# create

URL: /business/nouns/decision/create · Id: `verb:Decision.create` · Call: `await $.Decision.create({ … })` (SDK) or the `do` tool at `https://api.sb/mcp`. Inputs says what to pass, Outputs what returns, When it waits who approves.

> Creates a Decision.

Create makes a new [Decision](/business/nouns/decision) from the inputs below. It is inherited: every [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) has `get`, `list`, `create`, `update` and `delete`.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `choice` | `text` | Yes | What was chosen. |
| `reason` | `text` | Yes | Why it was chosen. |
| `stakes` | `string` | No | One of `low`, `medium`, or `high`, which sets the delay window. |
| `thing` | [Thing](/business/nouns/thing) | No | A Decision records one choice about a Thing and stays on that Thing’s record forever. |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | No | A Meeting records Decisions, each with its options, choice and reason. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `decision` | [Decision](/business/nouns/decision) | Yes | The Decision. |

## Effects
- Emits `Decision.created`.
- Two-way: `try`, `send`, `do`.

## Refuses when
| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | [Decision.create](/business/nouns/decision/create) |

## When it waits
| Gate | Default |
| --- | --- |
| Decision class | Low: two-way, nothing at stake |
| [Delay window](/systems/trust-and-governance/controls/one-way-windows) | None: it runs once review passes. |
| Limit | The call [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) of the [Permission](/business/nouns/permission) it runs under. |
| Over the Limit | It waits `pending` for an [Approval](/business/nouns/approval) from the [Founder](/agents/founding/founder). Approved, it runs; refused, it ends `refused` with [`limit-exceeded`](/code/api/errors/limit-exceeded); unanswered by its deadline, it ends `canceled`. |

## Example

**Ask**

```text
Add a decision to QuietCopy.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/decisions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"choice":"Example choice","reason":"Example reason"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com",
  "decision": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/decisions/decision_1",
    "$type": "Decision",
    "choice": "Example choice",
    "reason": "Example reason"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Decision.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

```ts
import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const decision = await $.Decision.create({ choice: 'Example choice', reason: 'Example reason' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Decision.create --json '{"choice":"Example choice","reason":"Example reason"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Decision.create({ choice: 'Example choice', reason: 'Example reason' })"
  }
}
```