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Bill.approve

POST /{namespace}/bills/{bill}/approve

Approve accepts a coded Bill for payment within the approver’s Mandate and schedules it for its due date.

Noun: Bill
Mode: do
Event: Bill.approved

You, to your agent

Approve the latest bill.

curl -X POST https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/bills/bill_1/approve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const bill = await $.Bill.approve({ bill: 'bill_1' })

npx startup-builder do Bill.approve --json '{"bill":"bill_1"}'

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Bill.approve({ bill: 'bill_1' })"
  }
}

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`bill`	Bill	required	The coded Bill.

Outputs

Output	Type	Required	Description
`bill`	Bill	required	The approved Bill, scheduled for its due date.

Effects

Emits Bill.approved.
Performed by the Finance Lead.
One-way (money): it waits out its delay window, and runs in the send and do modes.
Above the Mandate’s Limit, waits for an Approval from the Founder.
Schedules Bill.pay for the due date.

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.	Bill.approve

When it waits

Gate	Default
Decision class	Medium: one-way, bounded (money)
Delay window	1 business hour, in which a watcher can pause, redirect or cancel it; then it runs.
Limit	The spend Limit of the Permission or Mandate it runs under.
Over the Limit	It waits `pending` for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends `refused` with `limit-exceeded`; unanswered by its deadline, it ends `canceled`.

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