createTask

mutation · in the family Task

What it does

Create a new task — a to-do assigned to people or teams at your organization.

Create a Task in the caller's org group. Template class (internal work management — every staff tier files and works tasks; hand-derived v29).

Who may call it

Capability area: Work and notes — Tasks, notes, messages, dashboards and the everyday tools every staff member keeps.

• Owner
• System Administrator
• Manager
• Associate Manager
• Warehouse Associate
• Sales Associate
• Cashier
• An API key whose scope allows api:createTask

Arguments

Returns

Task Task! — The CsCase chassis reused: caption REQUIRED (the subject line) + its OWN description field (≤8192 — the task's brief; the conversation is the generic Note thread at NOTE#<taskId>, addNote/notes). priority ∈ {low, normal, high, urgent} (its OWN canned registry — kit-stamped 'normal' when unnamed). createdBy is SERVER-STAMPED (IMMUTABLE); reportTo names WHO the work reports to. Assignment is MULTI: assigneeUserIds ≤8 + teamIds ≤4 (in-tenant + ACTIVE at set) — each holds a write-once TASKBOOK inbox row while the task LIVES (terminal transitions remove USER/TEAM rows in the SAME txn: the inbox self-prunes, bounded by open work). labelIds ≤16 (TaskLabel — the work vocabulary). constructRefs ≤16 {type,id} bind LIVE domain constructs REF-ONLY (the CsCase @375 law: validated in-tenant + non-doomed at write, NO doom arms grow, a purged target renders as a tombstone; each holds a TASKBOOK#REF row while the task is non-doomed — the tasksByConstruct lane). dueAt: overdue = COMPUTED at read (dueAt < now ∧ live; + the dueBefore filter) — NO sweep lane in v1 (the overdue-vitals/notification lane = a NAMED deferral). FSM: open(i) ⇄ in_progress (start/unstart — the inbox retreat) · open|in_progress → postponed (postponeTask — the boomerang: returnAt future-only; the USER/TEAM inbox rows PRUNE [parking means quiet — the REF row stays]; the scheduled-due sweep fires postponed→open AT returnAt, or “Return now” [unpostpone] pulls it back early — either return RE-MINTS the inbox rows) · open|in_progress|postponed → completed (terminal ▣ immutable, doomed:false — legitimate history; REOPEN = a NEW task via linkedFromTaskId, COMPLETED-only) · open|in_progress|postponed → cancelled (terminal ✦ doomed — lists filter it; NOT reopenable-by-link). 'blocked' is deliberately NOT a state — it is a label (no machine consequence in v1). SEARCHABLE by caption (the law; ⚠ the WIRE enum joins at the deploy leg). The ops event domain (at.ops.task.* — the facility→ops neighborhood).

Example request

mutation ExampleCreateTask($input: NewTaskInput!) {
  createTask(input: $input) {
    id
    sysId
    type
    caption
    status
    parentId
    rootId
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revisionNum
    revision
    description
    priority
    createdBy
    systemOrigin
    reportTo
    assigneeUserIds
    teamIds
    labelIds
    dueAt
    overdue
    linkedFromTaskId
    returnAt
    originNoteId
    originAnchorType
    originAnchorId
  }
}

Variables:

{
  "input": {
    "caption": "Blue jeans"
  }
}

Send it with the envelope naming the version: "extensions": {"at": {"version": {"name":"genesis","number":0}}}.

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "createTask": {
      "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
      "sysId": "TK-EXMP-0000-000F",
      "type": "Task",
      "caption": "Blue jeans",
      "status": "open",
      "parentId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-065235280000",
      "rootId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-a093dd800000",
      "createdAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "revisionNum": 1,
      "revision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b7960e180000",
      "description": "Straight-cut, mid-rise, five pockets.",
      "priority": "<priority>",
      "createdBy": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-0b14e5a60000",
      "systemOrigin": "<system origin>",
      "reportTo": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-9d69c9660000",
      "assigneeUserIds": [
        "01900000-0000-7000-8000-fbe5fcb10000"
      ],
      "teamIds": [
        "01900000-0000-7000-8000-1abd3d160000"
      ],
      "labelIds": [
        "01900000-0000-7000-8000-a235e7410000"
      ],
      "dueAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "overdue": true,
      "linkedFromTaskId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-6de8c4e00000",
      "returnAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "originNoteId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-f1eb5d520000",
      "originAnchorType": "<origin anchor type>",
      "originAnchorId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-323b002b0000"
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        },
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Errors this call can answer

• VALIDATION/INVALID — Something in the request is not valid. (VALIDATION)
• AUTHN/REQUIRED — Sign in to do this. (AUTHN)
• AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN — Your role does not allow this action. (AUTHZ)
• RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED — Too many requests in a short time. (RATE_LIMIT)
• NOT_FOUND/* — That record could not be found. (NOT_FOUND)
• CONFLICT/* — The record’s state, or a change made in the meantime, does not allow this; the codes are on the CONFLICT page. (CONFLICT)
• VALIDATION/VERSION_REQUIRED — The request did not say which app version it came from. (VALIDATION)

Dry run

Add dryRun: true to the request envelope (extensions.at) to rehearse this call: every check runs, the write is rehearsed against the current records and nothing is stored; the answer is the refusal a real call would give, or the record it would create. Every response to a rehearsal carries dryRun: true, so a rehearsed record is never mistaken for a saved one.

Used in

• Give the team its work — tasks, labels, hand-offs