> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tryordinal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create idea > Create a new idea in the workspace. At least one channel (linkedIn, x, or tikTok) is required. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api/openapi.json post /ideas openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Ordinal API version: 1.0.0 description: API to create and manage Ordinal workspaces, posts, profiles, and analytics servers: - url: https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1 description: Production server security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Analytics description: Social media analytics data - name: Approvals description: Post approval workflows - name: Comments description: >- Post comments for team collaboration. Supports @mentions using the format @[Display Name](userId). - name: Engagements description: Auto-engagements for posts (likes, comments, reposts) - name: Invites description: Workspace invitations for adding new users - name: Labels description: Labels for organizing posts - name: Instagram description: Instagram utilities for location search and tagging - name: LinkedIn description: LinkedIn utilities for profile lookups, tagging, and mentions - name: Posts description: Create and manage posts - name: Profiles description: List connected social profiles - name: Slack Boosts description: >- List connected Slack channels (webhooks), then create and manage slack boosts so teams get notified in Slack when posts publish. Requires Slack connected with marketing boost channels. - name: Subscribers description: Post subscribers for notifications - name: File Uploads description: >- Upload files from URLs for use in posts. Supports images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP) up to 10 MB and videos (MP4, MOV) up to 350 MB. - name: Ideas description: >- Create and manage content ideas. Ideas are draft posts without scheduled dates that can be converted to calendar posts. - name: Inline Comments description: >- Text-anchored comments on specific post content. Read-only API for retrieving inline comments across channels. - name: Users description: Workspace users - name: Webhooks description: >- Create, list, get, update, and delete webhooks to receive real-time event notifications - name: Workspaces description: Workspace information paths: /ideas: post: tags: - Ideas summary: Create idea description: >- Create a new idea in the workspace. At least one channel (linkedIn, x, or tikTok) is required. operationId: ideas-create requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - title properties: title: type: string description: Idea title labelIds: type: array items: type: string format: uuid default: [] description: Label IDs to attach to the idea campaignId: type: string format: uuid description: Campaign ID to link the idea to linkedIn: type: object description: LinkedIn channel configuration properties: profileId: type: string format: uuid description: LinkedIn profile ID to post from copy: type: string description: >- Post content text. To tag someone, use the format `@[Display Name](urn)`. See [LinkedIn Mentions](/api/linkedin-mentions) for details. assets: type: array description: Array of assets to attach. Maximum 20 attachments. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelAssetRef' maxItems: 20 poll: type: object properties: question: type: string duration: type: string enum: - ONE_DAY - THREE_DAYS - ONE_WEEK - TWO_WEEKS options: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string text: type: string linkPreview: type: object properties: url: type: string format: uri title: type: string description: type: string thumbnailId: type: string x: type: object description: X (Twitter) channel configuration required: - profileId - tweets properties: profileId: type: string format: uuid description: X (Twitter) profile ID to post from tweets: type: array description: >- Array of tweets. For threads, include multiple tweets in order. minItems: 1 items: type: object required: - copy properties: copy: type: string minLength: 1 description: Tweet text content assets: type: array description: Array of assets to attach. Maximum 4 per tweet. items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelAssetRef' maxItems: 4 tikTok: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TikTokConfig' youTubeShorts: $ref: '#/components/schemas/YouTubeShortsConfig' notes: type: string description: Internal notes for the idea example: title: My Idea linkedIn: copy: This is my idea content for LinkedIn responses: '200': description: Idea created successfully content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/IdeaCreateResponse' example: id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 url: >- https://app.tryordinal.com/workspace/ideas/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 title: My Idea channels: - LinkedIn status: Idea createdAt: '2026-02-18T14:30:00.000Z' updatedAt: '2026-02-18T14:30:00.000Z' linkedIn: copy: This is my idea content for LinkedIn assets: [] x: null '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' components: schemas: ChannelAssetRef: type: object description: A reference to an asset to attach to a post. required: - assetId properties: assetId: type: string format: uuid description: Asset ID from the Uploads API TikTokConfig: type: object description: >- TikTok channel configuration for creating or updating posts. TikTok posts require exactly one video asset. required: - profileId - copy - assets properties: profileId: type: string format: uuid description: TikTok profile ID to post from copy: type: string maxLength: 2200 description: Caption text. Maximum 2,200 characters. assets: type: array description: Array containing exactly one video asset. minItems: 1 maxItems: 1 items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelAssetRef' privacyLevel: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TikTokPrivacyLevel' isCommentDisabled: type: boolean description: Disable comments on the video. isDuetDisabled: type: boolean description: Disable Duet on the video. isStitchDisabled: type: boolean description: Disable Stitch on the video. isPromotingBusiness: type: boolean description: >- Mark the video as promoting the creator's own business (branded content disclosure). isPaidPartnership: type: boolean description: >- Mark the video as a paid partnership with a third-party brand (branded content disclosure). videoCoverTimestampMs: type: integer format: int32 minimum: 0 maximum: 2147483647 nullable: true description: >- Timestamp (in milliseconds) of the video frame TikTok should use as the cover thumbnail. Defaults to the first frame when omitted or null. YouTubeShortsConfig: type: object description: >- YouTube Shorts channel configuration for creating or updating posts. YouTube Shorts posts require exactly one video asset (1s–3min). required: - profileId - title - assets properties: profileId: type: string format: uuid description: YouTube channel profile ID to post from title: type: string maxLength: 100 description: Video title. Required by YouTube. Maximum 100 characters. description: type: string maxLength: 5000 description: Video description. Maximum 5,000 characters. assets: type: array description: Array containing exactly one video asset (1s–3min duration). minItems: 1 maxItems: 1 items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelAssetRef' privacyStatus: $ref: '#/components/schemas/YouTubePrivacyStatus' categoryId: type: string description: YouTube category ID for the video. notifySubscribers: type: boolean description: Whether to notify channel subscribers when the video is published. isEmbeddable: type: boolean description: Whether the video can be embedded on other sites. isSelfDeclaredMadeForKids: type: boolean description: Whether the video is self-declared as made for kids. IdeaCreateResponse: type: object description: Response when creating an idea properties: id: type: string format: uuid url: type: string format: uri title: type: string channels: type: array items: type: string status: type: string createdAt: type: string format: date-time updatedAt: type: string format: date-time linkedIn: type: object nullable: true properties: copy: type: string assets: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset' x: type: object nullable: true properties: tweets: type: array items: type: object properties: copy: type: string assets: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset' tikTok: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TikTokContent' youTubeShorts: $ref: '#/components/schemas/YouTubeShortsContent' TikTokPrivacyLevel: type: string description: Audience visibility for the TikTok video. enum: - PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE - FOLLOWER_OF_CREATOR - MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS - SELF_ONLY YouTubePrivacyStatus: type: string description: Audience visibility for the YouTube Shorts video. enum: - public - private - unlisted Asset: type: object description: Asset metadata for files attached to posts properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: Asset ID name: type: string description: Original filename url: type: string format: uri description: URL to access the asset mimetype: type: string description: MIME type of the file (e.g., image/jpeg, video/mp4) size: type: integer description: File size in bytes width: type: integer nullable: true description: Width in pixels for images and videos height: type: integer nullable: true description: Height in pixels for images and videos duration: type: number nullable: true description: Duration in seconds for videos TikTokContent: type: object nullable: true description: TikTok content. Present when the post targets the TikTok channel. properties: profile: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelProfile' nullable: true copy: type: string description: Caption text assets: type: array description: Assets attached to the TikTok post (one video). items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset' privacyLevel: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TikTokPrivacyLevel' isCommentDisabled: type: boolean isDuetDisabled: type: boolean isStitchDisabled: type: boolean isPromotingBusiness: type: boolean isPaidPartnership: type: boolean videoCoverTimestampMs: type: integer format: int32 nullable: true description: >- Timestamp (in milliseconds) of the video frame used as the cover thumbnail. Null when not set. YouTubeShortsContent: type: object nullable: true description: >- YouTube Shorts content. Present when the post targets the YouTube Shorts channel. properties: profile: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelProfile' nullable: true title: type: string nullable: true description: Video title description: type: string nullable: true description: Video description assets: type: array description: Assets attached to the YouTube Shorts post (one video). items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset' privacyStatus: $ref: '#/components/schemas/YouTubePrivacyStatus' categoryId: type: string nullable: true notifySubscribers: type: boolean isEmbeddable: type: boolean isSelfDeclaredMadeForKids: type: boolean ValidationError: type: object properties: code: type: string message: type: string data: type: object properties: errors: type: object additionalProperties: type: array items: type: string Error: type: object properties: code: type: string message: type: string ChannelProfile: type: object description: Profile information for a channel (LinkedIn, X, or Instagram) properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: Profile ID name: type: string nullable: true description: Profile name detail: type: string nullable: true description: Profile detail (vanity name for LinkedIn, @username for X) responses: BadRequest: description: Bad Request - Invalid input parameters content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' example: code: BAD_REQUEST message: Bad Request data: errors: publishAt: - Invalid date format status: - Invalid enum value Unauthorized: description: Unauthorized - Missing or invalid API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: Invalid or unauthorized API key securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- API key authentication. Generate an API key from your workspace settings. ````