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# placement-create

Places an overdue commercial invoice for collection. Ships in the `mc-api-mcp` stdio server (see [MCP overview](/mcp-servers/overview.md)); the REST equivalent is `POST /v1/placements`.

## Parameters

| Parameter        | Type   | Required | Description                                                                                           |
| ---------------- | ------ | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `company_name`   | string | yes      | Debtor company name.                                                                                  |
| `invoice_amount` | string | yes      | Positive decimal string, e.g. `"7500.00"`.                                                            |
| `primary_email`  | string | no       | Debtor accounts-payable email.                                                                        |
| `primary_phone`  | string | no       | Debtor phone.                                                                                         |
| `primary_domain` | string | no       | Debtor primary domain.                                                                                |
| `state`          | string | no       | Two-letter US state.                                                                                  |
| `city`           | string | no       | City.                                                                                                 |
| `zip_code`       | string | no       | ZIP / postal code.                                                                                    |
| `invoice_number` | string | no       | Your invoice number (used for duplicate detection — re-creating the same number returns a 409 error). |
| `due_date`       | string | no       | ISO date, e.g. `2026-05-01`.                                                                          |
| `posture`        | string | no       | `preserve` \| `escalate`.                                                                             |
| `notes`          | string | no       | Free-text notes.                                                                                      |
| `callback_url`   | string | no       | Per-placement webhook override (HTTPS only).                                                          |

## Returns

The new placement id and status (`PlacementCreateResponse`):

```json
{
  "placement_id": "8c21f0a4-2b1d-4f6e-9c3a-5d7e8f9a0b1c",
  "status": "pending_enrichment",
  "debtor_id": "...",
  "estimated_first_contact": "2026-06-11T18:14:00Z",
  "created_at": "2026-06-10T18:00:00Z"
}
```

Placement ids are bare UUIDs. New placements start in `pending_enrichment`.

## See also

* [MCP overview](/mcp-servers/overview.md)
* [REST API: placements](/rest-api/placements.md)


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