# create

URL: /business/nouns/forecast/create · Id: `verb:Forecast.create` · Call: `await $.Forecast.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 Forecast.

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

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `asOf` | `datetime` | Yes | When the inputs were read. |
| `runwayWeeks` | `number` | Yes | Weeks until cash reaches zero at the projected rates. |
| `defaultAlive` | `boolean` | Yes | True when projected revenue covers projected Cost before cash runs out. |
| `profitWeek` | `date` | No | The first week projected revenue covers fully loaded Cost. |
| `spendState` | `string` | Yes | The spend state it sets: `free` when default alive, `tight` when default dead, `hold` under 13 weeks of runway. |

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

## Effects
- Emits `Forecast.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. | [Forecast.create](/business/nouns/forecast/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 forecast to ShiftNote.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/forecasts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"asOf":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z","runwayWeeks":1,"defaultAlive":true,"spendState":"free"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app",
  "forecast": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/forecasts/forecast_1",
    "$type": "Forecast",
    "asOf": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
    "runwayWeeks": 1,
    "defaultAlive": true,
    "spendState": "free"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Forecast.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const forecast = await $.Forecast.create({ asOf: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z', runwayWeeks: 1, defaultAlive: true, spendState: 'free' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Forecast.create --json '{"asOf":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z","runwayWeeks":1,"defaultAlive":true,"spendState":"free"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Forecast.create({ asOf: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z', runwayWeeks: 1, defaultAlive: true, spendState: 'free' })"
  }
}
```