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# Offboard a team member

> Offboard a person with a leaving date and a reason; the profile is archived. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/charliehr/offboard_team_member

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Offboard a person with a leaving date and a reason; the profile is archived.

CharlieHR API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/charliehr.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/charliehr/members/{member_id}/team-member/offboard`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Does what "offboard team member" does in the profile settings. Open to Super Admins, Admins and Team Leads. reason is one of the four Charlie lists. The profile is archived, not deleted; the person cannot log in after the leaving date and no longer counts toward future invoices. The person gets no message. Returns the pro-rated allowance. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `member_id` | string | yes | Id from list_team_members |
| `leaving_date` | string | yes | YYYY-MM-DD |
| `reason` | string | yes | Resignation, Termination, Contract Finished or Other |
| `notes` | string | no | Internal notes |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/charliehr/members/tm_7d20ab/team-member/offboard \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"leaving_date":"2026-11-30","reason":"Resignation","notes":"Notice given 2 Nov."}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("charliehr", "offboard_team_member", {"member_id":"tm_7d20ab","leaving_date":"2026-11-30","reason":"Resignation","notes":"Notice given 2 Nov."})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('charliehr', 'offboard_team_member', {"member_id":"tm_7d20ab","leaving_date":"2026-11-30","reason":"Resignation","notes":"Notice given 2 Nov."});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call charliehr offboard_team_member --data '{"member_id":"tm_7d20ab","leaving_date":"2026-11-30","reason":"Resignation","notes":"Notice given 2 Nov."}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "member_id": "tm_7d20ab",
  "name": "Daniel Kim",
  "status": "archived",
  "leaving_date": "2026-11-30",
  "reason": "Resignation",
  "new_total_allowance": 23,
  "allowance_used": 17,
  "remaining": 6,
  "unit": "days",
  "member_notified": false
}
```

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