---
title: "Create Task"
method: POST
path: "/tasks"
---

# Create Task

`POST /tasks`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://usemeridian.us` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://usemeridian.us/tasks`
- Auth: none declared

Append a task-log entry.

## Request body

- TaskCreate: Body for POST /tasks.
  - `session_id` string, required
  - `project_id` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `status` 'pending' | 'done' | 'failed' | 'in_progress' | 'pending-hitl' | 'backlog' | 'future' | 'backburner'
  - `parent_task_id` string, nullable: v2.4 — when this task is a sub-step of another, point at the parent task_log.id. Dashboard renders the tree.

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- Task: A task-log entry.
  - `id` string, required
  - `session_id` string, required
  - `project_id` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `status` 'pending' | 'in_progress' | 'done' | 'failed' | 'pending-hitl' | 'backlog' | 'future' | 'backburner' | 'skipped', required
  - `parent_task_id` string, nullable
  - `sprint_item_id` string, nullable
  - `claimed_by` string, nullable
  - `claimed_at` string, nullable
  - `created_at` string, required
  - `session_name` string, nullable
  - `human_id` string, nullable
  - `claimed_by_human_id` string, nullable
  - `claimed_by_session_name` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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