# create

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

> Creates a Quote.

Create makes a new [Quote](/business/nouns/quote) from the inputs below. It is inherited: every [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) has `get`, `list`, `create`, `update` and `delete`.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `total` | `money` | Yes | The quoted total. |
| `validUntil` | `date` | Yes | The last day it may be accepted. |
| `lines` | `json` | Yes | One line per Offer: quantity, list Price, discount percent, net amount, term, and start, one line per ramp year. |
| `concessions` | `string[]` | No | Concessions granted, each from the Startup’s fixed concession list, such as a 60-day termination for convenience. |
| `paymentTerms` | `json` | No | The `collection`, `terms` and `purchaseOrder` every Invoice from the accepted Quote carries. |
| `deal` | [Deal](/business/nouns/deal) | No | A Deal sends Quotes, each a priced proposal valid until a date. |

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

## Effects
- Emits `Quote.created`.
- Two-way: `try`, `send`, `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. | [Quote.create](/business/nouns/quote/create) |

## 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
Add a quote to TutorLoop.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/quotes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"total":{"amount":60,"currency":"USD"},"validUntil":"2026-10-22","lines":{}}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com",
  "quote": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/quotes/quote_1",
    "$type": "Quote",
    "total": {
      "amount": 60,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "validUntil": "2026-10-22",
    "status": "draft",
    "lines": {}
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Quote.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const quote = await $.Quote.create({ total: { amount: 60, currency: 'USD' }, validUntil: '2026-10-22', lines: {} })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Quote.create --json '{"total":{"amount":60,"currency":"USD"},"validUntil":"2026-10-22","lines":{}}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Quote.create({ total: { amount: 60, currency: 'USD' }, validUntil: '2026-10-22', lines: {} })"
  }
}
```

Next: [`Quote.send`](/business/nouns/quote/send) (in `guide:make-a-custom-plan`).

Guides that call it: [Make a custom plan for one customer](/products/offers/make-a-custom-plan).