# Create a team

> Create a team in a workspace.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="post">POST</span><code>/workspaces/{workspace}/teams</code></div>

Any member may create one, unless the workspace's `team_creation` is `owners` (then only owners may: see [`update_workspace`](/reference/api/workspaces/update-workspace/)), and becomes its first maintainer; `members` adds more people by username, each a member of the workspace. `slug` is made from the name unless you give one: lowercase letters, digits and single hyphens. `visibility` is `visible` (the default: every member sees it) or `secret` (only its people and the owners). A team under a `parent` inherits the parent's roles on repositories, and a mention or review request for the parent reaches it too; giving it a parent needs an owner, or a maintainer of the parent. Secret teams cannot be nested. People only, signed in or with a personal access token. Returns the team.

You become the team's maintainer. Refused with `403` for a member when the workspace's `team_creation` is `owners`. `slug` is made from `name` when left out (`Web & Mobile` becomes `web-mobile`), and `409` says one is taken. A workspace has at most 500 teams, nested at most 8 deep; `name` is at most 80 characters and `description` 280. A `secret` team cannot have a parent or child teams. Refused with `403` for an agent's or a workspace's token. See [Teams](/guides/teams/).

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`team`](/reference/mcp/#team) with `action` `create`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`workspace:admin`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace` | string | Yes | The workspace's slug, e.g. "flagon-io". |

## Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are `snake_case`, as in responses; the `camelCase` spelling is accepted too.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Yes | Its display name, at most 80 characters. |
| `slug` | string | No | Its name in mentions and URLs: lowercase letters, digits and single hyphens. Made from the name if left out. |
| `description` | string | No | What it is for, at most 280 characters. |
| `visibility` | string | No | visible: every member of the workspace sees it. secret: only its own people and the workspace's owners. One of `visible`, `secret`. |
| `parent` | string | No | The slug of the team to nest it under. |
| `notify` | boolean | No | Whether its people are notified when it is mentioned. On unless you say. |
| `members` | array of strings | No | Usernames of members of the workspace to add, besides you. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/workspaces/flagon-io/teams \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Backend",
    "description": "The API and the services behind it.",
    "visibility": "visible",
    "parent": "engineering",
    "members": [
      "ana"
    ]
  }'
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "id": "team_01m52k8d3f7h1k5n9r3v7z1c5g",
  "workspace": "flagon-io",
  "slug": "backend",
  "name": "Backend",
  "description": "The API and the services behind it.",
  "visibility": "visible",
  "parent": {
    "slug": "engineering",
    "name": "Engineering"
  },
  "notify": true,
  "review_assignment": {
    "enabled": false,
    "algorithm": "round_robin",
    "count": 1,
    "skip_busy": false,
    "busy_at": 5,
    "include_child_teams": false,
    "excluded": [],
    "notify_team": false
  },
  "members_count": 2,
  "repos_count": 0,
  "child_teams_count": 0,
  "viewer_role": "maintainer",
  "can_manage": true,
  "created_at": "2026-10-06T15:02:11.480Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-06T15:02:11.480Z"
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |