expenses.add
Record money a worker spent on a job, with the receipt photo. The worker types the amount and tax from the receipt; core never reads or fills in amounts. spent_on defaults to today in the shop's time zone.
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | POST /v1/expenses |
| MCP tool | expenses_add |
| Writes | yes, send an Idempotency-Key |
| Area | Costs, expenses and reports |
When to use it
Record money a worker spent on a job, with the receipt photo. The worker types the amount and tax from the receipt; core never reads or fills in amounts.
What to tell the owner
Say what you did in plain words and what happens next.
Input
| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
job_id | string (uuid) | yes |
spent_on | string | no |
vendor | string | no |
category | string (one of materials, equipment, subcontractor, permit, fuel, disposal, other) | no |
amount_minor | integer | yes |
tax_minor | integer | no |
receipt_media_id | string (uuid) | no |
note | string | no |
Example
POST https://doingwork.work/v1/expenses
content-type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: 3f1c...
{
"job_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
"amount_minor": 50000
}Output
JSON. The response shape isn't published yet; read the fields you need and ignore the rest. Errors are {code, message, status}.
Errors
| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
invalid_input, invalid_token, rate_limited | Can happen on any call. See errors. |