Run a Collection

You need a connected interface and a configured Source.

1. Open Sources and select the Source you created.
2. Open its new-collection Job dialog (New Job, or New task in newer layouts).
3. Select ordinary collection and leave run Config as {}, unless your source guide supplies other options. Confirm once. This configuration applies to the run, not the Source's saved account settings.
4. Inspect the resulting Job. Its status updates while pending/running; wait for finished and read State and Logs, including source-specific diagnostics. If a read fails, use Retry to resume observation of the same Job.
5. If creation could not be confirmed, check the Jobs list before submitting again. A timeout does not prove the first request did nothing.

A finished Job is the place to verify what the collector actually did.

The Source ID persists across runs; each run has its own Job ID. A successful empty collection can be normal. Do not repeatedly create Jobs to work around a provider error.

Next: index and search.

First create a Source using its setup guide. Keep the returned Source ID.

1. Replace 42 with that Source ID and run:

   inkcre-cli source collect 42 --input-json '{}'

   The empty object uses that collector's default run options. Source-specific options belong to the individual guide; they are not a replacement for the Source's saved account configuration.

2. The response contains a new Job ID. Replace 17 with it:

   inkcre-cli job wait 17 --for 30s

3. Look for status: finished. If still pending or running, observe the same Job again. Ending observation does not cancel it. If it failed, inspect:

   inkcre-cli job get 17 --json

Read source-specific diagnostics even after success. Do not repeatedly create Jobs to work around a provider error or an observation timeout; fix the reported cause first. Review output for private information before sharing it.

Next: index and search for a known item.