API · Manage · Governance
Change the director.
Cascade: Resolution (action of stockholders OR sole-director consent depending on whose authority elects) + a Document of type director_change_consent + an audit entry. Required when board composition changes (a SAFE / priced round may require this if the investor is appointed).
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Query Parameters
dry_runbooleanOptionalIf true, simulate the mutation and return the would-be resource, any cascaded
resources, and a fee estimate — without side effects. Available on every mutation.
Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
actionstringRequired"elect""remove""replace"authoritystringOptionalWho is electing/removing. Drives which Resolution kind cascades.
"board_consent""stockholder_action""sole_director_consent"authorizing_resolutionobjectOptionalWhether to auto-generate the underlying board resolution
that authorises this action. Defaults to auto: true.
The resolution and the action artifact share an
Idempotency-Key; both land atomically or neither does.
autobooleanOptionalrecitalsarray<string>OptionalOptional plain-English context to embed in the resolution's recitals[]. Useful when the board's consideration warrants a specific narrative.
stakeholder_idstringRequiredeffective_datestring<date>RequiredResponse Body
application/json
Request
curl -X POST "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/director_changes" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "action": "elect", "stakeholder_id": "string", "effective_date": "2019-08-24" }'const body = JSON.stringify({ "action": "elect", "stakeholder_id": "string", "effective_date": "2019-08-24"})fetch("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/director_changes", { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body})package mainimport ( "fmt" "net/http" "io/ioutil" "strings")func main() { url := "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/director_changes" body := strings.NewReader(`{ "action": "elect", "stakeholder_id": "string", "effective_date": "2019-08-24" }`) req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body) req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body))}import requestsheaders = { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc", "Matter-Version": "2026-06-10", "Idempotency-Key": "ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b",}payload = { "action": "elect", "stakeholder_id": "example", "effective_date": "2026-01-01"}resp = requests.post( "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/ent_Nq3KcAbc/director_changes", headers=headers, json=payload,)resp.raise_for_status()print(resp.json())import java.net.URI;import java.net.http.HttpClient;import java.net.http.HttpRequest;import java.net.http.HttpResponse;import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;import java.time.Duration;import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;var body = BodyPublishers.ofString("""{ "action": "elect", "stakeholder_id": "string", "effective_date": "2019-08-24"}""");HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder() .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10)) .build();HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder = HttpRequest.newBuilder() .uri(URI.create("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/director_changes")) .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .POST(body) .build();try { HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(requestBuilder.build(), BodyHandlers.ofString()); System.out.println("Status code: " + response.statusCode()); System.out.println("Response body: " + response.body());} catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace();}using System;using System.Net.Http;using System.Text;var body = new StringContent("""{ "action": "elect", "stakeholder_id": "string", "effective_date": "2019-08-24"}""", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");var client = new HttpClient();var response = await client.PostAsync("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/director_changes", body);var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();curl --request POST 'https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/ent_Nq3KcAbc/director_changes' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc' \ --header 'Matter-Version: 2026-06-10' \ --header 'Idempotency-Key: ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "action": "elect", "stakeholder_id": "example", "effective_date": "2026-01-01"}'const response = await fetch("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/ent_Nq3KcAbc/director_changes", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc", "Matter-Version": "2026-06-10", "Idempotency-Key": "ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "action": "elect", "stakeholder_id": "example", "effective_date": "2026-01-01" }),});if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`Matter API ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);}const data = await response.json();console.log(data);Response
202Director change accepted.
application/json{
"resolution": {
"id": "string",
"object": "resolution",
"entity_id": "string",
"kind": "board_meeting",
"subject": "Approval of 2026 Equity Plan and initial pool of 2,000,000 shares",
"resolved_at": 0,
"variant": "sole_director",
"signatories": [
{
"stakeholder_id": "string",
"signed_at": 0,
"role": "string",
"signing_capacity": "director"
}
],
"officer_changes": [
{
"stakeholder_id": "string",
"change_kind": "appoint",
"title": "string",
"effective_date": "2019-08-24",
"previous_title": "string"
}
],
"document_id": "string",
"authorizes_filings": [
"string"
],
"authorizes_agreements": [
"string"
],
"authorizes_grants": [
"string"
],
"authorizes_share_reservations": [
"string"
],
"metadata": {
"customer_id": "cus_7Hpx9WxY",
"portfolio_tag": "y-combinator-w26"
},
"created": 0,
"updated": 0,
"livemode": true
},
"director": {
"id": "string",
"object": "director",
"entity_id": "string",
"stakeholder_id": "string",
"board_seat": 0,
"status": "active",
"effective_date": "2019-08-24",
"elected_via_resolution_id": "string",
"removed_via_resolution_id": "string",
"livemode": true
},
"authorizing_resolution_id": "string"
}