---
title: "Propose category change"
method: POST
path: "/v1/tools/betteroff_propose_category_change"
tags: ["tools"]
---

# Propose category change

`POST /v1/tools/betteroff_propose_category_change`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.betteroff.finance`
- URL: `https://api.betteroff.finance/v1/tools/betteroff_propose_category_change`
- Auth: one of:
  - OpenID Connect (`https://app.betteroff.finance/api/auth/.well-known/openid-configuration`, scopes: `transactions:read`, `corrections:prepare`)
  - HTTP bearer

Use this when the user asks to correct the category of selected transactions. Prepare a durable category correction for selected transaction IDs. This saves a pending proposal and changes no financial records. The user must open the authenticated review link and explicitly choose selected payments or matching and future payments. Never report a proposal as applied.

## Request body

- object
  - `transactionIds` string[], required
  - `category` 'FOOD_AND_DRINK' | 'RENT_AND_UTILITIES' | 'ENTERTAINMENT' | 'GENERAL_MERCHANDISE' | 'GENERAL_SERVICES' | 'PEER_PAYMENTS' | 'TRANSPORTATION' | 'TRAVEL' | 'PERSONAL_CARE' | 'MEDICAL' | 'EDUCATION' | 'INSURANCE' | 'GIFTS_AND_DONATIONS' | 'PETS' | 'SUBSCRIPTIONS' | 'REAL_ESTATE' | 'INCOME' | 'LOAN_PAYMENTS' | 'TRANSFER_IN' | 'TRANSFER_OUT' | 'BANK_FEES' | 'GOVERNMENT_AND_NON_PROFIT' | 'HOME_IMPROVEMENT' | 'OTHER', required

## Response `200`

Tool result

- union
  - object
    - `ok` false, required
    - `requestId` string
    - `error` string, required
    - `code` string, required
    - `retryable` boolean, required
    - `nextStep` string, required
    - `field` string
    - `missingInputs` object[]
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `balanceMissing` boolean, required
      - `interestRateMissing` boolean, required
      - `minimumPaymentMissing` boolean, required
  - object
    - `ok` true, required
    - `requestId` string
    - `schemaVersion` '4', required
    - `data` object, required
      - `id` string, uuid, required
      - `kind` 'category' | 'recurring' | 'debt', required
      - `status` string, required
      - `expiresAt` string, date-time, required
      - `selectedCount` integer, required
      - `matchingCount` integer, required
      - `canSaveRule` boolean, required
      - `input` object, required
      - `preview` object, required
      - `reviewUrl` string, uri, required
      - `note` string, required
    - `currency` string, nullable, required
    - `timezone` string, required
    - `asOf` string, nullable, required
    - `revision` integer, required
    - `householdRevision` integer, required
    - `quality` object, required
      - `state` 'complete' | 'partial' | 'unavailable', required
      - `reasons` string[], required
    - `evidence` object[], required
      - `source` string, required
      - `id` string
      - `observedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `page` object, required
      - `returnedCount` integer, required
      - `totalCount` integer, nullable, required
      - `truncated` boolean, required
      - `nextCursor` Schema2, required (unresolved $ref)
    - `warnings` string[], required
    - `notes` string

## Other responses

- `400`: INVALID_INPUT (a missing, unknown, or invalid argument, named in `fields`), TOOL_CALL_REJECTED, or a body that is not JSON.
- `401`: AGENT_TOKEN_INVALID: the token is missing, expired, or revoked.
- `402`: AGENT_SUBSCRIPTION_INACTIVE or FEATURE_NOT_INCLUDED: needs BetterOff Core.
- `403`: INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE, ACCESS_DENIED, or AGENT_GRANT_REVOKED.
- `404`: TOOL_NOT_FOUND, or NOT_FOUND for a record the org does not have.
- `409`: CONFLICT: the record's state rules this call out. Read it again.
- `422`: INCOMPLETE_DATA or RESULT_TOO_LARGE. Narrow the request; don't retry as is.
- `429`: RATE_LIMITED. Retry after Retry-After seconds.
- `503`: DATA_UNAVAILABLE, DEPENDENCY_UNAVAILABLE (including the 25-second tool deadline), or AGENT_AUTHZ_UNAVAILABLE. Retryable.
- `default`: Problem details

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