---
name: "hr_save_document"
area: "hr"
title: "Attach, change or remove a document"
price: "$0.01"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/hr_save_document"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/hr"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_document"
---

# Attach, change or remove a document (`hr_save_document`)

Keeps a file from the store on a person's record (a contract, an ID, a certificate), or changes or removes it.

Keep a file from the file store on a person's record: give person and file_id, a category (contract, id, certificate, review, other), a title (default: the file's name) and expires_on for things like work permits and certificates (the daily digest mentions them 30 days ahead). With document_id, change its category, title or expiry, or take it off the record with remove: true. While attached, the file can't be deleted; removed, it stays in the store.

Price: $0.01 a call. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

A contract, ID or certificate belongs on someone's record, with its expiry if it has one.

## Say this to your agent

> File Felix's signed employment contract on his record.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `person` | integer or string | no | The person_id, or their work email. 1 to 254 characters, at least 1. |  |  |
| `file_id` | string | no | A file_id from the file store. Exactly 36 characters. |  |  |
| `document_id` | integer | no | At least 1. |  |  |
| `category` | string | no |  | `"contract"`, `"id"`, `"certificate"`, `"review"`, `"other"` |  |
| `title` | string | no | Up to 200 characters. |  |  |
| `expires_on` | string or null | no | YYYY-MM-DD, or null to clear it. Matches ^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$. |  |  |
| `remove` | boolean | no |  |  | `false` |

## Example

Written for Hansen & Voss, a restaurant-equipment wholesaler in Hamburg with 60 staff.

MCP: call `hr_save_document` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/hr` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "person": "felix.wagner@hansenvoss.example",
  "file_id": "7d9b1f3a-5c2e-4b6d-8f0a-1c3e5a7b9d2f",
  "category": "contract",
  "title": "Employment contract"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/hr_save_document \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"person": "felix.wagner@hansenvoss.example", "file_id": "7d9b1f3a-5c2e-4b6d-8f0a-1c3e5a7b9d2f", "category": "contract", "title": "Employment contract"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "hr_save_document",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.01",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "document": {
      "document_id": 4101,
      "person": {
        "person_id": 4105,
        "name": "Felix Wagner"
      },
      "category": "contract",
      "title": "Employment contract",
      "expires_on": null,
      "expired": false,
      "file": {
        "file_id": "7d9b1f3a-5c2e-4b6d-8f0a-1c3e5a7b9d2f",
        "name": "felix-wagner-contract.pdf",
        "content_type": "application/pdf",
        "size": "1.1 KB",
        "size_bytes": 1147,
        "sha256": "24cfafaca922f96f27862a78624077499c6933a1caf04ba986e83cc228a836c3",
        "created_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "download_url": "https://cncto.co/d/7d9b1f3a-5c2e-4b6d-8f0a-1c3e5a7b9d2f?t=eyJmIjoiMzA2NTg0ZDQtYWZlNi00ZTBkLTg0NTgtMWNhZDgxNjZjNmI1IiwiZXhwIjoxNzkyNDM5OTA0fQ:1xIX1U:g0cZ2DqF_RAcQIwuNqLjEL3AezYbFKXOxzuBYsT0AKw",
        "link_expires_in_hours": 24
      }
    },
    "attached": true
  }
}
```

`result`: document: its document_id, person, category, title, expiry and file with a download link; and attached.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | No person of the business has that person_id or work email. | Find them with hr_list_people. |
| `not_found` | 404 | The document or file does not exist. | Upload the file with files_upload first. |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | Neither person with file_id nor document_id was given. | Attach with person and file_id, or change one with document_id. |
| `already_attached` | 409 | The file is on the person's record already. | Change it by document_id. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [hr_save_people](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_people.md): Adds people or changes them, up to 100 at a time, all or none: names, emails, job, department, location, manager, dates and allowances. $1.00 per person added.
- [hr_list_people](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_list_people.md): People by last name, everyone who hasn't left by default, filtered by status, department, location, manager, type or words. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hr_get_person](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_get_person.md): Everything about one person: details, leave balances for a year, pending and upcoming leave, documents, open tasks and direct reports. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hr_delete_person](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_delete_person.md): Erases a person for good with their leave, tasks and document records; their files stay in the store. Free.
- [hr_get_settings](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_get_settings.md): The working days, hours, leave year, time zone, leave types, public holidays and checklists. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hr_save_settings](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_settings.md): Sets the work calendar: working days, hours per day, leave year, time zone, and one location's public holidays for a year. $0.001 a call.
- [hr_save_leave_type](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_leave_type.md): Adds or changes a kind of time off: annual days, monthly or yearly accrual, carry-over, paid and tracked. $0.001 a call.
- [hr_adjust_leave](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_adjust_leave.md): Adds days to, or takes days off, one person's balance of a tracked leave type, with the reason. $0.01 a call.
- [hr_request_leave](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_request_leave.md): Asks for time off for someone, counting working days less holidays; it waits for a decision unless approved at once. $0.01 a call.
- [hr_decide_leave](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_decide_leave.md): Approves or declines a pending leave request, or cancels one that is pending or approved. $0.01 a call.
- [hr_list_leave](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_list_leave.md): Leave requests, latest start first, by person, status, type or dates. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hr_who_is_out](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_who_is_out.md): Who is off in a period (today by default), with each leave and its days, plus public holidays and people on long leave. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hr_save_checklist](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_checklist.md): Adds or changes an onboarding or offboarding checklist: items with an owner and a due day relative to the start or last day. $0.001 a call.
- [hr_start_checklist](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_start_checklist.md): Turns a checklist into tasks for one person, each due relative to their start date or last day. $0.01 a call.
- [hr_tasks](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_tasks.md): Checklist tasks, soonest due first: open, overdue, done or all, for one person, one owner or a date. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hr_complete_task](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_complete_task.md): Marks a checklist task done, or opens it again. $0.01 a call.
- [hr_report](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_report.md): Headcount, joiners and leavers, time off taken, or everyone's leave balances. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hr_dashboard_link](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_dashboard_link.md): A one-time link to HR at a glance: who is out, leave to decide, open tasks, and who starts or leaves soon. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hr_save_policy](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_policy.md): Keeps a policy people must read and confirm, like an AI use policy; a changed text is a new version. $0.001 a call.
- [hr_send_policy](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_send_policy.md): Emails each person in a policy's scope a one-time link to read and confirm its current version. $0.02 per email sent.
- [hr_record_training](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_record_training.md): Records a training someone completed, like AI literacy, with its date, hours, certificate and expiry. $0.01 a call.
- [hr_policy_status](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_policy_status.md): Who confirmed each policy's current version, and who holds a valid training of each kind. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.