# Permission programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Permission.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Permission. |
| `scope` | `string` | No | Where it applies, such as a Startup or a Tenant. |
| `limit` | [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) | No | The Limit that bounds it. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Permission.update({ id: 'permission_1IFL54Tlfx', limit: 'limit_UWHXYVKsJB' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Permission.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Permission.delete({ id: 'permission_1IFL54Tlfx' })"
  }
}
```