# create

URL: /business/nouns/renewal/create · Id: `verb:Renewal.create` · Call: `await $.Renewal.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 Renewal.

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

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `value` | `money` | No | What the Deal is worth if won. |
| `owner` | [Worker](/business/nouns/worker) | No | The Worker who runs it. |
| `closesOn` | `date` | No | The date the buyer expects to decide. |
| `nextStep` | `text` | No | The next dated step agreed with the buyer. |
| `termEndsAt` | `datetime` | Yes | When the current term ends, read from the Subscription. |
| `openedAt` | `datetime` | Yes | When it opened: by default 90 days before the term ends. |
| `usageReview` | `text` | No | Usage against each Entitlement over the term, written before any Quote. |
| `noticeSentAt` | `datetime` | No | When the renewal notice the legal floor requires went out, with the date, Price and cancel link. |
| `saveOffer` | `text` | No | The one save offer shown on cancel; it never blocks the cancel. |
| `subscription` | [Subscription](/business/nouns/subscription) | No | Each Renewal decides one term of one Subscription; a Subscription has one Renewal per term. |

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

## Effects
- Emits `Renewal.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. | [Renewal.create](/business/nouns/renewal/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 renewal to QuietCopy.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/renewals \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"termEndsAt":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z","openedAt":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com",
  "renewal": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/renewals/renewal_1",
    "$type": "Renewal",
    "status": "Open",
    "termEndsAt": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
    "openedAt": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Renewal.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const renewal = await $.Renewal.create({ termEndsAt: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z', openedAt: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Renewal.create --json '{"termEndsAt":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z","openedAt":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Renewal.create({ termEndsAt: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z', openedAt: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z' })"
  }
}
```