# Prospect commands: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Prospect.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Prospect. |
| `foundIn` | `string` | No | Where the Startup found them. |
| `basis` | `string` | No | The basis on record for contacting them. |

**Returns**

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

**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 Prospect.update --json '{"id":"prospect_S8bqJCxC9R","foundIn":"Example found in"}'
```

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

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

Emits `Prospect.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 Prospect.delete --json '{"id":"prospect_S8bqJCxC9R"}'
```