---
title: "Create a contact"
method: POST
path: "/people"
tags: ["People"]
---

# Create a contact

`POST /people`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://joinways.app/api/v1`
- URL: `https://joinways.app/api/v1/people`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://joinways.app/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://joinways.app/api/oauth/token`, scopes: `mcp.write`)

Creates a contact (email stored in lower case) and a timeline entry. **Role permission:** `data.write`.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- PersonCreate
  - `first_name` string, required
  - `last_name` string, required
  - `email` string, email
  - `phone` string
  - `company_id` string, uuid
  - `notes` string
  - `job_title` string
  - `role` string: Same as `job_title` (send one; both must agree).

## Response `201`

The created contact.

- Person: A contact, optionally linked to a company.
  - `id` string, uuid
  - `first_name` string, nullable
  - `last_name` string, nullable
  - `email` string, nullable
  - `phone` string, nullable
  - `role` string, nullable: Job title (stored name).
  - `job_title` string, nullable: Job title, same value as `role`.
  - `company_id` string, uuid, nullable
  - `companies` object, nullable: The company (list and `GET` only).
    - `id` string, uuid
    - `name` string
  - `notes` string, nullable
  - `enrichment_status` string, nullable
  - `enrichment_completed_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation failed (`invalid_request`). For a body that fails the schema, `details` holds `formErrors` and `fieldErrors`.
- `401`: Missing, invalid, expired or revoked bearer token (`unauthorized`).
- `403`: `forbidden`: the token lacks the scope, its owner's role lacks the permission named by the operation, or the workspace has neither the Pro plan nor a trial (`details.reason` `plan_not_eligible`).
- `409`: The state of the record refuses the operation (`conflict`). `details.reason` is a stable code.
- `429`: Too many requests (`rate_limited`). `details.reason`: `per-ip`, `per-account-minute`, `per-account-day`, or `email_rate_limited` (email budget). Always carries `Retry-After`: wait that many seconds.

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