requestChange · StartupBuilder

Approval.approveMode do

curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/approvals/approval_TlxQeWh9uX/approve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SB_TOKEN"

API referenceApproval.approveIts NounsApproval

npx startup-builder do Approval.approve --data '{"approval":"approval_TlxQeWh9uX"}'

CLI referenceApproval.approveIts NounsApproval

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Approval.approve({ approval: 'approval_TlxQeWh9uX' })"
  }
}

MCP referenceApproval.approveIts NounsApproval

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const approval = await $.Approval.approve({ approval: 'approval_TlxQeWh9uX' })

SDK referenceApproval.approveIts NounsApproval

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`approval`	Approval	required	The pending Approval.
`change`	`text`	required	What to change before you decide, such as "a cheaper option".

Outputs

Output	Type	Required	Description
`approval`	Approval	required	The Approval, still pending, with the change attached.

Effects

Fact	Value
Action class	None: no approval rule names it, so it runs within its seat's Permissions and Limits
Who calls it	A Human answers it: the owner of record, or a Human the owner named as approver. An Agent caller is refused with `human-required`, and the Worker that requested the Action with `self-approval`
Stakes	Who may act
Door	Two-way: it runs at once
Modes	`try` previews it and stores nothing; `send` returns a pending Action; `do` (default) waits for the result
Idempotent	Only with a key: a repeat with the same `Idempotency-Key` and input returns the first Action, the same key with other input is refused with `409`, and a repeat without a key runs again
Undo	Action.undo reverses it
Emits	`Approval.changeRequested`

Keeps the held Action pending; the agent answers with a new Approval for the changed Action and cancels this one.

Refuses when

Check	Error	Fix	Then call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation	`forbidden`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	None.
The Verb is a Human’s own act, answering an Approval or claiming the Startup, and the caller is an Agent	`human-required`	Send it to the owner of record, or to the Human the owner named as approver; an Agent prepares the work and waits.	None.
The caller is the Worker that requested the Action this Approval holds, and nobody answers their own request	`self-approval`	Leave it for the owner of record, or the Human the owner named as approver.	None.
`approval` is missing, or is not a approval	`invalid-input`	Send `approval` as a approval, then call it again.	None.
`change` is missing, or is not a text	`invalid-input`	Send `change` as a text, then call it again.	None.
The `Idempotency-Key` was sent before with another operation or other input	`idempotency-mismatch`	Send a new key for new input; reuse a key only to retry the same request.	None.

When it waits

Gate	Default
Decision class	Low: two-way, no delay window
Delay window	None: it runs once review passes.
Limit	The call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the Limit	It waits `pending` for an Approval, which a Human answers: the owner of record, or a Human they named to approve for the Founder seat. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends `refused` with `limit-exceeded`; unanswered by its deadline, it ends `canceled`.

Example

Approval.requestChangeMode do

You, to your agent

Request change the approval I named, approval_TlxQeWh9uX.

curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/approvals/approval_TlxQeWh9uX/requestChange \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SB_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"change":"Example change"}'

npx startup-builder do Approval.requestChange --data '{"approval":"approval_TlxQeWh9uX","change":"Example change"}'

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Approval.requestChange({ approval: 'approval_TlxQeWh9uX', change: 'Example change' })"
  }
}

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const approval = await $.Approval.requestChange({ approval: 'approval_TlxQeWh9uX', change: 'Example change' })

To retry, send the same Idempotency-Key: the retry returns the first Action and runs nothing twice. A new key runs the call again.

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