# Meeting commands: book, cancel, hold

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

> The Meeting Verbs book, cancel, hold as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

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

### Meeting.book
Book schedules a Meeting with a Contact at a time both calendars hold free. [Verb page](/business/nouns/meeting/book?interface=cli).

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

Emits [`Meeting.booked`](/business/events/Meeting.booked).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `contact` | [Contact](/business/nouns/contact) | Yes | Who to meet. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The booked Meeting. |

**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 Meeting.book --json '{"contact":"contact_WsrosCQi6J","at":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"}'
```

### Meeting.cancel
Cancel ends a scheduled Meeting before it starts, frees its time, and applies the refund rule of any Offer it was paid through. [Verb page](/business/nouns/meeting/cancel?interface=cli).

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

Emits [`Meeting.canceled`](/business/events/Meeting.canceled).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The Meeting to cancel. |
| `reason` | `string` | No | Why, as the attendees read it. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The canceled Meeting. |

**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 Meeting.cancel --json '{"meeting":"meeting_TyEQGjh9uX"}'
```

### Meeting.hold
Hold records that a Meeting took place, with its transcript and notes, so its Decisions and Tasks can follow. [Verb page](/business/nouns/meeting/hold?interface=cli).

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

Emits [`Meeting.held`](/business/events/Meeting.held).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The Meeting that took place. |
| `transcript` | `text` | No | What was said. |
| `notes` | `text` | No | What was agreed, in brief. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The held Meeting. |

**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 Meeting.hold --json '{"meeting":"meeting_TyEQGjh9uX"}'
```