Triggering Jobs

Trigger jobs and bulk trigger jobs from the CLI.

strait trigger

Shortcut for jobs trigger. Resolves job by ID first, then by slug (requires --project for slug resolution).

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--payload	string		JSON payload for the job
--payload-file	string		Path to a file containing the JSON payload
--priority	int	0	Job priority
--project	string		Project ID (required for slug resolution)

Trigger by ID with inline payload:

strait trigger job_123 --payload '{"key": "value"}'

Trigger by slug with payload from file:

strait trigger my-job-slug --project my-project --payload-file payload.json

Trigger with payload from stdin:

echo '{"key": "value"}' | strait trigger job_123 --payload -

Trigger a job with full options.

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--payload	string		JSON payload for the job
--payload-file	string		Path to a file containing the JSON payload
--priority	int	0	Job priority
--scheduled-at	string		RFC3339 timestamp for scheduled execution
--idempotency-key	string		Key to ensure the job is triggered only once

strait jobs trigger job_123 --scheduled-at "2026-03-07T12:00:00Z"

Trigger multiple instances of a job.

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--items-json	string		JSON array of payloads
--items-file	string		Path to a file containing a JSON array of payloads

strait jobs trigger-bulk job_123 --items-file batch.json

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