# connect

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

> Connect binds a Handle to the Integration credential it publishes through, once the platform confirms the account.

Connect binds a [Handle](/business/nouns/handle) to the [Integration](/business/nouns/integration) credential it publishes through, once the platform confirms the account.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | [Handle](/business/nouns/handle) | Yes | The Handle. |
| `integration` | [Integration](/business/nouns/integration) | Yes | The Integration credential. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | [Handle](/business/nouns/handle) | Yes | The connected Handle. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Handle.connected`](/business/events/Handle.connected).
- Performed by the [Content Lead](/agents/marketing/content-lead).
- Two-way: it runs at once, in the `try`, `send` and `do` modes.

## 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. | [Handle.connect](/business/nouns/handle/connect) |

## When it waits
| Gate | Default |
| --- | --- |
| Decision class | Medium: two-way, visible |
| [Delay window](/systems/trust-and-governance/controls/one-way-windows) | 1 business hour, in which a watcher can pause, redirect or cancel it; then it runs. |
| 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
Connect the latest handle with an integration.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/handles/handle_1/connect \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"integration":"integration_1"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com",
  "handle": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/handles/handle_1",
    "$type": "Handle",
    "venue": "Example venue",
    "name": "TutorLoop"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Handle.connect",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const handle = await $.Handle.connect({ handle: 'handle_1', integration: 'integration_1' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Handle.connect --json '{"handle":"handle_1","integration":"integration_1"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Handle.connect({ handle: 'handle_1', integration: 'integration_1' })"
  }
}
```