---
title: "duplicate_variable"
description: "Clone a variable under a new name."
sidebarTitle: "duplicate_variable"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

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Clone a variable under a new name.

<Info>
  **Writes data · Calls external systems.**
</Info>

## Parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `acknowledge` | boolean | No | Reset edit budget after user approval |
| `new_name` | string | Yes | Name for the new variable |
| `variable_id` | number | Yes | Source variable id |

## Example arguments

Illustrative arguments an agent supplies when calling this tool:

```json
{
  "variable_id": 0,
  "new_name": "string"
}
```

## Description

```text
The duplicate inherits the type, group, and per-variant values of the source — the platform copies everything atomically in one call.
```

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