---
title: "Create Chat"
method: POST
path: "/chats"
---

# Create Chat

`POST /chats`

Create a tripless chat — no trip, no link, no first message.

An optional `anchor_place_id` records that the chat was opened on a place's
detail sheet (docs/PLACE_ANCHORED_CHATS.md). It is NOT a link: the chat has
no `ConversationTripLink`, so it stays a global chat with the global tool
surface, and the anchor only adds the place's dossier to the first turn.

## Request body

- CreateChatRequest — Optional body for `POST /chats`. Absent = a plain tripless chat.
  - `anchor_place_id` string, nullable
  - `anchor_surface` 'explore_rail' | 'saved', nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- CreateChatResponse
  - `id` string, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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