> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.go.aiinsurance.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create Task > Creates a new task for the company. `assignees` must reference users in the same company — a non-member user ID is rejected with a `400` error. **Required permission:** `company.task:create` ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/generated-external-api.yaml post /api/v1/companies/{companyId}/tasks openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: AI Insurance External API description: External API for AI Insurance platform version: 1.0.0 contact: email: support@aiinsurance.io servers: - url: https://go.aiinsurance.io description: Production security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] paths: /api/v1/companies/{companyId}/tasks: post: tags: - Tasks summary: Create Task description: > Creates a new task for the company. `assignees` must reference users in the same company — a non-member user ID is rejected with a `400` error. **Required permission:** `company.task:create` operationId: createTask parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/companyId' requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - name - deadline properties: name: type: string description: Task name deadline: type: string format: date-time description: Task deadline as an ISO 8601 date-time string description: type: string default: '' description: Task description (defaults to an empty string) status: type: string enum: - Not Complete - Complete default: Not Complete description: Task completion status (defaults to `Not Complete`) entity: type: object description: Entity to link the task to (e.g. a claim or policy) required: - type - id properties: type: type: string description: Type of the related entity id: type: string format: uuid description: Identifier of the related entity name: type: string description: Display name of the related entity assignees: type: array default: [] description: Company user IDs to assign the task to items: type: string examples: minimal: summary: Create a task with required fields only value: name: Review claim documents deadline: '2026-07-01T17:00:00.000Z' withOptionalFields: summary: Create a task with all optional fields value: name: Review claim documents deadline: '2026-07-01T17:00:00.000Z' description: Confirm all loss-run reports are attached status: Not Complete entity: type: Claim id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440100 name: 'Claim #1042' assignees: - 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440999 responses: '201': description: Task created successfully content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: The ID of the created task examples: success: summary: Task created value: id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440300 '400': description: Bad Request - Validation error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: missingRequiredField: summary: Missing required field value: error: code: InvalidProperties message: 'name: The value is not a string' userMessages: - The value is not a string details: - field: name message: The value is not a string invalidAssignee: summary: Assignee is not a company member value: error: code: task-invalid-assignees message: >- An error occurred - please contact support, the technical details are: Assignee user id(s) not in company ea03efb6-9360-4149-a8ca-cf93b69fd0f8: 11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555 userMessages: - >- An error occurred - please contact support, the technical details are: Assignee user id(s) not in company ea03efb6-9360-4149-a8ca-cf93b69fd0f8: 11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555 '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError' components: parameters: companyId: name: companyId in: path required: true schema: type: string format: uuid description: Company identifier schemas: ErrorResponse: type: object description: Standard error response for all external API endpoints required: - error properties: error: type: object required: - code - message properties: code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code example: VALIDATION_ERROR message: type: string description: Human-readable error message example: 'submissionId: Required field is missing' userMessages: type: array description: >- Clean, verbatim-displayable messages — one entry per failure, free of error-code tags, field paths, and internal noise. Suitable for showing to end users as-is. items: type: string example: - Exposures of type 'company' require an address details: type: array description: Additional details for validation errors (field-level errors) items: type: object properties: field: type: string description: The field that caused the error example: submissionId message: type: string description: Description of the field error example: Required field is missing responses: Unauthorized: description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: missingApiKey: summary: Missing API key value: error: code: AuthenticationError message: API key authentication required userMessages: - API key authentication required invalidApiKey: summary: >- Invalid API key (e.g. unknown key, or a Bearer token used instead of an API key) value: error: code: AuthenticationError message: Invalid API key userMessages: - Invalid API key Forbidden: description: Forbidden - Insufficient permissions content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: insufficientPermissions: summary: Insufficient permissions value: error: code: AuthorizationError message: User is not authorized to perform the requested action userMessages: - User is not authorized to perform the requested action companyMismatch: summary: A valid API key naming another company in the URL value: error: code: AuthorizationError message: API key is not scoped to the requested company userMessages: - API key is not scoped to the requested company InternalServerError: description: Internal Server Error - Unexpected error occurred content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: internalError: summary: Unexpected server error value: error: code: UncaughtActionError message: Uncaught error occurred in userMessages: - An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later. securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization description: >- API key authentication. Send your raw API key as the `Authorization` header value with NO scheme prefix — `Authorization: YOUR-API-KEY`. Do NOT prefix it with `Bearer ` or `ApiKey `, and do not use an `X-API-Key` header; those are not accepted. ````