# Attestation commands

URL: /code/cli/attestation · Id: `page:code/cli/attestation`

> Every Attestation Verb as a CLI command, with its inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Attestation](/business/nouns/attestation).

| Noun | System | Run by |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Attestation](/business/nouns/attestation) | [Credentialing](/systems/credentialing) | [Compliance Officer](/agents/legal/compliance-officer) |

### Attestation.create
Creates an Attestation. [Verb page](/business/nouns/attestation/create?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Attestation.create --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `Attestation.created`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `outcome` | `string` | Yes | One of `performed` or `declined`. |
| `signedAt` | `datetime` | Yes | When the Worker signed it. |
| `reservedAct` | [Reserved Act](/business/nouns/reserved-act) | No | The Reserved Act the Attestation records as performed or declined. |
| `credential` | [Credential](/business/nouns/credential) | No | The Credential the signing Worker held when it signed. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `attestation` | [Attestation](/business/nouns/attestation) | Yes | The Attestation. |

**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. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Attestation.create --json '{"outcome":"performed","signedAt":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"}'
```

### Attestation.get
Returns one Attestation by id. [Verb page](/business/nouns/attestation/get?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Attestation.get --json '<input>' [--try]
```

Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Attestation. |
| `at` | `string` | No | A time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `attestation` | [Attestation](/business/nouns/attestation) | Yes | The Attestation. |

**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. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Attestation.get --json '{"id":"attestation_reixEU2HGB"}'
```

### Attestation.list
Returns Attestations, newest first, one page at a time. [Verb page](/business/nouns/attestation/list?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Attestation.list --json '<input>' [--try]
```

Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | `integer` | No | At most this many records, up to 100. The default is 20. |
| `after` | `string` | No | The cursor from the previous page. |
| `where` | `string` | No | A filter over the properties, such as `paidAt = null and total.amount > 500`. |
| `sort` | `string` | No | Properties to sort by, comma-separated; a leading minus sorts descending. |
| `total` | `boolean` | No | True adds the match count as `meta.total`, exact up to 10,000 matches and estimated above. |
| `facets` | `string` | No | Properties to count by value, comma-separated, returned as `meta.facets`. |
| `fields` | `string` | No | Properties to return on each record, comma-separated; `$id` and `$type` always return. |
| `include` | `string` | No | Related records to embed in place of their URLs, comma-separated. |
| `depth` | `integer` | No | How many levels of related records to embed. The default is 1. |
| `q` | `string` | No | Words to match across the text properties, ranked by relevance. |
| `match` | `string` | No | Ranks the search by `words`, or `meaning`; words is the default. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `attestations` | list of [Attestation](/business/nouns/attestation) | Yes | One page of Attestations. |

**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. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Attestation.list --json '{"limit":20}'
```