---
title: "Move one Hive advocacy item through its approval steps: submit, approve, reject, archive or set an expiry. Approving publishes it to the advocates in its groups, so your AI asks you before this runs; with Hive approvals on, Hive asks again inside Hive."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tools/set_advocacy_lifecycle"
---

# Move one Hive advocacy item through its approval steps: submit, approve, reject, archive or set an expiry. Approving publishes it to the advocates in its groups, so your AI asks you before this runs; with Hive approvals on, Hive asks again inside Hive.

`POST /api/v1/tools/set_advocacy_lifecycle`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hivepublish.com`
- URL: `https://hivepublish.com/api/v1/tools/set_advocacy_lifecycle`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

This reaches real people, so the person is asked before it runs. Their own AI client asks them. When the connection was made with Hive approvals switched on, the first call returns a single-use Hive approval link instead of acting, and the exact request is repeated with approvalToken and an Idempotency-Key once they approve it inside Hive.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- object
  - `contentId` string, required: The advocacy item id.
  - `action` 'submit' | 'approve' | 'reject' | 'archive' | 'set_expiry', required: Which step to take. approve is the one that publishes it to advocates.
  - `expiresAt` string: ISO time the item stops being offered.
  - `reason` string: Why, for the approval history.
  - `approvalToken` string: Single-use token returned by Hive after the owner approves this exact action.

## Response `200`

Tool result or approval challenge

- union
  - ToolResult
    - `data` unknown, required
    - `meta` object, required
      - `tool` string
      - `workspaceId` string, uuid
  - ApprovalChallengeResponse
    - `data` ApprovalChallenge, required
      - `confirmationRequired` unknown, required
      - `challengeId` string, uuid, required
      - `approvalToken` string, required: Secret, single-use token. Retry only after the human approves approvalUrl.
      - `approvalUrl` string, uri, required
      - `expiresAt` string, date-time, required
      - `warning` string
    - `meta` object, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input
- `401`: Missing or invalid credential
- `403`: Missing workspace scope, role permission, or plan entitlement
- `409`: Idempotency conflict, replay, or request still in progress
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

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