# Stored value instrument

The `StoredValueInstrument` family — 5 operations.

A stored value instrument is spendable value your group has issued — a gift card, a gift certificate, or customer-bound store credit. Stock is born staged (printed cards awaiting activation) or immediately active with an opening balance; money movements are reason-coded onto its ledger, and a code once used burns forever — never reissued.

## Operations

| Operation | Kind | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [createStoredValueInstrument](/reference/stored-value-instrument/createStoredValueInstrument/) | mutation | Create a new gift card or store-credit instrument — customer-held, money-like at your organization. |
| [doomStoredValueInstrument](/reference/stored-value-instrument/doomStoredValueInstrument/) | mutation | Permanently retire a gift card or store-credit instrument — customer-held, money-like. |
| [storedValueInstrument](/reference/stored-value-instrument/storedValueInstrument/) | query | Look up one record — a gift card or store-credit instrument — customer-held, money-like. |
| [storedValueInstruments](/reference/stored-value-instrument/storedValueInstruments/) | query | The stored value instrument list — each entry is a gift card or store-credit instrument — customer-held, money-like. |
| [updateStoredValueInstrument](/reference/stored-value-instrument/updateStoredValueInstrument/) | mutation | Edit a gift card or store-credit instrument — customer-held, money-like — change its details. |