# Video programs: draft, finalize

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

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

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

### Video.draft
Draft writes a Video’s timeline from a Startup’s records, its Brand and a Template, with a draft mark on every frame. [Verb page](/business/nouns/video/draft?interface=mcp).

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

Emits [`Video.drafted`](/business/events/Video.drafted).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `brand` | [Brand](/business/nouns/brand) | Yes | The Brand the Video speaks for. |
| `offer` | [Offer](/business/nouns/offer) | No | The Offer the Video presents. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `video` | [Video](/business/nouns/video) | Yes | The drafted Video, in status `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 $.Video.draft({ brand: 'brand_PluVQrB1HF' })"
  }
}
```

### Video.finalize
Finalize lifts a Video’s draft mark once every claim it makes reads from a live record, so its cuts can be published. [Verb page](/business/nouns/video/finalize?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Video.finalize(input)
```

Emits [`Video.finalized`](/business/events/Video.finalized).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `video` | [Video](/business/nouns/video) | Yes | The rendered Video to finalize. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `video` | [Video](/business/nouns/video) | Yes | The Video, in status `Final`. |

**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 $.Video.finalize({ video: 'video_xVlGG2TxBA' })"
  }
}
```