Update a watch

Changes the name, buyer profile, schedule, caps, webhook or status. Send only the fields you want to change. buyer_profile and schedule are replaced as a whole. signal, exclude_companies and just_outside are fixed: create a new watch instead. status paused pauses it (paused_reason user); status active resumes it. Raising max_credits_per_month resumes a watch paused for monthly_cap.

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 change.

Body parameters

• name string | null — Up to 120 characters.
• buyer_profile object — Replaces the buyer profile.
• schedule object — Replaces the schedule.
• max_leads_per_run integer — 1 to 50.
• max_credits_per_month integer — 1 to 1,000,000.
• webhook_endpoint_id string | null — A webhook endpoint, or null to clear it.
• status string — active or paused. One of: active, paused.

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. Later runs still charge per new lead.

Errors

• 409 invalid_state — The watch is deleted, its webhook is still disabled, or it already used its monthly cap.
• 400 invalid_request — The body is not valid JSON, a field is unknown or has the wrong type, or a value is not allowed.
• 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.
• 429 daily_limit_reached — The request could take your organization over its daily credit limit. The limit resets at midnight (Europe/Brussels).
• 402 insufficient_credits — The credit balance is lower than this request could cost. Nothing was charged. Add credits, or send a smaller request. The error includes code, fix and a link to the credits docs.
• 502 upstream_error — The data source did not answer. Retry later.
• 503 service_unavailable — The API is temporarily unavailable. Retry later.
• 500 internal_error — Something went wrong on our side.
• 402 max_credits_exceeded — max_credits is lower than the credits of the first row, so nothing could be returned. Nothing was charged; raise max_credits or ask for fewer rows.

Example

cURL

curl -X PATCH "https://foundermcp.dev/api/v1/watches/wtch_01J9Z6P8C8V0K3W6T2N8R5M1XD" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUNDERMCP_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "status": "paused"
  }'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch('https://foundermcp.dev/api/v1/watches/wtch_01J9Z6P8C8V0K3W6T2N8R5M1XD', {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUNDERMCP_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "status": "paused"
  })
});
const body = await response.json();

Python

import json
import os
import urllib.request

payload = {
  "status": "paused"
}

request = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://foundermcp.dev/api/v1/watches/wtch_01J9Z6P8C8V0K3W6T2N8R5M1XD",
    headers={
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['FOUNDERMCP_API_KEY']}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    data=json.dumps(payload).encode(),
    method="PATCH",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response:
    body = json.load(response)

Example response

{
  "id": "wtch_01J9Z6P8C8V0K3W6T2N8R5M1XD",
  "object": "watch",
  "status": "paused",
  "paused_reason": "user"
}