# get

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

> Returns one Noun by id.

Get returns one [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) by id. It is inherited: every Noun has `get`, `list`, `create`, `update` and `delete`.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Noun. |
| `at` | `string` | No | A time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `noun` | [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) | Yes | The Noun. |

## Effects
- Reads only: it emits no Event and changes nothing.
- Read: `try`, `do`.

## 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. | [Noun.get](/business/nouns/noun/get) |

## When it waits
Never: a read runs at once.

## Example

**Ask**

```text
Show me the latest noun.
```

**API**

```bash
curl https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/nouns/noun_1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com",
  "$type": "Noun",
  "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/nouns/noun_1",
  "noun": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/nouns/noun_1",
    "$type": "Noun",
    "name": "QuietCopy",
    "status": "draft"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/nouns/noun_1",
    "up": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/nouns"
  },
  "actions": {
    "retire": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/nouns/noun_1/retire",
    "trace": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/nouns/noun_1/trace"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const noun = await $.Noun.get({ id: 'noun_1' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Noun.get --json '{"id":"noun_1"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Noun.get({ id: 'noun_1' })"
  }
}
```