# Process programs: enable, pause

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

> The Process Verbs enable, pause as MCP do programs, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

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

### Process.enable
Enable turns a Process on for a Startup, so its Workflows start on their Triggers. [Verb page](/business/nouns/process/enable?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Process.enable(input)
```

Emits [`Process.enabled`](/business/events/Process.enabled).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `process` | [Process](/business/nouns/process) | Yes | The Process to turn on. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `process` | [Process](/business/nouns/process) | Yes | The Process, now on. |

**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 $.Process.enable({ process: 'process_X2zteZ3CQI' })"
  }
}
```

### Process.pause
Pause stops a Process from starting new Actions; Actions already in progress finish. [Verb page](/business/nouns/process/pause?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Process.pause(input)
```

Emits [`Process.paused`](/business/events/Process.paused).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `process` | [Process](/business/nouns/process) | Yes | The Process to pause. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `process` | [Process](/business/nouns/process) | Yes | The paused Process. |

**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 $.Process.pause({ process: 'process_X2zteZ3CQI' })"
  }
}
```