tickerbot_update_custom_signal
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Update a custom signal you own — its expression, description, or name.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| signal | string | yes | Custom signal slug (the signal name). A built-in name answers 404 — built-ins are read-only. |
| expr | string | no | New SQL expression. Re-validated and re-inlined against your other custom signals. Same strict grammar as create — no `LIKE`/`ILIKE`, `CASE`, `::` casts, or functions beyond `abs`/`coalesce`/`round`/`least`/`greatest`. The response echoes your expression verbatim, not its expansion. |
| description | string | no | New description. Not derived from `expr` — change both if the prose describes a threshold you are moving. |
| new_name | string | no | New slug — renames the signal and changes its API handle everywhere (same validation as create). Refused while other custom signals reference the current name. `name` is accepted as an alias (new_name wins when both are sent), but new_name is the unambiguous spelling since the URL already carries the current name. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"signal": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Custom signal slug (the signal name). A built-in name answers 404 — built-ins are read-only."
},
"expr": {
"type": "string",
"description": "New SQL expression. Re-validated and re-inlined against your other custom signals. Same strict grammar as create — no `LIKE`/`ILIKE`, `CASE`, `::` casts, or functions beyond `abs`/`coalesce`/`round`/`least`/`greatest`. The response echoes your expression verbatim, not its expansion."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "New description. Not derived from `expr` — change both if the prose describes a threshold you are moving."
},
"new_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "New slug — renames the signal and changes its API handle everywhere (same validation as create). Refused while other custom signals reference the current name. `name` is accepted as an alias (new_name wins when both are sent), but new_name is the unambiguous spelling since the URL already carries the current name."
}
},
"required": [
"signal"
]
}