# accountants.work.respond

Record why one exact requested record is already correct, or return it for clarification. Requires current request revision/fingerprint, recordKey, reason and idempotencyKey. Already-correct responses are accepted only when canonical classification/reconciliation checks actually pass. A response never overrides a missing, deleted, unmatched, partial or one-sided source. Schedules a response notice to the requesting accountant.

`POST /api/v1/accounting/accountants.work.respond`

Permissions: `accounting:read`, `accounting:write` · Roles: admin · Idempotency key required · Send `expectedRevision` · Reaches outside Oatmilk (email or a provider)

MCP tool: `accounting_accountants_work_respond`

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string (ID) | Yes | The record's ID. |
| `recordKey` | string | Yes | Matches ^(entry\|bank_transaction):[a-f0-9-]{36}$. |
| `decision` | enum | Yes | What you decided. One of: `already_correct`, `return`. |
| `reason` | string | Yes | A short note saying why, kept in the record's history. 10–2000 characters. |
| `expectedRevision` | integer | Yes | The record's current revision, from the last time you read it. If someone changed the record since, the request is refused with a conflict so you can reload and check before trying again. at most 9007199254740991; greater than 0. |
| `fingerprint` | string | Yes | SHA-256 hash as 64 lowercase hex 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.work.respond \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "id": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
  "recordKey": "entry:111111111111111111111111111111111111",
  "decision": "already_correct",
  "reason": "Synthetic example from the docs",
  "expectedRevision": 3,
  "fingerprint": "9f2b5c1d7e3a4b6c8d0e2f4a6b8c0d2e4f6a8b0c2d4e6f8a0b2c4d6e8f0a2b4c"
}'
```

Reference page: https://app.getoatmilk.com/docs/api/accountants.work.respond