# Issue commands: estimate, reopen, resolve

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

> The Issue Verbs estimate, reopen, resolve as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

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

### Issue.estimate
Estimate records the effort an Issue needs, in days, so a week holds only what fits. [Verb page](/business/nouns/issue/estimate?interface=cli).

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

Emits [`Issue.estimated`](/business/events/Issue.estimated).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `issue` | [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) | Yes | The Issue to size. |
| `days` | `number` | Yes | The effort in working days. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `issue` | [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) | Yes | The estimated Issue. |

**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 Issue.estimate --json '{"issue":"issue_vWekeqrXCN","days":1}'
```

### Issue.reopen
Reopen returns a resolved Issue to its owning Role when the fix does not hold. [Verb page](/business/nouns/issue/reopen?interface=cli).

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

Emits [`Issue.reopened`](/business/events/Issue.reopened).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `issue` | [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) | Yes | The resolved Issue. |
| `reason` | `text` | Yes | What still fails. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `issue` | [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) | Yes | The reopened Issue. |

**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. |
| The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused. | [`refused`](/code/api/errors/refused) | Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Issue.reopen --json '{"issue":"issue_vWekeqrXCN","reason":"Example reason"}'
```

### Issue.resolve
Resolve closes an Issue with its fix recorded and tells every Customer who reported it. [Verb page](/business/nouns/issue/resolve?interface=cli).

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

Emits [`Issue.resolved`](/business/events/Issue.resolved).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `issue` | [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) | Yes | The Issue to close. |
| `resolution` | `text` | Yes | What fixed it. |
| `change` | [Change](/business/nouns/change) | No | The Change whose full rollout fixed the Issue; its Version is recorded as the resolution. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `issue` | [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) | Yes | The resolved Issue. |

**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. |
| The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused. | [`refused`](/code/api/errors/refused) | Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Issue.resolve --json '{"issue":"issue_vWekeqrXCN","resolution":"Example resolution"}'
```