# Edit an artifact's content

> Change an artifact's content.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="put">PUT</span><code>/workspaces/{workspace}/artifacts/{artifact_id}/content</code></div>

For a doc: markdown with a target: append (add to the end), document (replace it all), section (with heading: that heading and everything under it) or blocks (from_block through to_block, block ids from its content). With the edit role the change is made, as a new version; with the comment role, or suggest_only, it is filed as a suggestion its editors accept or reject. note says why; marks_current says it brings the doc up to date with the code it cites. Returns mode (applied or suggested), version_id or the suggestion, and the artifact.

With only the comment role, or with `suggest_only`, the change is filed as a suggestion instead: `mode` is `suggested`, with the `suggestion` its editors accept or reject. A target that is not there any more answers `404`: read the content again.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`artifact`](/reference/mcp/#artifact) with `action` `edit`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`artifacts:write`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace` | string | Yes | The workspace's slug, e.g. "acme". |
| `artifact_id` | string | Yes | The artifact's id (fol_…), or its address: /acme/-/artifacts/q4-roadmap-fol_… |

## Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are `snake_case`, as in responses; the `camelCase` spelling is accepted too.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `markdown` | string | No | For a doc: the Markdown to add, or to replace the target with. |
| `target` | object or string | No | For a doc: append or document (as a string or { "kind": … }), { "kind": "section", "heading": … }, or { "kind": "blocks", "from_block": …, "to_block": … }. Left out: append. |
| `ops` | array of objects | No | For slides, designs and dashboards, once they ship: the kind's own ops. |
| `kind` | string | No | The artifact's kind; left out, doc. One of `doc`, `slides`, `design`, `dashboard`. |
| `note` | string | No | Why, in a line: shown with the version or suggestion. |
| `suggest_only` | boolean | No | File a suggestion even when you could edit. |
| `marks_current` | boolean | No | The edit brings it up to date with the code it cites. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X PUT https://api.g1t.sh/workspaces/acme/artifacts/fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z/content \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "target": {
      "kind": "section",
      "heading": "This quarter"
    },
    "markdown": "## This quarter\n\nWe ship the merge queue, Artifacts and the API for both.\n",
    "note": "Adds the API"
  }'
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "mode": "applied",
  "artifact": {
    "id": "fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z",
    "kind": "doc",
    "title": "Q4 roadmap",
    "icon": "🗺️",
    "slug": "q4-roadmap-fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z",
    "html_url": "https://g1t.sh/acme/-/artifacts/q4-roadmap-fol_01kq7c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x2z"
  },
  "version_id": "ver_01kqa7h9k1n3q5s7u9w1y3a5c",
  "summary": "Replaced the section This quarter."
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |