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# Create Project Task

> Add a task to a project. New tasks are always incomplete; set `completed` with [the update endpoint](/api-reference/projects/task-update) instead.



## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi/projects.json POST /api/projects/{projectId}/tasks
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Recoup API - Projects
  description: >-
    Client-facing project status: the tasks on a client engagement, who they are
    waiting on, and the comment thread against each one.
  license:
    name: MIT
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.recoupable.dev
security: []
paths:
  /api/projects/{projectId}/tasks:
    post:
      summary: Create project task
      description: >-
        Add a task to a project. New tasks are always incomplete; set
        `completed` with [the update
        endpoint](/api-reference/projects/task-update) instead.
      parameters:
        - name: projectId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The project's UUID.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      requestBody:
        description: The task to create.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateProjectTaskRequest'
            examples:
              needsClient:
                summary: A task waiting on the client
                value:
                  title: Distribution portal access
                  description: >-
                    Create a read only login for your distributor dashboard and
                    share it with us.
                  due_date: '2026-09-12'
                  assignee_account_id: 0f0e6d8a-1b2c-4d3e-8f90-a1b2c3d4e5f6
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Task created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectTaskMutationResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request — invalid path parameter or request body.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: >-
            Not found — either no project or task with this id exists, or the
            authenticated account is not a collaborator on it. The two cases are
            deliberately indistinguishable so the response cannot be used to
            discover which project ids are real.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security:
        - apiKeyAuth: []
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    CreateProjectTaskRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - title
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        due_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
        assignee_account_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
          description: Must be a collaborator on this project.
    ProjectTaskMutationResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - task
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: success
        task:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectTask'
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - error
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - error
          description: Always `"error"` for error responses.
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
        message:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Carries the message in place of `error` when the failure comes from
            the authentication layer, so a 401 raised while verifying the
            credential reads `message` and every other error reads `error`.
    ProjectTask:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - project_id
        - title
        - created_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        project_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        due_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
          description: A calendar date with no time of day, e.g. `2026-09-12`.
        assignee_account_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Who the task is waiting on. A client renders its "needs you"
            treatment when this matches the viewing account.
        completed_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
          description: Null means the task is not complete. There is no separate boolean.
        completed_by:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
        comment_count:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: >-
            Number of comments on this task. Present on the project read so a
            list can render a count without a call per task.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: 'Also the sort key: tasks come back oldest first.'
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: Your Recoup API key. [Learn more](/quickstart#api-keys).
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: A Recoup API key or a Privy access token. [Learn more](/authentication).

````