Project Templates API: Create task

Endpoint#

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

Authentication#

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

Inputs#

Field	Type	Required	Nullable	Default
template_id	id primitive (encoded as string)	Yes	No	-
milestone_id	id primitive (encoded as string)	No	Yes	-
name	string	Yes	No	-
description	json primitive (encoded as string)	No	Yes	-
priority	string	No	Yes	-
size	string	No	Yes	-
due_offset_days	integer	No	Yes	-
reminders	array of task_reminder object	No	No	-
task_status	task_status object	No	No	-
assignee_ids	array of id primitive (encoded as string)	No	No	[]

Outputs#

Field	Type	Required	Nullable
task	project_template_task object	Yes	No

cURL Example#

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curl --request POST \
  --url "https://app.operately.com/api/external/v1/project_templates/create_task" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${OPERATELY_API_TOKEN}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"assignee_ids":["value"], "description":"value", "due_offset_days":123, "milestone_id":"value", "name":"value", "priority":"value", "reminders":[{"__typename":"value", "date":"2026-01-01", "days":123, "type":"before_due"}], "size":"value", "task_status":{"__typename":"value", "closed":true, "color":"gray", "id":"value", "index":123, "label":"value", "value":"value"}, "template_id":"value"}'

Response Example#

{
  "task": {
    "__typename": "value",
    "description": "value",
    "due_offset_days": 123,
    "id": "value",
    "inserted_at": "2026-01-01T09:30:00Z",
    "name": "value",
    "priority": "value",
    "project_template_id": "value",
    "project_template_milestone_id": "value",
    "reminders": [
      "<task_reminder>"
    ],
    "size": "value",
    "task_status": "<task_status>",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-01T09:30:00Z"
  }
}