# Problem.suggested

URL: /business/events/Problem.suggested · Id: `event:Problem.suggested`

> Emitted each time a Problem is suggested.

[Problem.suggest](/business/nouns/problem/suggest) emits `Problem.suggested` when it completes on a [Problem](/business/nouns/problem).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Problem.suggest](/business/nouns/problem/suggest) |
| Noun | [Problem](/business/nouns/problem) |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Problem.suggest](/business/nouns/problem/suggest) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Problem.suggested`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.evidence` | [Evidence](/business/nouns/evidence) | Yes | The Evidence, Opinion grade, with `askedBy` set. |
| `data.problem` | [Problem](/business/nouns/problem) | Yes | The Problem with the new Evidence attached. |
| `data.problem.statement` | `text` | Yes | The struggle, in the words of the ICP. |
| `data.problem.costPerPeriod` | `json` | No | What the Problem costs the ICP per period: hours times wage, or the spend on what they hire today. |
| `data.problem.address` | `json` | No | The opportunity map cell it sits on: an occupation, a task it performs, and an industry. |
| `data.problem.moment` | `text` | No | The moment the job starts, with the observable trigger that marks it. |
| `data.problem.progress` | `text` | No | The progress the ICP wants, from the state before to the state after. |
| `data.problem.hiredToday` | `json` | No | What the ICP hires for the job today, by kind and cost: software, a Service, their own hands, or nothing. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/routewise.dev/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Problem.suggested",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "evidence": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/routewise.dev/evidence/evidence_1",
      "$type": "Evidence",
      "grade": "Behavior"
    },
    "problem": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/routewise.dev/problems/problem_1",
      "$type": "Problem",
      "statement": "Plans delivery routes for courier fleets through an API.",
      "costPerPeriod": {},
      "address": {},
      "moment": "Example moment",
      "progress": "Example progress",
      "hiredToday": {}
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```