# Mandate programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Mandate.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Mandate. |
| `expiresAt` | `datetime` | No | When it lapses. |
| `limit` | [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) | No | The Limit that bounds it. |
| `verb` | `string` | No | The Verb it covers, as `Noun.verb`. |
| `topics` | `string[]` | No | What it may act on; an Action outside them becomes an Approval. |
| `channels` | list of [Channel](/business/nouns/channel) | No | The Channels it may send through. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Mandate.update({ id: 'mandate_mKKPrmFQYD', expiresAt: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Mandate.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Mandate.delete({ id: 'mandate_mKKPrmFQYD' })"
  }
}
```