---
title: "act: decide brand design"
description: "the brand, the value's path, the decision (accepted, declined, changed) and, when changed, the tenant's own value, with the reason to the decision as a fact at brand scope: the brand's memory, read by the merge, so a changed value stands as stated by the tenant until the site changes and a declined one is never…"
section: reference
address: /reference/act/decide_brand_design
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# act: decide brand design

the brand, the value's path, the decision (accepted, declined, changed) and, when changed, the tenant's own value, with the reason to the decision as a fact at brand scope: the brand's memory, read by the merge, so a changed value stands as stated by the tenant until the site changes and a declined one is never…

[figure: The caller sends DecideBrandDesignInput to /v1/act/decide_brand_design. The platform returns a card whose body is BrandDecision.]

<span class="op-method">POST</span><span class="op-path">/v1/act/decide_brand_design</span>

Record a decision on a brand's design system. The call needs the brand rung under a token with the act grant, and it is served by either, by the size bound.

The route takes [DecideBrandDesignInput](/concepts/decidebranddesigninput) and returns a card whose body is [BrandDecision](/concepts/branddecision).



## Request body
The request body is [DecideBrandDesignInput](/concepts/decidebranddesigninput).



| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `brand` | `id` | yes |  |
| `path` | `text` | yes |  |
| `decision` | `one of accepted \| declined \| changed` | yes |  |
| `value` | `json` | no | the tenant's own value, when changed |
| `why` | `text` | no |  |



## Response
The route returns a card whose body is [BrandDecision](/concepts/branddecision). Every card ends with a foot that states the basis of each number, the scope of the call, and the time when the facts were true.

## Headers


| header | required | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `Scale-Scope` | yes | the scope the call runs in: tenant/<id>, then /brand/<id>, then /strategy/<id> |
| `Scale-As-True-On` | no | the date the facts must have been true on; defaults to now |
| `Scale-As-Known-On` | no | the date the facts must have been known on; defaults to now |
| `Scale-Key` | no | for a change, the key made from the input; a repeat under the same key returns the unit held and writes nothing |



A caller needs the brand rung and a token with the act grant. The platform or the desktop app serves this route.

## Example
The example sends the smallest body that DecideBrandDesignInput allows. The build validates it against the schema of DecideBrandDesignInput.

<details class="wire"><summary>Example</summary>





```sh
curl -X POST https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/act/decide_brand_design \
  -H "Scale-Key: $SCALE_KEY" -H "Scale-Scope: tenant/<id>" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "brand": "…", "path": "…", "decision": "accepted" }'
```




```typescript
import { client } from "@scale/sdk";
const answer = await client.act.decide_brand_design({
    "brand": "…",
    "path": "…",
    "decision": "accepted"
  });
// answer.body is a BrandDecision. answer.foot holds the basis, the scope and the time.
```




```python
import requests
answer = requests.post("https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/act/decide_brand_design",
    headers={"Scale-Key": KEY, "Scale-Scope": "tenant/<id>"},
    json={
      "brand": "…",
      "path": "…",
      "decision": "accepted"
    }).json()
```




```rust
let answer: Card = client.post("https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/act/decide_brand_design")
    .header("Scale-Key", key).header("Scale-Scope", "tenant/<id>")
    .json(&DecideBrandDesignInput { /* the fields of the page */ }).send().await?.json().await?;
```




</details>

## MCP tool
The MCP tool `si.act.decide_brand_design` takes the same input and returns the same card. The tool changes data and needs a grant. An MCP host that renders cards draws this card from `ui://scale-intelligence/cards/BrandDecision`. The [tool's page](/reference/tools/si-act-decide_brand_design) describes it.
