# Mandate programs: create, get, list

URL: /code/mcp/mandate/records · Id: `page:code/mcp/mandate/records`

> The Mandate Verbs create, get, list as MCP do programs, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate), one group of [Mandate programs](/code/mcp/mandate).

### Mandate.create
Creates a Mandate. [Verb page](/business/nouns/mandate/create?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Mandate.create(input)
```

Emits `Mandate.created`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `expiresAt` | `datetime` | Yes | When it lapses. |
| `limit` | [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) | No | The Limit that bounds it. |
| `verb` | `string` | No | The Verb it covers, as `Noun.verb`. |
| `topics` | `string[]` | No | What it may act on; an Action outside them becomes an Approval. |
| `channels` | list of [Channel](/business/nouns/channel) | No | The Channels it may send through. |
| `agent` | [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) | No | A Mandate lets an Agent act without asking each time, within its Permissions and Limits, until it expires or is revoked. |
| `party` | [Party](/business/nouns/party) | No | The Party who grants a Mandate is its principal: the Agent acts for them, and each Action records them as `for`. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Mandate.create({ expiresAt: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z' })"
  }
}
```

### Mandate.get
Returns one Mandate by id. [Verb page](/business/nouns/mandate/get?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Mandate.get(input)
```

Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Mandate.get({ id: 'mandate_mKKPrmFQYD' })"
  }
}
```

### Mandate.list
Returns Mandates, newest first, one page at a time. [Verb page](/business/nouns/mandate/list?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Mandate.list(input)
```

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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mandates` | list of [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) | Yes | One page of Mandates. |

**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 $.Mandate.list({ limit: 20 })"
  }
}
```