# Source programs: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Source.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Source. |
| `acquired` | `string` | No | One of `owned`, `wrapped`, or `recruited`. |
| `terms` | `text` | No | The terms the Startup holds the right to use and resell it under. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Source.update({ id: 'source_DIdhfB6mF5', acquired: 'owned' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Emits `Source.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Source.delete({ id: 'source_DIdhfB6mF5' })"
  }
}
```