# Content programs: draft, publish

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

> The Content Verbs draft, publish as MCP do programs, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Content](/business/nouns/content), one group of [Content programs](/code/mcp/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=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Content.draft(input)
```

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**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Content.draft({ 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=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Content.publish(input)
```

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**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Content.publish({ content: 'content_HYlnoorBdP' })"
  }
}
```