Delete a watch

Stops a watch. Its leads stay readable for 30 days.

Authentication

Send Authorization: Bearer gtk_…. Create the key under API Access → API Keys. A missing, invalid or revoked key is 401, including while this API is closed. A valid key while the API is closed for your organization answers 404, the same body as an unknown path. Every response includes FounderMCP-Api-Version and FounderMCP-Request-Id.

Path parameters

• watch_id string · required — The watch to stop.

Response

• id string · required — Watch id, wtch_….
• object string · required — Always watch. One of: watch.
• status string · required — active, paused or deleted. One of: active, paused, deleted.
• paused_reason string | null — user, monthly_cap, daily_cap, webhook_disabled or source_unavailable.
• signal object · required — The signal, fixed after create.
• schedule object · required — frequency (daily, weekly, event_lifecycle), weekday, hour_local, timezone.
• max_leads_per_run integer · required — Cap on new leads per run.
• max_credits_per_month integer · required — Cap for the Brussels calendar month.
• next_run_at string | null · required — When the next run starts. Null while you paused it, or while its webhook is disabled.
• stats object · required — leads_delivered_total and credits_this_month.

Credits

Free. A run that was already going delivers nothing.

Errors

• 401 authentication_error — The Authorization header is missing, or the key is unknown or revoked.
• 403 permission_error — API access is not part of your plan, or your account is suspended.
• 404 not_found — The endpoint does not exist.
• 429 rate_limit_error — More than 60 requests per minute, or more than 3 at the same time, on one key. Wait for the Retry-After header.
• 500 internal_error — Something went wrong on our side.

Example

cURL

curl -X DELETE "https://foundermcp.dev/api/v1/watches/wtch_01J9Z6P8C8V0K3W6T2N8R5M1XD" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUNDERMCP_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch('https://foundermcp.dev/api/v1/watches/wtch_01J9Z6P8C8V0K3W6T2N8R5M1XD', {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUNDERMCP_API_KEY}`
  }
});
const body = await response.json();

Python

import json
import os
import urllib.request

request = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://foundermcp.dev/api/v1/watches/wtch_01J9Z6P8C8V0K3W6T2N8R5M1XD",
    headers={
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['FOUNDERMCP_API_KEY']}"
    },
    method="DELETE",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response:
    body = json.load(response)

Example response

{
  "id": "wtch_01J9Z6P8C8V0K3W6T2N8R5M1XD",
  "object": "watch",
  "status": "deleted",
  "deleted_at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00.000Z"
}