--subscriber and --clear-subscribers are mutually exclusive

Error message

--subscriber and --clear-subscribers are mutually exclusive

What it means

Error "--subscriber and --clear-subscribers are mutually exclusive" thrown in multica-ai/multica.

Source

Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_autopilot.go:406

	if cmd.Flags().Changed("status") {
		v, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("status")
		body["status"] = v
	}
	if cmd.Flags().Changed("mode") {
		v, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("mode")
		if v != "create_issue" && v != "run_only" {
			return fmt.Errorf("--mode must be create_issue or run_only")
		}
		body["execution_mode"] = v
	}
	if cmd.Flags().Changed("issue-title-template") {
		v, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("issue-title-template")
		body["issue_title_template"] = v
	}
	clearSubscribers, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("clear-subscribers")
	subscriberRefs, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray("subscriber")
	if clearSubscribers && len(subscriberRefs) > 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("--subscriber and --clear-subscribers are mutually exclusive")
	}
	if clearSubscribers {
		body["subscribers"] = []map[string]string{}
	} else if cmd.Flags().Changed("subscriber") {
		subscribers, err := resolveAutopilotSubscriberInputs(ctx, client, subscriberRefs)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		body["subscribers"] = subscribers
	}

	if len(body) == 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("no fields to update; use flags like --title, --description, --agent, --status, --mode, etc.")
	}

	var result map[string]any
	if err := client.PatchJSON(ctx, "/api/autopilots/"+autopilotRef.ID, body, &result); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("update autopilot: %w", err)

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Solutions

Use either --subscriber or --clear-subscribers, not both.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_autopilot.go:406 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of multica-ai/multica@2c0912b6ec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6813c3ea16563693. Report an issue: GitHub.