# Source programs: create, get, list

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

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

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

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

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

Emits `Source.created`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `acquired` | `string` | Yes | One of `owned`, `wrapped`, or `recruited`. |
| `terms` | `text` | No | The terms the Startup holds the right to use and resell it under. |

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Source.create({ acquired: 'owned' })"
  }
}
```

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

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

Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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 $.Source.get({ id: 'source_DIdhfB6mF5' })"
  }
}
```

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

```text
do: return await $.Source.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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `sources` | list of [Source](/business/nouns/source) | Yes | One page of Sources. |

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