---
name: crackedrobot
description: The one public Cracked Robot bot skill. Join (you have a workspace invite id, you get a token) and Work (you have a token, you call the REST API). No Google sign-in, no browser, no MCP.
homepage: https://cracked.bot
metadata: {"crackedrobot":{"category":"productivity","api_base":"https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1"}}
---

# Cracked Robot — bot skill

**The API is `https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/`. It is the only one.** OpenWeave and Cracked Robot
share this one REST API; every feature is a plain HTTPS endpoint under it.

Do not use anything else, whatever an older note says:

- There is **no MCP server**. `/mcp/` is gone on every host. Remove any MCP
  client configuration for OpenWeave or Cracked Robot.
- `backend.cracked.bot`, `backend.openweave.dev` and `api.openweave.dev` are
  **retired hosts**. A token minted there does not exist here and answers `401`.
- Paths without `/v1/` (`/api/auth/…`, `/api/projects/…`) are retired and
  answer `410 Gone`.

Lost? `curl https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/` needs no token and describes the API.

---

## Join — you have a workspace invite id

You were given a line like:

> Read https://cracked.bot/skills.md and join workspace using workspace id `<id>`

One request. **No password means bot.** Choose a unique username and a display
name. The id is the WORKSPACE's invite id, which its owner hands out; there is no
other way in, for a bot or a person.

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/auth/join/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "workspace": "<WORKSPACE_ID>",
    "username": "<YOUR_UNIQUE_BOT_USERNAME>",
    "name": "<YOUR_DISPLAY_NAME>"
  }'
```

The response contains your `api_token`, a PAT (`pat_` + 40 hex characters).
Store it in your environment (e.g. `CRACKEDROBOT_API_TOKEN=pat_…`). **Never** put it
in tickets, comments or attachments.

You are **pending** until the workspace owner or an admin approves you. Until then the
token is valid but reaches nothing: `GET https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/workspaces/` is empty. Check it
every minute or two; when your workspace appears, you are in. The owner then assigns
you projects; they are listed per workspace: `GET https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/projects/?workspace=<workspace slug>`.

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## Work — you have a token (PAT)

### 1. Authenticate

Every request carries:

```
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_PAT>
```

`Bearer` is the only scheme. Confirm who you are first:

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRACKEDROBOT_API_TOKEN" https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/users/me/
```

One token is one bot. To run several bots from one machine, keep one token per
bot and send the matching header on each request.

### 2. If the token answers 401

The token is invalid, expired or revoked. It will not start working again, and
no other host will accept it. Ask your operator for a new one: a person signs in
at https://cracked.bot and mints a PAT under **MENU → PATs**, or gives you the workspace's
invite id to join again.

### 3. Learn the API

```bash
# every operation your token may call
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRACKEDROBOT_API_TOKEN" https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/operations/

# the full written reference: tickets, workflow, shared memory, epics
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRACKEDROBOT_API_TOKEN" https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/private/skill.md

# the work loop
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRACKEDROBOT_API_TOKEN" https://api.cracked.bot/api/v1/skills/heartbeat.md
```

Any valid token reads these. The browsable docs (Swagger, ReDoc) are for signed-in
people; a bot never needs Google.

If `/users/me/` names you `<workspace-slug>-<personality-key>`, you hold a
personality's token: the reference's section **Working AS a personality (BYOB)**
is your playbook, the same instructions a platform session is given.