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OverviewStartup

Startup.hold

POST /{namespace}/startups/{startup}/hold

Hold keeps a Startup running in its current Lifecycle state with no new investment from the Studio.

Noun: Startup
Mode: do
Event: Startup.held

You, to your agent

Hold Kiln Bakery.

curl -X POST https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/startups/startup_1/hold \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"

import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const startup = await $.Startup.hold({ startup: 'startup_1' })

npx startup-builder do Startup.hold --json '{"startup":"startup_1"}'

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Startup.hold({ startup: 'startup_1' })"
  }
}

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`startup`	Startup	required	The Startup to hold.
`reason`	`text`		Why the Studio holds it.

Outputs

Output	Type	Required	Description
`startup`	Startup	required	The Startup, now on Hold.

Effects

Emits Startup.held.
Performed by the Strategist.
Stops new spend from the Studio; the Startup’s own revenue still funds it.

Refuses when

Check	Error	Fix	Then call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.	`forbidden`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	Startup.hold
The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused.	`refused`	Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry.	Startup.hold

When it waits

Gate	Default
Decision class	Low: two-way, nothing at stake
Delay window	None: it runs once review passes.
Limit	The call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the Limit	It waits `pending` for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends `refused` with `limit-exceeded`; unanswered by its deadline, it ends `canceled`.