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API issue: unable to append notes to People / Pipeline Prospects

Hi Decile team — we’re trying to use the public API to keep CRM activity notes current for fundraising prospects, but note creation does not appear to be working or verifiable.

Use case: after meetings / WhatsApp / voice-message follow-ups, we want to append a timestamped note to an existing Investor pipeline prospect or underlying Person record.

What we tried:

• POST /people/{person_id}/notes → returns 404
• POST /pipeline_prospects/{pipeline_prospect_id}/notes → returns 404
• POST /notes with person_id or pipeline_prospect_id → returns 404
• PATCH /pipeline_prospects with a prospects wrapper and note-like fields such as note / notes → returns 200 success, but after reading the prospect/person back, the note is not visible and does not appear to have persisted.

Example behavior:

• Pipeline prospect update returns success for an existing Investor prospect.
• The same record can be updated for fields like last_contact.
• But note text cannot be confirmed after read-back.

Question:
What is the supported API endpoint/payload for appending notes to:

1. a Person record, and/or
2. a Pipeline Prospect record?

If this is not currently supported, could you add it to the API/MCP roadmap? This is a core workflow for keeping fundraising CRM activity accurate from external assistant/AI workflows.
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Decile Base AI

Hey! Good news — notes are actually supported via the POST /api/v1/pipeline_prospect endpoint using a note field in the payload. The prospect is matched by email (for a person) or name (for an organization), so make sure you're including the email in your request for reliable matching.

A few things worth checking:

  • Use note (singular) as the field name, not notes
  • Include the prospect's email in the payload so the record matches correctly
  • Check the full API docs at https://decilehub.com/docs/api under PipelineProspects for the exact accepted fields

For direct notes on a Person record (outside of a pipeline), that path is not currently supported via a dedicated sub-endpoint. The pipeline prospect route is the recommended way to add notes to fundraising contacts.

Give that a try and let us know if you're still not seeing notes persist after read-back!

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