# invite

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

> Invite asks a person to join a Startup in a named Role, sharing that Role’s work with its Agent.

Invite asks a person to join a [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) in a named [Role](/business/nouns/role), sharing that Role’s work with its [Agent](/business/nouns/agent).

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `email` | `email` | Yes | Where the invitation goes. |
| `role` | [Role](/business/nouns/role) | Yes | The Role offered. |
| `access` | `string` | No | The Access Level the person holds in the app, apart from the Role: `admin`, `member` or `viewer`. Owner is never invited. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `human` | [Human](/business/nouns/human) | Yes | The invited Human. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Human.invited`](/business/events/Human.invited).
- Performed by the [Recruiter](/agents/people/recruiter).
- Staffs the Role with the Human once they accept.
- Grants the Access Level named in `access` once they accept.

## Refuses when
| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The input does not match the schema of the operation. | [`invalid-input`](/code/api/errors/invalid-input) | Read the schema of the operation, then send every required field with the right type. | [Human.invite](/business/nouns/human/invite) |
| 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. | [Human.invite](/business/nouns/human/invite) |
| The record changed since it was read, so the write would overwrite a newer version. | [`conflict`](/code/api/errors/conflict) | Read the record again, then retry the write against its current state. | [Human.invite](/business/nouns/human/invite) |

## 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
Invite Lena Fischer with a role.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/humans/invite \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email":"lena@petpantry.shop","role":"role_1"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/petpantry.shop",
  "human": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/humans/human_1",
    "$type": "Human",
    "name": "Lena Fischer",
    "email": "lena@petpantry.shop"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Human.invite",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const human = await $.Human.invite({ email: 'lena@petpantry.shop', role: 'role_1' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Human.invite --json '{"email":"lena@petpantry.shop","role":"role_1"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Human.invite({ email: 'lena@petpantry.shop', role: 'role_1' })"
  }
}
```

Guides that call it: [Invite my cofounder as CTO](/agents/invite-a-person-to-a-role), [Give a teammate access](/agents/give-a-teammate-access).