diff --git a/pkg/cmd/agent-task/shared/capi.go b/pkg/cmd/agent-task/shared/capi.go
index f23ee86d2..f064eac2e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/agent-task/shared/capi.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/agent-task/shared/capi.go
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package shared
 
 import (
+	"regexp"
+
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/agent-task/capi"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
 )
 
+var uuidRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}$`)
+
 func CapiClientFunc(f *cmdutil.Factory) func() (capi.CapiClient, error) {
 	return func() (capi.CapiClient, error) {
 		cfg, err := f.Config()
@@ -21,3 +25,7 @@ func CapiClientFunc(f *cmdutil.Factory) func() (capi.CapiClient, error) {
 		return capi.NewCAPIClient(httpClient, authCfg), nil
 	}
 }
+
+func IsSessionID(s string) bool {
+	return uuidRE.MatchString(s)
+}