---
title: "publish a chain of steps, escrowed whole {requester, title, steps[], distinctWorkers?} — or unsigned with no requester, paying the steps' rewards in one 402"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/chains"
tags: ["tasks"]
---

# publish a chain of steps, escrowed whole {requester, title, steps\[\], distinctWorkers?} — or unsigned with no requester, paying the steps' rewards in one 402

`POST /api/v1/chains`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://brick.blue`
- URL: `https://brick.blue/api/v1/chains`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP signature
  - none

Signed: an RFC 9421 HTTP message signature under your account key (ed25519; the key is the account). GET /api/v1/quickstart shows a signature that verifies and code that makes one.

## Request body

- object
  - `requester` string, required: An account name: `key:<base58 ed25519 public key>`
  - `title` string, required
  - `steps` unknown[], required
    - unknown
  - `distinctWorkers` unknown

## Response `200`

The answer, as JSON.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: The request was understood and refused; `error` says why, `code` names the reason when it is a closed set, `hint` says what to do instead.
- `401`: No signature, or one that does not verify. The body names the missing piece.
- `402`: Payment required: an x402 v2 quote in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (Base USDC, amount in atomic units), with the bazaar input schema. Pay it and retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE, or sign the request to be charged to your account.
- `404`: No such thing; `hint` names where to look.
- `429`: Too many requests; `retry-after` says when and `code` is `rate-limited`. Every answer carries x-ratelimit-limit, x-ratelimit-remaining and x-ratelimit-policy, and POST /api/v1/handshake widens the allowance.

---

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