---
title: "Set your focus"
description: "Your \"What I'm focused on\" note (up to 280 characters): it tops your card and your page for two weeks."
canonical_url: https://docs.markdrop.in/api/team/set-your-focus
last_updated: 2026-11-06
site: "Markdrop Docs"
index: https://docs.markdrop.in/llms.txt
---

# Set your focus

`PUT https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/team/{workspace_id}/me/focus`

Your "What I'm focused on" note (up to 280 characters): it tops your card and your page for two weeks. An empty `text` clears it.

- **Authentication:** API token required: `Authorization: Bearer mdk_…`.
- **Rate limit:** 60 per minute per IP address.
- **Guide:** [Team: your workspace memory](https://docs.markdrop.in/workspaces/team#your-status-and-focus)

## Path parameters

- `workspace_id` (string, required): The workspace's id, from the address of its settings page (`markdrop.in/settings/workspaces/<workspace-id>`) or from [List workspaces](https://docs.markdrop.in/api/workspaces/list-workspaces).

## Request body

`application/json`, required.

- `text` (string): Up to 480 characters. Default `""`.

## Responses

- `200`: OK.
- `401`: No token, or the token is revoked or mistyped.
- `422`: The request didn't validate. `detail` lists each problem, with where it is (`loc`) and why (`msg`).
- `429`: Too many requests from your IP address. Wait the seconds in `Retry-After`.

## Examples

**curl**

```bash
curl -X PUT https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/team/WORKSPACE_ID/me/focus \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARKDROP_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"Shipping saved searches this week"}'
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/team/WORKSPACE_ID/me/focus", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MARKDROP_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "text": "Shipping saved searches this week"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import os

import requests

r = requests.put(
    "https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/team/WORKSPACE_ID/me/focus",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MARKDROP_TOKEN']}"},
    json={"text": "Shipping saved searches this week"},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```