# recruiting.applications.move

Move an application to another stage of its posting with applicationId, stage, expectedRevision and idempotencyKey. Moving to Hired marks the candidate hired. Every move is recorded on the timeline.

`POST /api/v1/accounting/recruiting.applications.move`

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

MCP tool: `accounting_recruiting_applications_move`

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `applicationId` | string (ID) | Yes | The ID of the related record. |
| `stage` | string | Yes | Matches ^[a-z][a-z0-9_]{0,39}$. |
| `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. |
| `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/recruiting.applications.move \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "applicationId": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
  "stage": "stage",
  "expectedRevision": 3
}'
```

Reference page: https://app.getoatmilk.com/docs/api/recruiting.applications.move