# Noun programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Noun.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Noun. |
| `name` | `string` | No | The singular, capitalized name. |
| `properties` | `json` | No | Its properties, each with a name, a type, and whether it is required. |
| `publishedIn` | [Version](/business/nouns/version) | No | The first published Version that serves it; from then on, edits go through a Change and `delete` refuses. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Noun.update({ id: 'noun_v0akLUrXCN', name: 'Leaseline' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Noun.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Noun.delete({ id: 'noun_v0akLUrXCN' })"
  }
}
```