# draft

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

> Draft writes a Video’s timeline from a Startup’s records, its Brand and a Template, with a draft mark on every frame.

Draft writes a [Video](/business/nouns/video)’s timeline from a [Startup](/business/nouns/startup)’s records, its [Brand](/business/nouns/brand) and a [Template](/business/nouns/template), with a draft mark on every frame.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `brand` | [Brand](/business/nouns/brand) | Yes | The Brand the Video speaks for. |
| `offer` | [Offer](/business/nouns/offer) | No | The Offer the Video presents. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `video` | [Video](/business/nouns/video) | Yes | The drafted Video, in status `Draft`. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Video.drafted`](/business/events/Video.drafted).
- Performed by the [Video Producer](/agents/marketing/video-producer).
- Every claim on screen links to the record it reads.

## 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. | [Video.draft](/business/nouns/video/draft) |

## 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
Draft the latest video with a brand.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/videos/draft \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"brand":"brand_1"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/petpantry.shop",
  "video": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/videos/video_1",
    "$type": "Video",
    "status": "Draft",
    "timeline": {},
    "brand": "brand_1"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Video.draft",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/petpantry.shop/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const video = await $.Video.draft({ brand: 'brand_1' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Video.draft --json '{"brand":"brand_1"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Video.draft({ brand: 'brand_1' })"
  }
}
```