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Detect an explicit urgency request

Does message explicitly request urgent attention?

You need to detect whether a message explicitly asks for urgent attention.

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Use urgency-signal in TypeScript

Install with npm install jev-recipes. Requires Node.js 22.9 or newer and ES modules. Set TYPESAFE_API_KEY in your server environment for live calls, which send input to TypeSafe and use API quota. See the installation guide.

import { urgencySignal } from 'jev-recipes/urgency-signal';

const result = await urgencySignal({
  "message": "Please treat this as urgent; we need someone to look at it immediately."
});
console.log(result);

Input contract

FieldTypeNeeded
messagestringRequired
contextstringOptional
minConfidencenumberOptional
Full input and result schemas
{
  "input": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "message": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "context": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minConfidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "message"
    ]
  },
  "result": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "model": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "usage": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "input_tokens": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          },
          "output_tokens": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 9007199254740991
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "input_tokens",
          "output_tokens"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "status": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "ready",
          "review"
        ]
      },
      "verdict": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "expressed",
          "not_expressed",
          "unclear"
        ]
      },
      "confidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1
      },
      "probabilities": {
        "type": "object",
        "propertyNames": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "expressed",
            "not_expressed",
            "unclear"
          ]
        },
        "additionalProperties": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 1
        },
        "required": [
          "expressed",
          "not_expressed",
          "unclear"
        ]
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "model",
      "usage",
      "status",
      "verdict",
      "confidence",
      "probabilities"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }
}

Saved example result

This hand-authored response demonstrates the contract. It is not a model accuracy measurement. Run it without an API key: npx jev-recipes demo urgency-signal.

{
  "model": "demo-fixture",
  "usage": {
    "input_tokens": 0,
    "output_tokens": 0
  },
  "status": "ready",
  "verdict": "expressed",
  "confidence": 0.96,
  "probabilities": {
    "expressed": 1,
    "not_expressed": 0,
    "unclear": 0
  }
}

Evaluation evidence

Fixture only

No verified live accuracy measurement is available. Evaluate representative cases before using this decision in your workflow.

Use the evaluation guide to measure this decision on your own labeled cases.

Limitations

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