Project Templates API: Create from project

Endpoint#

Property	Value
Type	mutation
Method	POST
Path	/api/external/v1/project_templates/create_from_project
Handler	OperatelyWeb.Api.ProjectTemplates.CreateFromProject

Authentication#

• Requires a valid API token.
• Requires a write-enabled token.
• Read-only tokens return 403.

Inputs#

Field	Type	Required	Nullable	Default
project_id	id primitive (encoded as string)	Yes	No	-
name	string	Yes	No	-
description	json primitive (encoded as string)	No	Yes	-
include_people_and_assignments	boolean	No	No	false

Outputs#

Field	Type	Required	Nullable
template	project_template object	No	Yes
schedule_issues	array of project_template_schedule_issue object	Yes	No

cURL Example#

Copied

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://app.operately.com/api/external/v1/project_templates/create_from_project" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${OPERATELY_API_TOKEN}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"description":"value", "include_people_and_assignments":true, "name":"value", "project_id":"value"}'

Response Example#

{
  "schedule_issues": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "field": "start_date",
      "reason": "missing",
      "resource_id": "value",
      "resource_name": "value",
      "resource_type": "project"
    }
  ],
  "template": {
    "__typename": "value",
    "archived_at": "2026-01-01T09:30:00Z",
    "creator": "<person>",
    "description": "value",
    "duration_days": 123,
    "id": "value",
    "inactive_people_summary": "<project_template_inactive_people_summary>",
    "inserted_at": "2026-01-01T09:30:00Z",
    "milestone_count": 123,
    "milestones": [
      "<project_template_milestone>"
    ],
    "milestones_ordering_state": [
      "value"
    ],
    "name": "value",
    "people": [
      "<project_template_person>"
    ],
    "permissions": "<project_template_permissions>",
    "space": "<space>",
    "task_assignments": [
      "<project_template_task_assignment>"
    ],
    "task_count": 123,
    "task_statuses": [
      "<task_status>"
    ],
    "tasks": [
      "<project_template_task>"
    ],
    "tasks_kanban_state": "value",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-01T09:30:00Z"
  }
}