# Deal programs: update, delete

URL: /code/mcp/deal/records-update · Id: `page:code/mcp/deal/records-update`

> The Deal Verbs update, delete as MCP do programs, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Deal](/business/nouns/deal), one group of [Deal programs](/code/mcp/deal).

### Deal.update
Changes the given properties of a Deal. [Verb page](/business/nouns/deal/update?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Deal.update(input)
```

Emits `Deal.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Deal. |
| `value` | `money` | No | What the Deal is worth if won. |
| `owner` | [Worker](/business/nouns/worker) | No | The Worker who runs it. |
| `closesOn` | `date` | No | The date the buyer expects to decide. |
| `nextStep` | `text` | No | The next dated step agreed with the buyer. |

**Returns**

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

**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**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Deal.update({ id: 'deal_NgACZ6DcII', value: { amount: 29, currency: 'USD' } })"
  }
}
```

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

```text
do: return await $.Deal.delete(input)
```

Emits `Deal.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Deal.delete({ id: 'deal_NgACZ6DcII' })"
  }
}
```