---
title: "Create an Approval Flow"
method: POST
path: "/approval-flows"
tags: ["Other"]
---

# Create an Approval Flow

`POST /approval-flows`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.orshot.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.orshot.com/v1/approval-flows`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Creates an approval flow with the stages you list, in order.

Available only to Enterprise-plan workspaces and first-party clients.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required: Display name. Up to 80 characters.
  - `slug` string: Stable id for the API and MCP; generated from the name when omitted.
  - `description` string: Optional description. Up to 500 characters.
  - `color` string: Chip colour. One of `subtle`, `blue`, `green`, `amber`, `rose`, `orange`, `purple`. Can be `null`.
  - `blocksRenders` boolean: Templates in this flow render through the API only from stages that allow it. Default `true`.
  - `settings` object: Flow settings to change (partial).
  - `stages` unknown[], required: Stages in board order. Up to 30 items.
    - unknown

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: The request was malformed or a parameter was invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required and was not supplied.
- `402`: The workspace has no credits left. Either the render needs credits it does not have, or the key was paused after repeatedly calling with none (`code: api_key_paused`). That one resumes by itself on the first request we can accept.
- `403`: The API key is missing, invalid, or not permitted to perform this action.
- `404`: The requested route or resource does not exist.
- `429`: The workspace rate limit was exceeded. Retry after the interval given by the Retry-After header.
- `500`: An unexpected error occurred on our side.

## Changes

- **2026-09-30** `ddef0a2409c0`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/orshot/apis/orshot-api/changes/approval-flows/post.md)

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