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# Create a stage

> Creates the stage in the project of the API key and answers 201 with the created record.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /v1/pipelines/{id}/stages
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Leadstaker API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Public REST API for Leadstaker projects.
servers:
  - url: https://n-api.leadstaker.com
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: Fields
    description: >-
      Custom field definitions, both the built-in ones and the ones a project
      creates.
  - name: Field groups
    description: Sections that organize custom fields in the interface.
  - name: Deals
    description: Opportunities moving through a pipeline, each tied to a contact.
  - name: Contacts
    description: >-
      People inside a project, holding the custom field values collected about
      them.
  - name: Messages
    description: Individual messages inside a chat, inbound and outbound.
  - name: Chats
    description: Conversations with a contact over a connected channel.
  - name: Loss reasons
    description: The catalog of reasons a deal can be marked as lost.
  - name: Pipelines
    description: Ordered sets of stages a deal travels through.
  - name: Stages
    description: Steps inside a pipeline, including the built-in open and closed ones.
  - name: Tags
    description: Free-form labels attached to deals.
  - name: Notes
    description: >-
      Free text attached to a contact or a deal, written by a user, an agent, or
      the system.
paths:
  /v1/pipelines/{id}/stages:
    post:
      tags:
        - Stages
      summary: Create a stage
      description: >-
        Creates the stage in the project of the API key and answers 201 with the
        created record.
      operationId: postPipelinesByIdStages
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                position:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 0
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - OPEN
                    - CLOSED
                  default: OPEN
                color:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - '#2563EB'
                    - '#16A34A'
                    - '#EA580C'
                    - '#DC2626'
                    - '#7C3AED'
                    - '#0891B2'
                    - '#DB2777'
                    - '#4B5563'
                  default: '#4B5563'
              required:
                - name
              additionalProperties: false
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    minLength: 1
                  name:
                    type: string
                    minLength: 1
                  position:
                    type: integer
                    minimum: 0
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - OPEN
                      - CLOSED
                  color:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - '#2563EB'
                      - '#16A34A'
                      - '#EA580C'
                      - '#DC2626'
                      - '#7C3AED'
                      - '#0891B2'
                      - '#DB2777'
                      - '#4B5563'
                  pipelineId:
                    type: string
                    minLength: 1
                  archivedAt:
                    type: string
                    format: date-time
                  createdAt:
                    type: string
                    format: date-time
                  updatedAt:
                    type: string
                    format: date-time
                required:
                  - id
                  - name
                  - position
                  - type
                  - color
                additionalProperties: false
              example:
                id: 670fa8b21d94cc0010e3c7a8
                name: Qualificação
                position: 0
                type: OPEN
                color: '#2563EB'
                pipelineId: 670fa8b21d94cc0010e3c7a5
                createdAt: '2026-01-12T14:08:00.000Z'
                updatedAt: '2026-01-15T09:32:00.000Z'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid credentials
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '422':
          description: The payload failed validation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security:
        - apiKey: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - errorCode
        - message
        - status
      properties:
        errorCode:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            required:
              - field
              - code
              - message
            properties:
              field:
                type: string
              code:
                type: string
              message:
                type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key

````