# pause_auto_search (/docs/mcp/tools/pause-auto-search)

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**Pause an Auto Search** · Changes data

Pauses one Auto Search: no more leads are delivered and no more credits are used until it is resumed. Leads already delivered stay. Returns the Auto Search with status paused, or 404 when it does not belong to the website.

| Connection | Account URL, team member URL or OAuth |
| --- | --- |

## Parameters [#parameters]

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `websiteId` | `string` | Yes | Website ID from list_websites. |
| `autoSearchId` | `string` | Yes | _id from list_auto_searches. |

## Tool definition [#tool-definition]

What your assistant receives from `tools/list`:

```json
{
  "name": "pause_auto_search",
  "title": "Pause an Auto Search",
  "annotations": {
    "title": "Pause an Auto Search",
    "readOnlyHint": false,
    "destructiveHint": false,
    "idempotentHint": true,
    "openWorldHint": false
  },
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "websiteId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Website ID from list_websites."
      },
      "autoSearchId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "_id from list_auto_searches."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "websiteId",
      "autoSearchId"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Used in [#used-in]

- [/docs/leads/prospector/search-prospects/auto-search/mcp](/docs/leads/prospector/search-prospects/auto-search/mcp)