Set a catalog's commission rule for one SKU

PUT /catalogs/{catalogId}/commission/{sku}

Set a catalog's commission rule for one SKU: uncommissionable (no group earns on it), or rates naming each group's rate in basis points — a group not named earns its base rate.

The rule replaces whatever the SKU inherited from the catalog's base. Appends inventory.catalog-commission-set. Idempotent by content: a retry setting the same rule is acknowledged and appends nothing.

Access

Requires commissions:write.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent by content: a retry setting the same rule is acknowledged and appends nothing.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

inventory.catalog-commission-set

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as commissions_set_catalog_rule (Commissions: Set catalog rule), in the commissions toolset.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

Gold earns 8% on the blue widget sold wholesale.

curl

curl -X PUT 'https://inventory.getmanifold.io/catalogs/cat_019e394f-ed80-7da2-823a-3ff13eb84f30/commission/WIDGET-BLUE' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "rule": {
    "_tag": "rates",
    "groups": [
      {
        "groupId": "cgr_019e5a10-4c2a-7d11-9a3e-5b7c2d8e1f40",
        "rateBps": 800
      }
    ]
  }
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://inventory.getmanifold.io/catalogs/cat_019e394f-ed80-7da2-823a-3ff13eb84f30/commission/WIDGET-BLUE", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "rule": {
      "_tag": "rates",
      "groups": [
        {
          "groupId": "cgr_019e5a10-4c2a-7d11-9a3e-5b7c2d8e1f40",
          "rateBps": 800
        }
      ]
    }
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "rule": {
    "_tag": "rates",
    "groups": [
      {
        "groupId": "cgr_019e5a10-4c2a-7d11-9a3e-5b7c2d8e1f40",
        "rateBps": 800
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "catalogId": "cat_019e394f-ed80-7da2-823a-3ff13eb84f30",
  "rules": [
    {
      "sku": "WIDGET-BLUE",
      "rule": {
        "_tag": "rates",
        "groups": [
          {
            "groupId": "cgr_019e5a10-4c2a-7d11-9a3e-5b7c2d8e1f40",
            "rateBps": 800
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "inheritsFrom": "cat_019cadd3-8524-7934-9ee3-29b896f71f80"
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: inventory-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://inventory.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`404`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`CatalogNotFound` catalogId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.
`CommissionGroupNotFound` groupId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`CatalogArchived` catalogId	The catalog is archived, and an archived catalog takes no changes.	Use an active catalog.
`CommissionGroupArchived` groupId	The request was refused, and nothing changed.	Nothing changed. Read the record, then decide.
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Pay reps commission, step 5: Give the SKU its own rate for the group