---
title: "Create Terminal"
method: POST
path: "/api/terminal/create"
tags: ["runtime_mutations", "terminal"]
---

# Create Terminal

`POST /api/terminal/create`

Create a new terminal.

## Request body

- TerminalCreateRequest
  - `shell` string, nullable
  - `cols` integer
  - `rows` integer
  - `cwd` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-09-18** `abf76937a751` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/quadrillion/apis/quadrillion-cloud-api/changes/api/terminal/create/post.md)

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