# provision

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

> Provision starts a Customer’s Member Directory pushing people and groups into its Tenant, with groups mapped to Roles.

Provision starts a [Customer](/business/nouns/customer)’s [Member Directory](/business/nouns/member-directory) pushing people and groups into its [Tenant](/business/nouns/tenant), with groups mapped to [Roles](/business/nouns/role).

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tenant` | [Tenant](/business/nouns/tenant) | Yes | The Tenant it fills. |
| `groupRoles` | `json` | No | Which group fills which Role. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `directory` | [Member Directory](/business/nouns/member-directory) | Yes | The Member Directory, now active. |

## Effects
- Emits [`MemberDirectory.provisioned`](/business/events/MemberDirectory.provisioned).
- Performed by the [Security Engineer](/agents/engineering/security-engineer).
- Two-way: it runs at once, in the `try`, `send` and `do` modes.
- Fills Roles for every person in a mapped group.

## 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. | [MemberDirectory.provision](/business/nouns/member-directory/provision) |

## 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
Provision the latest member directory with a tenant.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/member-directories/provision \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"tenant":"tenant_1"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com",
  "directory": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/member-directories/member_directory_1",
    "$type": "MemberDirectory",
    "state": "draft"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "MemberDirectory.provision",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const directory = await $.MemberDirectory.provision({ tenant: 'tenant_1' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do MemberDirectory.provision --json '{"tenant":"tenant_1"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.MemberDirectory.provision({ tenant: 'tenant_1' })"
  }
}
```