Create a team

Part of Teams, 14 operations. The overview covers keys, scopes and errors.

POST /v1/teams

Create a team with the caller as its one owner. The owner’s Helper sets up the team key when it next syncs.

A caller key holding teams:write (Authorization: Bearer sbc_… or x-api-key: sbc_…), or a signed-in session.

Operation id createTeam in Teams.

Request body

application/json, required.

name string required

Response 201

The new team.

application/json: Team.

id string required
object string required
One of team.
name string required
role TeamRole required
The caller's role in this team. One of owner, admin, editor, member.
member_count integer required
created_at string required
share_defaults object required
What a new member pools by default, per kind.
3 fields
- mcp boolean required
- rules boolean required
- skills boolean required
share_policy string required
Who may add items to the pool. One of members, editors.
require_manual_confirm boolean required

Errors

Status	Code	What to change
400	`invalid_request`	A parameter or body field is invalid; `param` names it and `issues` lists every problem.
401	`unauthorized`	Send a live caller key or session as `Authorization: Bearer …` or `x-api-key`. No key yet: create one at /account/api, or sign a user in at /auth.md.
403	`insufficient_scope`	The key lacks the scope in `required_scopes`; mint a key that holds it.

view .md openapi

Request

curl

curl -sS -X POST "https://superbot.gg/v1/teams" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUPERBOT_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"your-name"}'

JavaScript

const res = await fetch(`https://superbot.gg/v1/teams`, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SUPERBOT_API_KEY}`,
    'content-type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"name":"your-name"}),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.json());

Python

import os
import requests

res = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://superbot.gg/v1/teams",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SUPERBOT_API_KEY']}",
        "content-type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"name":"your-name"},
)
print(res.status_code, res.json())

Response

201 The new team.

{
  "id": "org_7c1e…",
  "object": "team",
  "name": "your-name",
  "role": "owner",
  "member_count": 0,
  "created_at": "your-created-at",
  "share_defaults": {
    "mcp": true,
    "rules": true,
    "skills": true
  },
  "share_policy": "members",
  "require_manual_confirm": true
}

400 The request is malformed or a parameter is invalid; `param` names the field.

{
  "error": "invalid_request",
  "message": "A parameter or body field is invalid; param names it and issues lists every problem.",
  "doc_url": "https://superbot.gg/developers#errors-invalid_request",
  "request_id": "req_5f1c0a9e2b7d4c3a1e0f9b8d"
}

401 The bearer is missing, malformed or unknown.

{
  "error": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Send a live caller key or session as Authorization: Bearer … or x-api-key. No key yet: create one at /account/api, or sign a user in at /auth.md.",
  "doc_url": "https://superbot.gg/developers#errors-unauthorized",
  "request_id": "req_5f1c0a9e2b7d4c3a1e0f9b8d"
}

403 The key lacks a scope (insufficient_scope), is revoked, or may not call this route.

{
  "error": "insufficient_scope",
  "message": "The key lacks the scope in required_scopes; mint a key that holds it.",
  "doc_url": "https://superbot.gg/developers#errors-insufficient_scope",
  "request_id": "req_5f1c0a9e2b7d4c3a1e0f9b8d"
}