expenses.update
Change an expense: date, vendor, category, amount, tax, receipt photo or note. Amounts are still typed by a worker. The worker who entered it, the owner or office can change it.
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | POST /v1/expenses/update |
| MCP tool | expenses_update |
| Writes | yes, send an Idempotency-Key |
| Area | Costs, expenses and reports |
When to use it
Change an expense: date, vendor, category, amount, tax, receipt photo or note. Amounts are still typed by a worker.
What to tell the owner
Say what you did in plain words and what happens next.
Input
| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
expense_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 | no |
tax_minor | integer | no |
receipt_media_id | string (uuid) | no |
note | string | no |
Example
POST https://doingwork.work/v1/expenses/update
content-type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: 3f1c...
{
"expense_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
}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. |