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Update a person's note / tags

people_update — Replace the note and/or tags X-Buddy keeps for a person (never changes anything on X).

people_update · Changes an X-Buddy setting

Replace the note and/or tags X-Buddy keeps for a person (never changes anything on X). Pass expected_revision (from people_get / the last update) to refuse the write if someone changed them meanwhile.

REST PATCH /api/public/v1/people/{person}
MCP tool people_update
Permission needed leads.manage — Owner, Manager, Operator
Scope group audience:write
Group Contacts and lists
Shown up front in profiles Contacts & lists

Input

Field Type Required Description
person string (1–60 chars) Yes person_id, @handle or #user_id.
note string (0–2000 chars) No
tags array of string (1–40 chars) (0–30 items) No
expected_revision integer (0–∞) No The person's revision you last read; a newer one → revision_conflict, nothing written.

Result

Returns the operation's result in the { data, meta } envelope.

Needs an idempotency key (Idempotency-Key, 8–128 characters). Retrying with the same key never repeats the action.

Example

Call over REST

curl -X PATCH "https://reach-link-craft.lovable.app/api/public/v1/people/%40example_person" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XBUDDY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 6f1c2a90-example-key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Call over MCP

{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "people_update",
    "arguments": {
      "person": "@example_person",
      "idempotency_key": "6f1c2a90-example-key"
    }
  }
}

Errors you may get

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