# Partner programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Partner.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Partner. |
| `name` | `string` | No | The name it trades under. |
| `hostname` | `string` | No | The web domain that keys it. |
| `side` | `string` | No | One of `supply`, `distribution`, or `both`. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Partner.update({ id: 'partner_YcEOEgSexq', side: 'supply' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Partner.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Partner.delete({ id: 'partner_YcEOEgSexq' })"
  }
}
```