# schedule

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

> Schedule commits an Issue to a week of work and records each scope change after the week starts.

Schedule commits an [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) to a week of work and records each scope change after the week starts.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `issue` | [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) | Yes | The Issue to commit. |
| `week` | `date` | Yes | The first day of the week it is committed to. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `issue` | [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) | Yes | The scheduled Issue. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Issue.scheduled`](/business/events/Issue.scheduled).
- Performed by the [Product Lead](/agents/product/product-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. | [Issue.schedule](/business/nouns/issue/schedule) |

## 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
Schedule the latest issue.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/issues/issue_1/schedule \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"week":"2026-10-22"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com",
  "issue": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/issues/issue_1",
    "$type": "Issue",
    "status": "pending",
    "mode": "try"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Issue.schedule",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const issue = await $.Issue.schedule({ issue: 'issue_1', week: '2026-10-22' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Issue.schedule --json '{"issue":"issue_1","week":"2026-10-22"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Issue.schedule({ issue: 'issue_1', week: '2026-10-22' })"
  }
}
```