Triggering a Fire-and-Forget Agent Invocation

Both golem and golem-cli can be used — all commands below work with either binary.

Usage

golem agent invoke --trigger <AGENT_ID> <FUNCTION_NAME> [ARGUMENTS...]

The --trigger (or -t) flag sends the invocation request to the agent and returns immediately without waiting for the result. The invocation is enqueued and executed asynchronously by the Golem runtime.

When to Use Trigger

• When the caller does not need the return value
• When you want to start a long-running operation without blocking
• When enqueuing work for background processing
• When combined with --schedule-at for future execution

Examples

Trigger a method with no wait

golem agent invoke --trigger 'MyAgent()' startBackgroundJob '"job-123"'

Trigger in a specific environment

golem agent invoke --trigger 'staging/MyAgent("user-123")' sendNotification '"Your order is ready"'

Trigger with an explicit idempotency key

golem agent invoke --trigger -i 'job-run-2024-01-15' 'BatchProcessor()' runDailyReport

Available Options

Option	Description
-t, --trigger	Required. Trigger the invocation without waiting
-i, --idempotency-key <KEY>	Set a specific idempotency key; use "-" for auto-generated
--no-stream	Disable live streaming of agent stdout/stderr/log
--schedule-at <DATETIME>	Schedule the invocation at a specific time (ISO 8601 format, e.g. 2026-03-15T10:30:00Z)

Difference from Regular Invoke

	golem agent invoke	golem agent invoke --trigger
Waits for result	Yes	No
Returns value	Yes	Only the idempotency key
Streams output	Yes (by default)	No
Use case	Synchronous calls	Fire-and-forget / background work

Idempotency

Triggered invocations also use idempotency keys. If the same idempotency key is used, the invocation will not be executed again.

Auto-Deploy

If the agent's component has not been deployed yet and the CLI is run from an application directory, the command will automatically build and deploy the component before triggering.

Value Syntax

The agent ID parameters and method arguments use Scala syntax:

• Field names use camelCase with = separator
• Options: Some(value) / None
• Records: MyRecord(fieldOne = 1, fieldTwo = "hello")
• Variants: MyEnum.VariantName(value)
• Tuples: (1, "hello")

golem agent invoke --trigger 'MyAgent("user-123")' sendEmail 'EmailRequest(to = "alice@example.com", subject = "Hello", body = "World")'