> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.leadstaker.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a pipeline > Creates the pipeline in the project of the API key and answers 201 with the created record. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /v1/pipelines openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Leadstaker API version: 1.0.0 description: Public REST API for Leadstaker projects. servers: - url: https://n-api.leadstaker.com description: Production security: [] tags: - name: Fields description: >- Custom field definitions, both the built-in ones and the ones a project creates. - name: Field groups description: Sections that organize custom fields in the interface. - name: Deals description: Opportunities moving through a pipeline, each tied to a contact. - name: Contacts description: >- People inside a project, holding the custom field values collected about them. - name: Messages description: Individual messages inside a chat, inbound and outbound. - name: Chats description: Conversations with a contact over a connected channel. - name: Loss reasons description: The catalog of reasons a deal can be marked as lost. - name: Pipelines description: Ordered sets of stages a deal travels through. - name: Stages description: Steps inside a pipeline, including the built-in open and closed ones. - name: Tags description: Free-form labels attached to deals. - name: Notes description: >- Free text attached to a contact or a deal, written by a user, an agent, or the system. paths: /v1/pipelines: post: tags: - Pipelines summary: Create a pipeline description: >- Creates the pipeline in the project of the API key and answers 201 with the created record. operationId: postPipelines parameters: [] requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string minLength: 1 appearanceConfig: type: object properties: card: type: object properties: topLeft: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false topRight: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false primaryTitle: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false primaryValue: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false middleLeft: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false middleRight: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false bottomLeft: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false bottomRight: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false showTags: type: boolean additionalProperties: false additionalProperties: false required: - name additionalProperties: false responses: '201': description: Success content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string archivedAt: type: string format: date-time createdAt: type: string format: date-time updatedAt: type: string format: date-time name: type: string minLength: 1 projectId: type: string minLength: 1 sort: type: string enum: - CREATED_AT_ASC - CREATED_AT_DESC appearanceConfig: type: object properties: card: type: object properties: topLeft: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false topRight: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false primaryTitle: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false primaryValue: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false middleLeft: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false middleRight: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false bottomLeft: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false bottomRight: type: object properties: customFieldId: type: string minLength: 1 nullable: true additionalProperties: false showTags: type: boolean additionalProperties: false additionalProperties: false stages: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 name: type: string minLength: 1 position: type: integer minimum: 0 type: type: string enum: - OPEN - CLOSED color: type: string enum: - '#2563EB' - '#16A34A' - '#EA580C' - '#DC2626' - '#7C3AED' - '#0891B2' - '#DB2777' - '#4B5563' pipelineId: type: string minLength: 1 archivedAt: type: string format: date-time createdAt: type: string format: date-time updatedAt: type: string format: date-time required: - id - name - position - type - color additionalProperties: false required: - id - createdAt - updatedAt - name - projectId - sort additionalProperties: false example: id: 670fa8b21d94cc0010e3c7a5 name: Vendas projectId: 665f1c2e8a94b70012d4e9a1 sort: CREATED_AT_DESC createdAt: '2026-01-12T14:08:00.000Z' updatedAt: '2026-01-15T09:32:00.000Z' '401': description: Missing or invalid credentials content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '422': description: The payload failed validation content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' security: - apiKey: [] components: schemas: Error: type: object required: - errorCode - message - status properties: errorCode: type: string message: type: string status: type: integer errors: type: array items: type: object required: - field - code - message properties: field: type: string code: type: string message: type: string securitySchemes: apiKey: type: apiKey in: header name: x-api-key ````