---
title: "Create global to-do"
method: POST
path: "/v2/organizations/{organization_id}/global_todos"
tags: ["global_todos"]
---

# Create global to-do

`POST /v2/organizations/{organization_id}/global_todos`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.hubstaff.com`
- URL: `https://api.hubstaff.com/v2/organizations/{organization_id}/global_todos`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Authorization code: `https://account.hubstaff.com/authorizations/new`
  - Token URL: `https://account.hubstaff.com/access_tokens` scopes: `hubstaff:read`, `hubstaff:write`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/hubstaff/apis/hubstaff-v2-api/docs/v2/organizations/:organization_id/global_todos/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates a global to-do.

Returns the created global to-do.

Global to-dos can be added to multiple projects. All members of those projects can track time to them, and they cannot be marked as complete.

## Path parameters

- `organization_id` integer, required

## Request body

- PostV2OrganizationsOrganizationIdGlobalTodos: Create global to-do
  - `name` string, required: Global to-do name
  - `project_ids` integer[], required: List of project_ids to add to the global to-do
  - `add_new_projects_enabled` boolean: True if global todo is enabled for newly added projects

## Response `201`

A global to-do

- object
  - `global_todo` GlobalTodo: GlobalTodo model
    - `id` integer, required: Global Todo ID
    - `name` string, required: Global Todo name
    - `status` string, required: Global Todo status
    - `add_new_projects_enabled` boolean, required: True if global todo is enabled for newly added projects
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required: When the record was created
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required: When the record was last updated

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid parameters
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: API access is only for organizations on an active plan
- `404`: Could not find record
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

## Changes

- **2026-11-06** `c6b90e4e4bdc`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/hubstaff/apis/hubstaff-v2-api/changes/v2/organizations/:organization_id/global_todos/post.md)

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