pass null to clear |
sort_order |
number |
no |
New sort order |
Assignments are managed separately via portuni_assign_responsibility and portuni_unassign_responsibility.
Delete a responsibility. Cascades to assignments – the actors stay, the assignment records are removed.
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
responsibility_id |
string |
yes |
Responsibility ID |
List responsibilities, optionally filtered.
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
node_id |
string |
no |
Filter to one node |
actor_id |
string |
no |
Filter to responsibilities assigned to one actor |
Returns: array of responsibility records, each with its assignees (actor IDs and names).
Two parallel attribute lists hang off project / process / area nodes.
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
node_id |
string |
yes |
Project, process, or area |
name |
string |
yes |
Short display name (e.g. “CRM Airtable”, “Q3 revenue report”) |
description |
string |
no |
Optional detail |
external_link |
string |
no |
Optional plain URL (http://, https://, or mailto: only). No credentials in the URL — they would land in audit logs |
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
data_source_id |
string |
yes |
Data source ID |
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
node_id |
string |
yes |
Node to list for |
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
node_id |
string |
yes |
Project, process, or area |
name |
string |
yes |
Short display name (e.g. “Asana”, “Figma”, “Slack”) — identifies what it is, not live state from the linked system |
description |
string |
no |
Optional detail. Identify what the linked resource is; skip live state (status, stage, counts, assignees, dates) — Portuni does not auto-sync and any such state would go stale |
external_link |
string |
no |
Optional plain URL (http://, https://, or mailto: only). No credentials in the URL — they would land in audit logs |
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
tool_id |
string |
yes |
Tool ID |
| Parameter |
Type |
Required |
Description |
node_id |
string |
yes |
Node to list for |