# Source

URL: /business/nouns/source · Id: `noun:source`

> A Source is something a Product draws on to keep its promise but did not build: owned, wrapped, or recruited.

A Source is something a [Product](/business/nouns/product) draws on to keep its promise but did not build: owned, wrapped, or recruited.

## Properties
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `acquired` | `string` | Yes | One of `owned`, `wrapped`, or `recruited`. |
| `terms` | `text` | No | The terms the Startup holds the right to use and resell it under. |

## Object
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/sources/source_1",
  "$type": "Source",
  "acquired": "owned",
  "terms": "Resale allowed under the provider’s published API terms; 10,000 calls a month included."
}
```

## Relationships
- <a id="rel-mappings"></a>A Source **has** many [Mappings](/business/nouns/mapping): a Source reaches the registry’s [Nouns](/business/nouns/noun) and [Verbs](/business/nouns/verb) through its [Mappings](/business/nouns/mapping), one per Verb it serves. `mappings`, inverse [`translates`](/business/nouns/mapping#rel-translates).
- <a id="rel-supplies"></a>A Source **supplies** many [Products](/business/nouns/product): a [Product](/business/nouns/product) keeps its promise with Sources it did not build: owned, wrapped, or recruited. `supplies`, inverse [`drawsOn`](/business/nouns/product#rel-draws-on).

## Verbs
| Verb | Description | Subject | Event | Class |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| <a id="create"></a>[Source.create](/business/nouns/source/create) | Creates a Source. Inherited from [Noun](/business/nouns/noun). | None. | `Source.created` | Two-way: `try`, `send`, `do` |
| <a id="get"></a>[Source.get](/business/nouns/source/get) | Returns one Source by id. Inherited from [Noun](/business/nouns/noun). | None. | None. | Read: `try`, `do` |
| <a id="list"></a>[Source.list](/business/nouns/source/list) | Returns Sources, newest first, one page at a time. Inherited from [Noun](/business/nouns/noun). | None. | None. | Read: `try`, `do` |
| <a id="update"></a>[Source.update](/business/nouns/source/update) | Changes the given properties of a Source. Inherited from [Noun](/business/nouns/noun). | None. | `Source.updated` | Two-way: `try`, `send`, `do` |
| <a id="delete"></a>[Source.delete](/business/nouns/source/delete) | Deletes a Source; its history is kept. Inherited from [Noun](/business/nouns/noun). | None. | `Source.deleted` | One-way: `send`, `do` |

## Permissions
Which Access level may call each Verb. One-way Verbs wait their delay window.

| Operation | `owner` | `admin` | `member` | `viewer` |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Source.create` | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| `Source.get` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| `Source.list` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| `Source.update` | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| `Source.delete` | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |

## Call it

**Ask**

```text
Add a source to ShiftNote.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/sources \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"acquired":"owned"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app",
  "source": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/sources/source_1",
    "$type": "Source",
    "acquired": "owned"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Source.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/shiftnote.app/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const source = await $.Source.create({ acquired: 'owned' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Source.create --json '{"acquired":"owned"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Source.create({ acquired: 'owned' })"
  }
}
```

## Example
A [Dataset](/business/nouns/dataset) of business registrations draws on state filings (wrapped), its own entity-matching rules (owned), and corrections from listed firms (recruited).