Upload translation

MCPupload_translation

WRITE$0.00001 / call

Features

Upload or replace a translation for a workspace document. Creates a draft by default. This is how an EXTERNAL translator returns its work: the translation webhook notifies you, you translate, you call this. Pass back the source_blob_sha the webhook gave you as source_hash and set origin 'external_api', or the freshness surfaces cannot tell which commit your translation belongs to. The language starts being served to readers as soon as the first page is uploaded — there is no separate activation step.

Input7

Authorizationheaderrequired

Your API key, for the REST call. Sent from your browser straight to the API — never to Docsbook, never stored.

workspace_idstringrequired

Numeric workspace id — OR the project as the user names it: 'owner/repo', the repo name alone, the site's display name, its docs URL or custom domain. Text is resolved server-side; an ambiguous name returns the candidates instead of guessing, so pass what the user said rather than calling list_workspaces first.

source_pathstringrequired

Source document path (e.g. 'guides/quick-start.md')

languagestringrequired

Target language code (e.g. 'es', 'fr')

contentstringrequired

Translated content

statusstring

Status (default: draft) One of: draft, published, outdated.

source_hashstring

Git blob sha (40 hex) of the SOURCE file this was translated FROM — pass the source_blob_sha the translation webhook delivered, verbatim. This is what makes 'is this commit translated?' answerable: without it the row records only a hash of your own output, which no commit can ever match. Omit for a hand-written translation whose freshness is a person's call.

originstring

Who produced it: 'external_api' for a machine translator answering the webhook (compared against the repo like any machine translation), 'manual_upload' for a person's own words (never reported as stale). Default 'manual_upload'. One of: manual_upload, external_api.

Output5

statusstring

translationobject

comparableboolean

Whether this row can be matched to a commit — true only when a source_hash was supplied AND origin is external_api. False means the owner's coverage surfaces will read it as 'manual': present, but not attributable to any commit.

replaced_ai_translationboolean

replacedobject

{ origin, status, updatedAt } of the row that was overwritten.

Limitations

REQUIRES PRO or higher.

Example input

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "upload_translation",
    "arguments": {
      "workspace_id": "<workspace_id>",
      "source_path": "<source_path>",
      "language": "<language>",
      "content": "<content>",
      "status": "draft",
      "origin": "manual_upload"
    }
  }
}

Example output

{
  "status": "<status>",
  "translation": {},
  "comparable": true,
  "replaced_ai_translation": true,
  "replaced": {}
}

Mis à jour Sep 24, 2026