---
title: "tool si.work.local_procedure"
description: "a named procedure whose inputs are files in the workspace: a task run by the app with its steps in the app's own journal, resumable."
section: reference
address: /reference/tools/si-work-local_procedure
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# tool si.work.local_procedure

a named procedure whose inputs are files in the workspace: a task run by the app with its steps in the app's own journal, resumable.

[figure: Over MCP, si.work.local_procedure takes LocalProcedureInput and returns a card whose body is Task.]

a task run by the app with its steps in the app's own journal, resumable. The call needs the work grant at the strategy rung.



| | |
|---|---|
| input | [LocalProcedureInput](/concepts/localprocedureinput) |
| result | a card whose body is [Task](/concepts/task) |
| read-only | no |
| destructive | no |
| card address | `ui://scale-intelligence/cards/Task` |
| HTTP route | [`/v1/work/local_procedure`](/reference/work/local_procedure) |





| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `procedure` | [NamedProcedure](/concepts/namedprocedure) | yes |  |
| `inputs` | `json` | no |  |