# review

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

> Review checks one Role against its contract for a period and records a Role Review.

[Review](/business/nouns/review) checks one [Role](/business/nouns/role) against its contract for a period and records a [Role Review](/business/nouns/role-review).

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `role` | [Role](/business/nouns/role) | Yes | The Role to review. |
| `period` | `string` | Yes | The period it covers, such as `2026-W43`. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `role` | [Role](/business/nouns/role) | Yes | The reviewed Role. |
| `roleReview` | [Role Review](/business/nouns/role-review) | Yes | The recorded Role Review. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Role.reviewed`](/business/events/Role.reviewed).
- Performed by the [Founder](/agents/founding/founder).
- Two-way: it runs at once, in the `try`, `send` and `do` modes.
- Moves the seat down one autonomy rung when it missed a standard; it moves up only on its Evaluators’ agreement.

## 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. | [Role.review](/business/nouns/role/review) |

## 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
Review the latest role.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/roles/role_1/review \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"period":"Example period"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com",
  "role": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/roles/role_1",
    "$type": "Role",
    "name": "Kiln Bakery",
    "status": "vacant"
  },
  "roleReview": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/role-reviews/role_review_1",
    "$type": "RoleReview",
    "role": "role_1",
    "period": "2026-W43"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Role.review",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const { role, roleReview } = await $.Role.review({ role: 'role_1', period: 'Example period' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Role.review --json '{"role":"role_1","period":"Example period"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Role.review({ role: 'role_1', period: 'Example period' })"
  }
}
```

Guides that call it: [Review the support agent](/agents/review-a-role).