# merge

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

> Merge joins a duplicate Organization into another, keeping every Contact, Deal and Event on the one that remains.

Merge joins a duplicate [Organization](/business/nouns/organization) into another, keeping every [Contact](/business/nouns/contact), [Deal](/business/nouns/deal) and [Event](/business/nouns/event) on the one that remains.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `organization` | [Organization](/business/nouns/organization) | Yes | The duplicate. |
| `into` | [Organization](/business/nouns/organization) | Yes | The Organization that remains. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `organization` | [Organization](/business/nouns/organization) | Yes | The remaining Organization. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Organization.merged`](/business/events/Organization.merged).
- Performed by the [Sales Lead](/agents/sales/sales-lead).
- One-way: it waits out its delay window, and runs in the `send` and `do` modes.
- Keeps the merged id as an alias; nothing is deleted.

## 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. | [Organization.merge](/business/nouns/organization/merge) |

## When it waits
| Gate | Default |
| --- | --- |
| Decision class | Medium: one-way, bounded |
| [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 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
Merge my organization.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/patentpad.com/organizations/organization_1/merge \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"into":"organization_1"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com",
  "organization": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/organizations/organization_1",
    "$type": "Organization",
    "name": "PatentPad"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Organization.merge",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const organization = await $.Organization.merge({ organization: 'organization_1', into: 'organization_1' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Organization.merge --json '{"organization":"organization_1","into":"organization_1"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Organization.merge({ organization: 'organization_1', into: 'organization_1' })"
  }
}
```