# raise

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

> Raise lifts a Limit after an Approval allows it, and the Action that waited on it proceeds.

Raise lifts a [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) after an [Approval](/business/nouns/approval) allows it, and the [Action](/business/nouns/action) that waited on it proceeds.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) | Yes | The Limit to lift. |
| `to` | `json` | Yes | The new amount, count or rate. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) | Yes | The raised Limit. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Limit.raised`](/business/events/Limit.raised).
- Performed by the [Founder](/agents/founding/founder).
- One-way (money): it waits out its delay window, and runs in the `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. | [Limit.raise](/business/nouns/limit/raise) |
| The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused. | [`refused`](/code/api/errors/refused) | Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry. | [Limit.raise](/business/nouns/limit/raise) |

## When it waits
| Gate | Default |
| --- | --- |
| Decision class | Medium: one-way, bounded (money) |
| [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 spend [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) of the [Permission](/business/nouns/permission) or [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) 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
Raise the latest limit.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/limits/limit_1/raise \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to":{}}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com",
  "limit": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/limits/limit_1",
    "$type": "Limit",
    "amount": {
      "amount": 400,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "count": 1
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Limit.raise",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const limit = await $.Limit.raise({ limit: 'limit_1', to: {} })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Limit.raise --json '{"limit":"limit_1","to":{}}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Limit.raise({ limit: 'limit_1', to: {} })"
  }
}
```