---
title: "Create Strategy"
method: POST
path: "/v1/strategies"
tags: ["strategies"]
---

# Create Strategy

`POST /v1/strategies`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.usekeel.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.usekeel.io/v1/strategies`
- Auth: none declared

Create a strategy with validation + compilation + initial commit.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, nullable
- `X-Org-Id` string, nullable

## Request body

- CreateStrategyRequest
  - `name` string, required
  - `source` string, nullable
  - `format` 'dsl' | 'graph', nullable
  - `graph` object, nullable
  - `message` string, nullable
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `metadata` object, nullable
  - `component_lock` object, nullable

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- StrategyResponse
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `visibility` string, nullable
  - `forked_from_id` string, nullable
  - `forked_from_name` string, nullable
  - `fork_count` integer
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `source` string, nullable
  - `source_hash` string, nullable
  - `created_via` string, nullable
  - `library_source_slug` string, nullable
  - `library_entry_version` string, nullable
  - `library_entry_name` string, nullable
  - `library_variant_id` string, nullable
  - `library_import_id` string, nullable
  - `library_source_hash` string, nullable
  - `backtested_page_slug` string, nullable
  - `backtested_cell_id` string, nullable
  - `backtested_page_subject` string, nullable
  - `head_commit_id` string, nullable
  - `head_source_hash` string, nullable
  - `compilation_error` string, nullable
  - `validation` object, nullable
  - `unchanged` boolean, nullable
  - `universe_resolution` object, nullable
  - `universe_state` object, nullable
  - `graph` object, nullable
  - `s3_key` string, nullable
  - `org_id` string, nullable
  - `component_lock` object, nullable
  - `deprecations` object[], nullable
  - `lock_hash` string, nullable
  - `current_sequence` integer, nullable
  - `deployed_sequence` integer, nullable
  - `deployed_version_string` string, nullable
  - `deployment_id` string, nullable
  - `deployment_schedule` string, nullable
  - `deployed_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `latest_backtest_metrics` object, nullable
  - `latest_backtest_id` string, nullable
  - `latest_backtest_sequence` integer, nullable
  - `latest_backtest_start_date` string, date-time, nullable
  - `latest_backtest_end_date` string, date-time, nullable
  - `latest_backtest_sub_window` boolean, nullable
  - `backtest_state` string, nullable
  - `backtest_run_count` integer, nullable
  - `journey_projection` object, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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