# update_member

`tools/call` · `POST /clanker/v1/members:update`

Change a member's role. Admins cannot change owners, and the workspace keeps at least one owner. Needs write access, and your person must be a workspace owner or admin.

- Area: Workspace
- Needs the write grant. Idempotent.

## Inputs

- `member` (string, required): A workspace member's email or user ID, such as maya@acme.dev.
- `role` (string, one of: `owner`, `admin`, `member`, `viewer`, required): A workspace role: owner, admin, member or viewer.

## Request

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "update_member",
    "arguments": {
      "member": "maya@acme.dev",
      "role": "admin"
    }
  }
}
```

## HTTP request

The same call over the clanker HTTP API, with a clanker OAuth access token:

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.clankership.com/clanker/v1/members:update \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLANKER_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "member": "maya@acme.dev",
    "role": "admin"
  }'
```