# Interface programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Interface.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Interface. |
| `kind` | `string` | No | One of `api`, `mcp`, `cli`, `sdk`, `site`, `app`, `docs`, or `webhooks`. |
| `path` | `string` | No | Where it is mounted on its Domain, such as `/api`. |
| `conformsTo` | `json` | No | The Standards it also speaks, each mapping the Standard’s operations onto the Product’s Verbs. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Interface.update({ id: 'interface_TMyQ3kh9uX', kind: 'api' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Interface.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Interface.delete({ id: 'interface_TMyQ3kh9uX' })"
  }
}
```