# Content commands: draft, publish

URL: /code/cli/content/verbs · Id: `page:code/cli/content/verbs`

> The Content Verbs draft, publish as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Content](/business/nouns/content), one group of [Content commands](/code/cli/content).

### Content.draft
Draft writes Content of one kind from a brief, such as an article for a question the help center could not answer. [Verb page](/business/nouns/content/draft?interface=cli).

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

Emits [`Content.drafted`](/business/events/Content.drafted).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `kind` | `string` | Yes | What to write. |
| `brief` | `text` | Yes | The question or brief it answers. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `content` | [Content](/business/nouns/content) | Yes | The draft. |

**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 Content.draft --json '{"kind":"article","brief":"Example brief"}'
```

### Content.publish
Publish puts a Content draft live on its Site and every Interface, once it passes the Evals for its kind. [Verb page](/business/nouns/content/publish?interface=cli).

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

Emits [`Content.published`](/business/events/Content.published).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `content` | [Content](/business/nouns/content) | Yes | The draft to publish. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `content` | [Content](/business/nouns/content) | Yes | The published Content. |

**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 Content.publish --json '{"content":"content_HYlnoorBdP"}'
```