---
title: "Edit your own comment, as the builder"
description: "Only the author may edit a comment, and the builder is the author of the ones they wrote."
canonical: "https://gtable.app/docs/builder-api/data/comments-update"
updated: "2026-10-05"
---

# Edit your own comment, as the builder

`PATCH https://studio.gtable.app/v1/apps/{appId}/comments/{commentId}`

Only the author may edit a comment, and the builder is the author of the ones they wrote.

Requires the `records:write` scope. Operation `apps.comments.update`. MCP tool `apps_comments_update`. CLI, once published: `gtable apps comments update`.

## Path parameters

| Name        | Type   | Required | Description |
| ----------- | ------ | -------- | ----------- |
| `appId`     | string | yes      |             |
| `commentId` | string | yes      |             |

## Headers

| Name              | Type   | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Idempotency-Key` | string | no       | Any unique string. Sending the same key with the same request again returns the first response (marked `Idempotency-Replayed: true`) instead of running it twice. Reusing it for a different request is refused with 409. Kept for 24 hours. Up to 255 characters. |

## Request body

| Field      | Type      | Required | Description            |
| ---------- | --------- | -------- | ---------------------- |
| `text`     | string    | yes      | Up to 4000 characters. |
| `mentions` | string\[] | no       | Up to 20 items.        |