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# Publishes Tool onto IPFS

**`PUT /api/v1/tools/{id}/publish`**

Publishes the tool with the specified tool ID onto IPFS and sends a message featuring its IPFS CID into the corresponding Hedera topic.

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.TOOLS_TOOL_REVIEW`

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## Request

### Path Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Required | Description                |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | -------------------------- |
| `id`      | string | Yes      | Tool ID (MongoDB ObjectId) |

### Request Body

```json
{
  "version": "1.0.0"
}
```

| Field     | Type   | Required | Description                                    |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `version` | string | Yes      | Version string to assign to the published tool |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `200 OK`

```json
{
  "valid": true,
  "results": []
}
```

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description                |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token   |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions   |
| `422 Unprocessable Entity`  | `id` is missing or invalid |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure  |