---
title: "Update a contact"
method: PATCH
path: "/contacts/{id}"
tags: ["contacts"]
---

# Update a contact

`PATCH /contacts/{id}`

Update lifecycle stage, hot score, notes, outreach status, follow-up date, tags, or profile data for a contact..

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `lifecycleStage` 'contact' | 'lead' | 'qualified' | 'rejected' — Promote to new stage (forward-only, except rejected)
  - `hotScore` integer
  - `qualificationNotes` string
  - `leadBrief` string — Human-readable lead summary for sales prep
  - `notes` string
  - `name` string — Update contact name
  - `profileData` unknown
  - `profileUpdatedAt` string, date-time — When profileData was last refreshed
  - `conversationData` unknown
  - `conversationUpdatedAt` string, date-time — When conversationData was last synced
  - `outreachStatus` 'none' | 'connection_sent' | 'connected' | 'dm_sent' | 'followed_up' | 'replied' | 'in_conversation' | 'meeting_booked' | 'not_interested' — Manual outreach status override
  - `nextFollowUpAt` string, date-time, nullable — When agent should follow up (null to clear)
  - `doNotContact` boolean — Flag contact as do-not-contact
  - `tags` union — Add/remove/set tags
    - object
      - `add` string[], required
      - `remove` string[]
    - object
      - `add` string[]
      - `remove` string[], required
    - object
      - `set` string[], required

## Response `200`

Updated contact

- object
  - `success` true, required
  - `contact` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `linkedinUrl` string, required
    - `profileUrn` string, nullable, required — LinkedIn profile URN (e.g. urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAA...)
    - `publicIdentifier` string, nullable, required — LinkedIn vanity slug (e.g. joshuaau)
    - `name` string, required
    - `lifecycleStage` string, required
    - `hotScore` integer, required
    - `qualificationNotes` string, nullable, required
    - `leadBrief` string, nullable, required
    - `notes` string, nullable, required
    - `stageChangedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `profileData` unknown
    - `profileUpdatedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `conversationData` unknown
    - `conversationUpdatedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `outreachStatus` string, required
    - `lastContactedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `lastRepliedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `nextFollowUpAt` string, nullable, required
    - `doNotContact` boolean, required
    - `tags` string[], required
    - `createdAt` string, required
    - `updatedAt` string, required
  - `creditsUsed` integer, required — Credits consumed by this call (always 0 for contacts queries).
  - `retryAfter` integer, required — Seconds to wait before next call of the same type (always 0 for contacts queries).

## Other responses

- `400` — The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error.
- `401` — Although HTTP specifies "unauthorized", this response means "unauthenticated". Authenticate to continue. NOTE: 401 is also returned with code "linkedin_not_connected" when the caller IS authenticated but has no connected LinkedIn account — connect LinkedIn (not re-authenticate) to continue.
- `403` — The client does not have access rights to the content.
- `404` — The server cannot find the requested resource.
- `409` — The request conflicts with the current state of the server.
- `410` — The requested content has been permanently deleted from the server.
- `422` — The request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic errors.
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded. Read error.retryAfter for the wait time in seconds.
- `500` — The server encountered a situation it does not know how to handle.
- `502` — LinkedIn returned a server error or the proxy connection failed. Retry after a few seconds.
- `503` — Proxy capacity temporarily exceeded. Retry after a few seconds.

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