POST · mentions:write

Create category

Create a category in a project the user can edit.

REST

POST/api/v1/categories

curl "https://www.stalkr.ai/api/v1/categories" \
  --request POST \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $STALKR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Idempotency-Key: unique-operation-key"

MCP

Tool name: create_category

The MCP tool accepts the same input schema and returns the same structured { data, meta } result as REST.

Input

projectIdrequired

string

namerequired

string

descriptionrequired

string

iconrequired

string

order

integer

idempotencyKey

string

Unique key used to safely retry this write operation

Safe retries

Pass idempotencyKey to the MCP tool or Idempotency-Key to REST when retrying this write.

Authorization

Required scope: mentions:write.

Scope authorization is followed by resource authorization. Project operations check current membership and the minimum role required by the underlying workflow.

Related resources

REST conventions · MCP setup · Errors and limits