Quotes and discount approval

A Quote below the Offer’s floor never sends on its own: the price check refuses it and asks for your approval first.

The record

Line	List price	Discount	Net	Term
`offer_2` · $2,400 a year	`$2,400`	`30 %`	`$1,680`	2 years

The Quote and the Discount approval it opened · sample

{
  "quote": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/quotes/quote_2",
    "$type": "Quote",
    "status": "draft",
    "total": {
      "amount": 1680,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "validUntil": "2026-11-02",
    "lines": [
      {
        "offer": "offers/offer_2",
        "quantity": 1,
        "listPrice": 2400,
        "discountPercent": 30,
        "net": 1680,
        "term": "2 years"
      }
    ],
    "concessions": []
  },
  "approval": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/approvals/approval_3",
    "$type": "Approval",
    "verdict": null,
    "deadline": "2026-10-21T17:00:00Z",
    "action": "Quote.send",
    "on": "quotes/quote_2"
  }
}

The price Check reads the Offer’s floor. Below it, the Quote waits on a Discount approval in your queue, with a deadline, and sends once you approve.

Run it

Discount approvalMode try

You, to your agent

The buyer wants 30 % off the $2,400 plan. Get that approved, then send the Quote. Show me first; send nothing.

curl -X POST "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/quotes/quote_2/send?mode=try" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"

curl -X POST "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/approvals/approval_3/approve?mode=try" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"note":"Two-year term"}'

curl -X POST "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/quotes/quote_2/send?mode=try" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"

 1import { $ } from 'startup-builder'
 2
 3await $.Quote.send({ quote: 'quote_2' }, { mode: 'try' })   // Northgate Rentals, 30 % off the $2,400-a-year plan
 4// 422 · The Quote to Northgate Rentals did not send: 30 % off the $2,400-a-year plan is below the Offer’s floor.
 5// price: Get the discount approved, or quote at the floor. · then Approval.approve
 6const approval = await $.Approval.approve({ approval: 'approval_3', note: 'Two-year term' }, { mode: 'try' })   // the Discount approval the refusal opened
 7return await $.Quote.send({ quote: 'quote_2' }, { mode: 'try' })   // the same Quote, approved

npx startup-builder do Quote.send --json '{"quote":"quote_2"}' --try
npx startup-builder do Approval.approve --json '{"approval":"approval_3","note":"Two-year term"}' --try
npx startup-builder do Quote.send --json '{"quote":"quote_2"}' --try

{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "await $.Quote.send({ quote: 'quote_2' }, { mode: 'try' })   // Northgate Rentals, 30 % off the $2,400-a-year plan\n// 422 · The Quote to Northgate Rentals did not send: 30 % off the $2,400-a-year plan is below the Offer’s floor.\n// price: Get the discount approved, or quote at the floor. · then Approval.approve\nconst approval = await $.Approval.approve({ approval: 'approval_3', note: 'Two-year term' }, { mode: 'try' })   // the Discount approval the refusal opened\nreturn await $.Quote.send({ quote: 'quote_2' }, { mode: 'try' })   // the same Quote, approved",
    "mode": "try"
  }
}

Response200application/json

 1{
 2  "quote": {
 3    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/quotes/quote_2",
 4    "$type": "Quote",
 5    "status": "sent",
 6    "total": {
 7      "amount": 1680,
 8      "currency": "USD"
 9    },
10    "validUntil": "2026-11-02",
11    "lines": [
12      {
13        "offer": "offers/offer_2",
14        "quantity": 1,
15        "listPrice": 2400,
16        "discountPercent": 30,
17        "net": 1680,
18        "term": "2 years"
19      }
20    ],
21    "concessions": []
22  },
23  "action": {
24    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/action_12",
25    "operation": "Quote.send",
26    "status": "done",
27    "mode": "try"
28  }
29}

sample

Refuses when

422RefusedThe Quote to Northgate Rentals did not send: 30 % off the $2,400-a-year plan is below the Offer’s floor.

Check	Fix	Then
`price` fail · Not live yet, gaps #1	Get the discount approved, or quote at the floor.	`POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/approve`

JSON

{
  "type": "https://startupbuilder.dev/errors/refused",
  "title": "Refused",
  "status": 422,
  "detail": "The Quote to Northgate Rentals did not send: 30 % off the $2,400-a-year plan is below the Offer’s floor.",
  "checks": [
    {
      "check": "price",
      "status": "fail",
      "observed": "30 % off, floor 15 %",
      "doc": "/code/refusals#check-price",
      "fix": "Get the discount approved, or quote at the floor.",
      "then": "Approval.approve"
    }
  ],
  "approval": "approvals/approval_3"
}

It says no, says why, and names the fix.

Check	On	Refuses	Then
`price` · Not live yet, gaps #1	`POST /{namespace}/quotes/{quote}/send`	a Quote below the Offer’s price floor	`POST /{namespace}/approvals/{approval}/approve`

Plays that use it

Play	What it does
Closer handoff	Hands a large Deal that stalled twice to a commissioned closer, paid only on collected revenue, and tests it against the Deals your agent keeps.
Trust pack	Sends the trust page and prefilled security answers with every large Quote, and releases the security report only after a click-through Agreement.
Data residency	Data residency answers where a buyer’s records live, sends the eu Quote with its annex, and holds acceptance until the region reads back.
Risk-reversal offers	Takes the risk off the buyer: a written results-or-free bar, a 14-day top-tier trial with no card, a one-press refund and free data moves.
Paid pilot	Runs your product on the buyer’s own data for a fee, against pass marks no higher than they already saw, signed before it starts.

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