---
title: "Soft-delete a dev document by title or UUID. Reversible from trash. Pass `category` when multiple docs share the same title across subcategories (memory/claude/cursor/env/docs)."
method: POST
path: "/api/mcp/tools/delete_dev_doc"
tags: ["dev-docs"]
---

# Soft-delete a dev document by title or UUID. Reversible from trash. Pass \`category\` when multiple docs share the same title across subcategories (memory/claude/cursor/env/docs).

`POST /api/mcp/tools/delete_dev_doc`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.ainote.dev`
- URL: `https://api.ainote.dev/api/mcp/tools/delete_dev_doc`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Soft-delete a dev document by title or UUID. Reversible from trash. Pass `category` when multiple docs share the same title across subcategories (memory/claude/cursor/env/docs).

## Request body

- object
  - `title` string: Document title
  - `id` string: Document UUID
  - `category` string: Subcategory to disambiguate title

## Response `200`

Tool executed successfully

- ToolSuccessResponse: Successful tool invocation. `content` mirrors the MCP `tools/call` result shape: an array of content blocks (text and optionally a structured resource payload).
  - `content` object[]
    - `type` 'text' | 'resource'
    - `text` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid arguments or business-rule violation
- `401`: Missing or invalid McpKey

---

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