# update_outreach_lead_status

Advance a lead through the pipeline — set its status / pipeline stage and, optionally, a recorded reply, pitch, or notes. The core pipeline-drive action. Idempotent (setting the same status twice is a no-op). Requires authentication.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `update_outreach_lead_status`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/update-outreach-lead-status

## Facts

- Tool: `update_outreach_lead_status`
- Server: Meta Council (`https://meta-council.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/daliu/meta-council
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 6 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `notes` | string | no | Optional free-text notes. |
| `status` | string | no | New pipeline status (e.g. 'ready', 'sent', 'replied', 'closed_won', 'closed_lost'). |
| `lead_id` | string | yes | Lead id to update (from search_outreach_leads). |
| `pitch_id` | string | no | Optional pitch id to attach to the lead. |
| `response_text` | string | no | Optional recorded reply text. |
| `response_type` | string | no | Optional reply classification (e.g. 'positive', 'negative', 'neutral'). |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "update_outreach_lead_status",
    "arguments": {
      "lead_id": "<lead_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why update_outreach_lead_status is rated Medium

The tool creates or modifies lead records in a CRM/pipeline context by updating status, notes, and recorded communications. These are reversible changes (status can be changed again, notes edited) with no irreversible deletion, financial transaction, or code execution. The impact is limited to data mutation within a business process workflow.

From the tool's own definition: "update_outreach_lead_status performs 'Advance a lead through the pipeline — set its status / pipeline stage and, optionally, a recorded reply, pitch, or notes.' This modifies lead data (status, notes, recorded interactions) reversibly without deletion or code…"

## Use case

AI agents use update_outreach_lead_status to create or update resources in Meta Council, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Meta Council environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Meta Council:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "update_outreach_lead_status": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "update_outreach_lead_status_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Meta Council (279)

- `account_export` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/account-export.md
- `cancel_booking` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/cancel-booking.md
- `decide_approval` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/decide-approval.md
- `delete_accounting_run` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/delete-accounting-run.md
- `delete_monitor` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/delete-monitor.md
- `delete_saved_view` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/delete-saved-view.md
- `delete_workflow_template` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/delete-workflow-template.md
- `preview_scheduling_action` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/preview-scheduling-action.md
- `project_unlink_feature` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/project-unlink-feature.md
- `reconcile_attention_notification_delivery` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/reconcile-attention-notification-delivery.md
- `revoke_portfolio_report_share` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/revoke-portfolio-report-share.md
- `ticket_dependency_remove` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/ticket-dependency-remove.md
- `void_invoice` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/void-invoice.md
- `dismiss_ticket_integration_effect` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/dismiss-ticket-integration-effect.md
- `execute_saved_view` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/execute-saved-view.md
- `preview_accounting_ticket_sync` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/preview-accounting-ticket-sync.md
- `project_link_feature` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/project-link-feature.md
- `retry_workflow` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/retry-workflow.md
- `review_external_workflow` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/review-external-workflow.md
- `run_comparison` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/run-comparison.md
- `run_council` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/run-council.md
- `run_workflow` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/run-workflow.md
- `start_external_workflow` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/start-external-workflow.md
- `ticket_scenario_revise` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/ticket-scenario-revise.md
- `add_invoice_line_item` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/add-invoice-line-item.md
- `mark_invoice_paid` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/mark-invoice-paid.md
- `advance_workflow` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/advance-workflow.md
- `ask_legal` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/ask-legal.md
- `browse_ticket_integration_import` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/browse-ticket-integration-import.md
- `campaign_pipeline_stats` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence/campaign-pipeline-stats.md
- …and 249 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-meta-council-decision-intelligence · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-meta-council-decision-intelligence
