updateLeadSignal
Campaign: Update Lead Signal
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Correct ONE stored why-now signal in place. signal_id is the id of a signal from listLeadSignals — call that with active_only=false to also see expired signals. updates carries only the fields to change: type, signal, source_url, source_label, observed_at, last_confirmed_at. Anything else is ignored and named in ignored_fields. The signal stays on its lead: lead_id is not writable, so a signal recorded on the wrong company is removed with deleteLeadSignal, not moved. Changing type, observed_at or last_confirmed_at makes the database recompute expires_at — the reply says so in expires_at_neu_berechnet; expires_at itself cannot be set. Setting last_confirmed_at to the date you re-checked the source revives a signal whose expiry has passed — for signals that describe an ongoing state (e.g. tech_change: the system is still in use). Event types (funding, hiring, …) keep counting from observed_at, so for them last_confirmed_at extends nothing; check signal.expires_at in the reply. Errors: 404 signal_not_found (unknown id, or not in this workspace), 409 duplicate_source_url (this lead already has another signal with that URL — delete that one first or use a different source), 400 with code signal_too_short, signal_too_long, invalid_type or source_required.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| signal_id | string | yes | UUID of the signal — the `id` field of a signal in listLeadSignals. |
| updates | object | yes | Only the fields to change. At least one of them. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"signal_id",
"updates"
],
"properties": {
"signal_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "UUID of the signal — the `id` field of a signal in listLeadSignals."
},
"updates": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Only the fields to change. At least one of them.",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"funding",
"acquisition",
"hiring",
"job_change",
"tech_change",
"expansion",
"leadership",
"regulatory",
"event",
"inbound",
"other"
]
},
"signal": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The one-sentence signal, 10 to 1000 characters."
},
"source_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source URL, must start with http:// or https://. Unique per lead."
},
"source_label": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Readable source name. It takes precedence over the URL host in `cite`, which goes verbatim into outreach — so a publication or site name, never a colleague's name."
},
"observed_at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD — date of the source or event, not the date we saw it."
},
"last_confirmed_at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD — when the fact was last re-checked."
}
}
}
}
}