# Create client intake

`businesses.create_client_intake`

Create or reopen client intake for an existing business in its source workspace, even when automatic intake is off. Preserves the business and existing funding projects. Sends no invitation and grants no new workspace membership. Review the application before sharing it with the client.

[Businesses guide](https://docs.levr.ai/mcp/resources/businesses.md)

Availability depends on live discovery and your access to the record. Do not infer MCP calls from REST paths.

Operation: write. Required OAuth scopes: mcp.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "business_id": {
      "description": "Copy id from businesses.list. Prefix: biz_.",
      "maxLength": 255,
      "minLength": 1,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "idempotency_key": {
      "format": "uuid",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "provider_slug": {
      "description": "Copy provider_slug from providers.list.",
      "maxLength": 255,
      "minLength": 1,
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "provider_slug",
    "business_id",
    "idempotency_key"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "not": {
        "required": [
          "error"
        ]
      },
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": true
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "data"
      ]
    },
    {
      "not": {
        "required": [
          "data"
        ]
      },
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "error"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "application_id": {
          "description": "Stable public identifier for the referenced resource.",
          "maxLength": 255,
          "minLength": 1,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "business_id": {
          "description": "Stable public identifier for the referenced resource.",
          "maxLength": 255,
          "minLength": 1,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "created": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "frontend_link": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "business_id",
        "application_id",
        "created",
        "frontend_link"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "error": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "details": {
          "additionalProperties": true,
          "description": "Optional bounded, agent-safe correction or recovery facts.",
          "type": "object"
        },
        "message": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "retryable": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "code",
        "message",
        "retryable"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "meta": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "request_id": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "request_id"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "ok": {
      "description": "Whether the tool completed successfully.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "ok",
    "meta"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

Check the result, then read the affected record to confirm your change.