# Portfolio programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Portfolio.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Portfolio. |
| `type` | list of [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) | No | The Nouns this Thing is an instance of. |
| `outside` | `json` | No | The ids this Thing has in outside tools, one per Integration, so a re-run matches instead of duplicating. |
| `query` | `json` | No | The saved query that defines a dynamic Collection. |
| `membership` | `string` | No | How each member belongs: `held`, `owned`, `contracted`, or `made`. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Portfolio.update({ id: 'portfolio_zkvUnP8LwY', membership: 'held' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Portfolio.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Portfolio.delete({ id: 'portfolio_zkvUnP8LwY' })"
  }
}
```