---
title: "Update Persona"
method: PATCH
path: "/personas/{persona_id}"
tags: ["GTM Context"]
---

# Update Persona

`PATCH /personas/{persona_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1/personas/{persona_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Update a Studio persona's fields and/or status (partial update).

Send at least one field. Passing ``status='archived'`` is equivalent to
``POST /personas/{persona_id}/archive``. Returns 400 if no field is provided,
404 if the persona does not exist in this org.

## Path parameters

- `persona_id` string, required: Persona ID (UUID)

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, nullable
- `X-Target-Org-Id` string, nullable

## Request body

- UpdatePersonaRequest: Body for PATCH /personas/{persona_id}. Partial - send only fields to change. At least one field must be present. Passing status='archived' is equivalent to calling POST /personas/{persona_id}/archive.
  - `title` string, nullable: New persona title.
  - `priority` integer, nullable: New display priority.
  - `confidence` string, nullable: New confidence label.
  - `why_target` string, nullable: New 'why target' text.
  - `key_signals` unknown[], nullable: New list of buying/intent signals.
    - unknown
  - `expected_receptivity` string, nullable: New expected-receptivity note.
  - `campaign_approach` string, nullable: New campaign approach.
  - `recommended_goal` string, nullable: New recommended goal.
  - `status` string, nullable: New status (e.g. 'active', 'archived').

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ApiResponseDict
  - `data` object, required
  - `pagination` PaginationMeta
    - `page` integer, required: Current page number (1-indexed)
    - `limit` integer, required: Items per page
    - `total` integer, required: Total number of items
    - `has_next` boolean, required: Whether there are more pages
    - `next_cursor` string, nullable: Opaque cursor for the next page; null when there are no more items. Pass it back as the `cursor` query param to fetch the following page without computing page numbers.
    - `total_available` integer, nullable: Search endpoints only: how many records really match, when known. Can be larger than `total`, which is capped at the 10,000 results that can be paged. For company search this is a distinct-company estimate. Null when unknown; absent outside search.
    - `total_is_lower_bound` boolean, nullable: Search endpoints only: true when more records match than `total` shows (the result set is larger than the 10,000 results that can be paged). Absent outside search.
    - `notes` string[], nullable: Search endpoints only: plain-language notes about the result, e.g. that more records match than can be paged, or that a reversed `between` range was put in order.

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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