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title: "actor.skill-run-request@1 · OpenVibe.Services"
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# actor.skill-run-request@1 · OpenVibe.Services

HTML: [actor.skill-run-request@1 · OpenVibe.Services](https://openvibe.services/docs/contracts/actor.skill-run-request)

# ActorSkillRunRequest `actor.skill-run-request@1`

Generated at 2026-11-13 06:25:48 UTC from [`openvibe-contracts v0.419.0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Contracts/tree/v0.419.0) and [`openvibe-sdk v0.161.0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.SDK/tree/v0.161.0).

- Version: 1.0.0
- Owner: actor
- Visibility: public
- Status: active
- Compatibility: backward
- Schema: [`https://openvibe.network/contracts/actor/skill-run-request.v1.json`](/docs/contracts/actor.skill-run-request.json)

actor.skill-run-request@1: POST /api/v1/runs starts a public prompt skill as this person, using normal task approvals and budget.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description | Constraints |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `skill` | string | yes |  | - `minLength 1`<br>- `maxLength 80` |
| `input` | object |  |  |  |
| `choice` | object |  |  | - `no other fields` |
| `choice.mode` | enum |  |  | - `one of "cheapest", "balanced", "best", "fastest", "private"` |

## Examples

From the contract's own test fixtures: valid ones validate, rejected ones must fail.

 Valid: basic

~~~~
{
  "skill": "research-brief",
  "input": {
    "title": "Trip"
  },
  "choice": {
    "mode": "balanced"
  }
}
~~~~

Rejected: mode

~~~~
{
  "skill": "research-brief",
  "choice": {
    "mode": "surprise"
  }
}
~~~~

## Validate

~~~~
const contracts = require('openvibe-contracts');
contracts.validate('actor.skill-run-request@1', value);   // { valid, errors: [{ path, message }] }
~~~~