# accountants.comments.reply

Reply to an accountant's question with id, body and idempotencyKey. The accountant sees the reply and gets a short email.

`POST /api/v1/accounting/accountants.comments.reply`

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

MCP tool: `accounting_accountants_comments_reply`

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string (ID) | Yes | The record's ID. |
| `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/accountants.comments.reply \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "id": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
  "body": "Synthetic example from the docs"
}'
```

Reference page: https://app.getoatmilk.com/docs/api/accountants.comments.reply