# Lead commands: update, delete

URL: /code/cli/lead/records-update · Id: `page:code/cli/lead/records-update`

> The Lead Verbs update, delete as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Lead](/business/nouns/lead), one group of [Lead commands](/code/cli/lead).

### Lead.update
Changes the given properties of a Lead. [Verb page](/business/nouns/lead/update?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Lead.update --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `Lead.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Lead. |
| `email` | `email` | No | The primary email address. |
| `phone` | `string` | No | The primary phone number. |
| `name` | `string` | No | The name the Contact goes by. |
| `interest` | `text` | No | What the Lead asked for. |
| `owner` | [Worker](/business/nouns/worker) | No | The Worker who answers it. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `lead` | [Lead](/business/nouns/lead) | Yes | The Lead. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Lead.update --json '{"id":"lead_Kz1R9fhqzZ","owner":"worker_whZFpOKWIV"}'
```

### Lead.delete
Deletes a Lead: a soft delete that keeps its history, undone by `Thing.restore`. [Verb page](/business/nouns/lead/delete?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Lead.delete --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `Lead.deleted`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Lead. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `lead` | [Lead](/business/nouns/lead) | Yes | The Lead. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Lead.delete --json '{"id":"lead_Kz1R9fhqzZ"}'
```