---
title: "Create a folder"
method: POST
path: "/api/folders"
tags: ["files"]
---

# Create a folder

`POST /api/folders`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.immersivecommons.com`
- URL: `https://www.immersivecommons.com/api/folders`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Clerk session or agt_ token with `files:write` (live tier re-checked). A root folder may be created by any ic-member+; creating a SUB-folder additionally requires that the caller manage the named `parent`.

## Request body

- FolderCreateRequest
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string
  - `parent` string: Parent folder id. Omit for a root folder; supplying one requires that the caller manage it.
  - `visibility` 'private' | 'ic-members' | 'grantees'
  - `grantees` string[]
  - `tags` string[]

## Response `200`

The new folder.

- FolderCreateResponse
  - `ok` boolean, required
  - `folder` FolderPublic, required: A vault folder as the caller may see it (lib/folders-types.ts::FolderPublic).
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string
    - `owner` string, required: Clerk user id of the creator.
    - `ownerName` string
    - `parent` string, nullable, required: Parent folder id, or null at the root.
    - `visibility` 'private' | 'ic-members' | 'grantees', required
    - `grantees` string[], required
    - `tags` string[], required
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `mine` boolean, required
    - `can_manage` boolean, required: True iff the caller may rename, re-share, or delete it.
    - `file_count` integer: Direct child files.
    - `subfolder_count` integer: Direct sub-folders.
  - `via` 'clerk' | 'agent'

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid JSON or a rejected name/visibility.
- `401`: No auth.
- `403`: Scope/tier not authorized, or the parent is not the caller's to extend.
- `404`: The named parent does not exist.

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