Enhance documentation

comment.start

Start a comment thread anchored to a canvas location.

comment.start

mutation write

Use when the requested change exactly matches comment.start; read the current state first when a version or identifier may have changed.

Before calling

Authenticate as the accountable Enhance person.
Use only resource identifiers returned by an earlier capability result or supplied by the person.
Reuse clientToken only when retrying this exact mutation input.

Input

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Example

Show example input

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 "canvasId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000010",
 "clientThreadId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000010",
 "anchor": {
  "on": "canvas",
  "point": {
   "x": 0,
   "y": 0
  }
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 "body": "x"
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Result

Returns a typed comment.start result from the Enhance API without transport-specific prose.

Recovery

BAD_REQUEST: correct the named fields and call again.
UNAUTHORIZED: restore Enhance authentication, then retry once.
FORBIDDEN or NOT_FOUND: check the supplied resource and selection; do not substitute unrelated content. Ask for corrected access or scope if needed.
CONFLICT: read the current resource, merge the intended change, and retry with its version.
INTERNAL: run Enhance diagnostics, report the failure, and stop repeating the call.

Continue with

Read the affected comment resource to confirm the result.

Compatibility: 53e10bd15c5cf696457531833eb39413f92661c94e6ccbe688d6ad71f5460c14.