---
title: pricebook.stalePrices | Doing Work API
description: Price book items whose current price was set more than the shop's stale window ago (owner or office, needs see_prices). The window defaults to 365 days. An
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/pricebook-staleprices/
---

# pricebook.stalePrices

Price book items whose current price was set more than the shop's stale window ago (owner or office, needs see_prices). The window defaults to 365 days. An item with no dated price is stale. Archived items are left out.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `GET /v1/pricebook/prices/stale` |
| MCP tool | `pricebook_stalePrices` |
| Writes | no |
| Area | [Quotes (unlimited)](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#quotes-unlimited) |

## When to use it

Price book items whose current price was set more than the shop's stale window ago (owner or office, needs see_prices). The window defaults to 365 days.

## What to tell the owner

Tell them what you found in plain words. Don't read back raw fields.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `shop_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `older_than_days` | integer | no |

## Example

```http
GET https://doingwork.work/v1/pricebook/prices/stale?shop_id=00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000
```

## Output

| Field | Type | Always there |
|---|---|---|
| `shop_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `stale_days` | integer | yes |
| `today` | string (date) | yes |
| `items` | array | yes |
| `items[].item_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `items[].name` | string | yes |
| `items[].sku` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `items[].price_minor` | integer | yes |
| `items[].effective_date` | ['string', 'null', ' ', '(', 'd', 'a', 't', 'e', ')'] | yes |
| `items[].source` | ['string', 'null'] | yes |
| `items[].age_days` | ['integer', 'null'] | yes |
| `items[].stale` | boolean | yes |

```json
{
  "shop_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "stale_days": 1,
  "today": "...",
  "items": [
    {
      "item_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "name": "Ruiz Plumbing",
      "sku": "...",
      "price_minor": 50000,
      "effective_date": "...",
      "source": "...",
      "age_days": "...",
      "stale": true
    }
  ]
}
```

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |