Update Practice Area (lawmatics_update-practice-area)
Update an existing practice area in Lawmatics by ID. The response includes a `relationships` envelope of {id,type} pointers to the matters (prospects) assigned to it.
Tool Input
practiceAreaIdstringrequired— ID of the practice area to update; a numeric string(pattern: ^\d+$)
namestring— New practice area name
colorstring— New practice area display color as a CSS color value (hex, rgb, hsl, or name)
statuteOfLimitationsEnabledboolean— Whether statute-of-limitations tracking is enabled for this practice area
Tool Output
idstringrequired— Lawmatics practice area ID
namestringrequired— Practice area name
colorstringnullrequired— Practice area display color as a CSS color value (hex, rgb, hsl, or name); null when no color is set
statuteOfLimitationsEnabledbooleannullrequired— Whether statute-of-limitations tracking is enabled; null when the API does not report it
matterCountnumbernullrequired— Read-only count of matters currently assigned to this practice area; null when the API does not report it
createdAtstringrequired— When the practice area was created, as an ISO 8601 timestamp
updatedAtstringrequired— When the practice area was last updated, as an ISO 8601 timestamp
relationshipsobjectrequired— JSON:API relationship pointers to related records as {id,type} stubs. Not materialized — follow a pointer by calling that resource's own get tool (e.g. type 'prospect' -> get-matter).
prospectsarrayrequired— Matter pointers (type 'prospect') assigned to this practice area; empty if none
[]object
2 fields
idstringrequired— ID of the referenced Lawmatics record
typestringrequired— JSON:API record class of the reference; resolve it by calling that resource's own tool
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