# Document programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Document.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Document. |
| `form` | `string` | No | One of `document`, `deck`, or `sheet`. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Document.update({ id: 'document_af2wijcmRy', form: 'document' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Document.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Document.delete({ id: 'document_af2wijcmRy' })"
  }
}
```