# accountant.comments.create

Accountants with comment access only: ask a question on one transaction (entry) or receipt with targetType, targetId, body and an idempotency key. The company is emailed a short grouped summary.

`POST /api/v1/accounting/accountant.comments.create`

Permissions: `accounting:read`, `accounting:write` · Roles:  · Idempotency key required

MCP tool: `accounting_accountant_comments_create`

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `targetType` | enum | Yes | One of: `entry`, `receipt`. |
| `targetId` | string (ID) | Yes | The ID of the related record. |
| `body` | string | Yes | 1–2000 characters. |
| `idempotencyKey` | string | Yes | Any unique text you generate once per intended change, so a retried request only happens once. Send it as the Idempotency-Key header instead if you prefer; if you send both they must match. 8–200 characters. |

## Example request

```bash
curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/accountant.comments.create \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "targetType": "entry",
  "targetId": "4d5e6f7a-8b9c-4d0e-8f1a-2b3c4d5e6f7a",
  "body": "Synthetic example from the docs"
}'
```

Reference page: https://app.getoatmilk.com/docs/api/accountant.comments.create