---
title: "Creating a new Task Status Set"
method: POST
path: "/task_status_sets"
tags: ["Task Status Sets"]
---

# Creating a new Task Status Set

`POST /task_status_sets`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mavenlink.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.mavenlink.com/api/v1/task_status_sets`
- Auth: none declared

Creates a task status set on the account that contains only the four default statuses (e.g. `custom_task_statuses`)—`not started`, `started`, `needs info`, and `completed`.


This endpoint returns structured Task Status Set objects.
As with all Kantata OX API endpoints, the returned data will be referenced in sorted order in the `results` array
and will be indexed by ID in the `task_status_sets` top-level JSON key.
Please see our [Response Format](#section/Response-Format) section for more information.

## Query parameters

- `include` string

## Request body

- object
  - `task_status_set` object
    - `name` string, required: The name of the task status set.

## Response `200`

Task Status Set has been created.

- object
  - `count` integer
  - `meta` object
    - `count` integer
    - `page_count` integer
    - `page_number` integer
    - `page_size` integer
  - `results` object[]
    - `key` string
    - `id` string
  - `task_status_sets` object
  - `custom_task_statuses` object

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized request
- `403`: Forbidden request
- `404`: Page Not Found
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity
- `503`: Service is unavailable

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