Working with Pods - Advanced Content Types, data save example https://www.meetup.com/Tallinn-WordPress-meetup/events/257955635/

pods-act-data-save.php

try {

    $counts = $client->counts->getCounts( [] );

    if ( isset( $counts->type ) && 'count.hash' === $counts->type ) {

        $pod_name = 'metric';

        $pod = pods(
            $pod_name,
            [
                'orderby' => 'ID DESC',
                'limit'   => 1,
            ]
        );

        if ( 1 !== $pod->total() ) {
            \WP_CLI::error( sprintf( 'Failed to fetch last row, pod %s', $pod_name ) );
        }

        while ( $pod->fetch() ) {

            $row   = $pod->row();
            $value = $counts->lead->count;

            // Your table / data model definition.
            $data = [
                'name'    => 'intercom_total_leads',
                'created' => date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' ),
                'author'  => 293,
                'value'   => $value,
                'change'  => $value - $row['value'],
            ];

            /**
             * Avoid overwriting `$pod` last row.
             *
             * @since 2018.08.03
             */
            $pod_new = pods( $pod_name );

            $pod_new->save( $data );

            \WP_CLI::log( sprintf( '%d %d', $data['value'], $data['change'] ) );

        }

    }
} catch ( GuzzleException $e ) {
    \WP_CLI::error( $e->getMessage() );
}