# merge

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

> Merge joins two Visitor ids that belong to one person and keeps both as aliases.

Merge joins two [Visitor](/business/nouns/visitor) ids that belong to one person and keeps both as aliases.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `visitor` | [Visitor](/business/nouns/visitor) | Yes | The Visitor to merge. |
| `into` | [Visitor](/business/nouns/visitor) | Yes | The Visitor that remains. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `visitor` | [Visitor](/business/nouns/visitor) | Yes | The remaining Visitor. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Visitor.merged`](/business/events/Visitor.merged).
- Performed by the [Analyst](/agents/marketing/analyst).
- Two-way: it runs at once, in the `try`, `send` and `do` modes.
- Events never move or change; reads follow the alias.

## 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. | [Visitor.merge](/business/nouns/visitor/merge) |

## 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
Merge the latest visitor.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/visitors/visitor_1/merge \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"into":"visitor_1"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com",
  "visitor": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/visitors/visitor_1",
    "$type": "Visitor",
    "firstSeenAt": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Visitor.merge",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/quietcopy.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

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

const visitor = await $.Visitor.merge({ visitor: 'visitor_1', into: 'visitor_1' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Visitor.merge --json '{"visitor":"visitor_1","into":"visitor_1"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Visitor.merge({ visitor: 'visitor_1', into: 'visitor_1' })"
  }
}
```