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Idea.create

POST /{namespace}/ideas

Creates an Idea.

Noun: Idea
Mode: do
Event: Idea.created

You, to your agent

Add an idea to PatentPad.

curl -X POST https://api.sb/patentpad.com/ideas \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"statement":"Drafts provisional patents for solo inventors."}'

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const idea = await $.Idea.create({ statement: 'Drafts provisional patents for solo inventors.' })

npx startup-builder do Idea.create --json '{"statement":"Drafts provisional patents for solo inventors."}'

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Idea.create({ statement: 'Drafts provisional patents for solo inventors.' })"
  }
}

Create makes a new Idea from the inputs below. It is inherited: every Noun has get, list, create, update and delete.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`statement`	`text`	required	The concept in one line.

Outputs

Output	Type	Required	Description
`idea`	Idea	required	The Idea.

Effects

Emits Idea.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`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	Idea.create

When it waits

Gate	Default
Decision class	Low: two-way, nothing at stake
Delay window	None: it runs once review passes.
Limit	The call Limit of the Permission 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`.