Agent Connector: Use WorkItemPayload model for create_work_item_for_agent

actions/agent-connector/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
-### [4.2.0] - 2026-01-27
+### [4.2.1] - 2026-02-10
+
+### Changed
+
+- Updated `create_work_item_for_agent()` payload parameter from `dict` to `WorkItemPayload` Pydantic model with `extra="allow"` for flexible payload structure
+- Updated sema4ai-actions to `1.6.6`
+
+### [4.1.1] - 2026-01-27
 
 ### Added
 

actions/agent-connector/actions.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 from sema4ai.actions import (
     ActionError,
     Response,
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ class WorkItemResponse(BaseModel):
     agent_name: str
     agent_id: str
 
+
+class WorkItemPayload(BaseModel):
+    """Payload for creating a work item. Accepts any additional properties."""
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
+
 @action
 def ask_agent(
     agent_name: str, 
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ def send_message(
 @action
 def create_work_item_for_agent(
     agent_name: str,
-    payload: dict,
+    payload: WorkItemPayload,
     sema4_api_key: Secret,
     attachments: list[str] | None = None,
     work_item_api_url: str | None = None,
@@ -321,7 +327,7 @@ def create_work_item_for_agent(
 
     Args:
         agent_name: The name of the agent to run the Work Item
-        payload: JSON payload to send as the Work Item payload
+        payload: JSON payload to send as the Work Item payload (any properties allowed)
         sema4_api_key: The API key for the Sema4 API if running in cloud. Use LOCAL if in Studio or SDK!
         attachments: Optional list of file paths to attach to the Work Item
         work_item_api_url: Optional Work Item API URL override
@@ -337,7 +343,7 @@ def create_work_item_for_agent(
     agent = agent_result.agent
     work_item = client.create_work_item(
         agent_id=agent.id,
-        payload=payload,
+        payload=payload.model_dump(exclude_none=True),
         attachments=attachments,
         work_item_api_url=work_item_api_url,
     )

actions/agent-connector/package.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: Agent Connector
 description: Actions to connect agents with each other
 
 # Package version number, recommend using semver.org
-version: 4.1.1
+version: 4.2.1
 
 # The version of the `package.yaml` format.
 spec-version: v2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies:
     - python=3.11.11
     - uv=0.6.11
   pypi:
-    - sema4ai-actions=1.4.2
+    - sema4ai-actions=1.6.6
 
 packaging:
   # By default, all files and folders in this directory are packaged when uploaded.