# Meeting methods: book, cancel, hold

URL: /code/sdk/meeting/verbs · Id: `page:code/sdk/meeting/verbs`

> The Meeting Verbs book, cancel, hold as typed SDK methods, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting), one group of [Meeting methods](/code/sdk/meeting).

### Meeting.book
Book schedules a Meeting with a Contact at a time both calendars hold free. [Verb page](/business/nouns/meeting/book?interface=sdk).

```ts
interface MeetingVerbs {
  book(input: MeetingBookInput, options?: SB.CallOptions): SB.Call<Meeting>
}
```

Emits [`Meeting.booked`](/business/events/Meeting.booked).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `contact` | [Contact](/business/nouns/contact) | Yes | Who to meet. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The booked Meeting. |

**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. |
| The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused. | [`refused`](/code/api/errors/refused) | Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry. | None. |

**Example**

```ts
import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const meeting = await $.Meeting.book({ contact: 'contact_WsrosCQi6J', at: '2026-10-22T12:00:00Z' })
```

### Meeting.cancel
Cancel ends a scheduled Meeting before it starts, frees its time, and applies the refund rule of any Offer it was paid through. [Verb page](/business/nouns/meeting/cancel?interface=sdk).

```ts
interface MeetingVerbs {
  cancel(input: MeetingCancelInput, options?: SB.CallOptions): SB.Call<Meeting>
}
```

Emits [`Meeting.canceled`](/business/events/Meeting.canceled).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The Meeting to cancel. |
| `reason` | `string` | No | Why, as the attendees read it. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The canceled Meeting. |

**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**

```ts
import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const meeting = await $.Meeting.cancel({ meeting: 'meeting_TyEQGjh9uX' })
```

### Meeting.hold
Hold records that a Meeting took place, with its transcript and notes, so its Decisions and Tasks can follow. [Verb page](/business/nouns/meeting/hold?interface=sdk).

```ts
interface MeetingVerbs {
  hold(input: MeetingHoldInput, options?: SB.CallOptions): SB.Call<Meeting>
}
```

Emits [`Meeting.held`](/business/events/Meeting.held).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The Meeting that took place. |
| `transcript` | `text` | No | What was said. |
| `notes` | `text` | No | What was agreed, in brief. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `meeting` | [Meeting](/business/nouns/meeting) | Yes | The held Meeting. |

**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**

```ts
import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const meeting = await $.Meeting.hold({ meeting: 'meeting_TyEQGjh9uX' })
```