> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gc.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a Project > Create a new project to group files, folders, and chats around a single matter (deal, vendor, or program). With a user-scoped key, the caller is recorded as the project creator and granted admin access. With an org-scoped key, `creatorId` is null and the project defaults to non-access-controlled (org-wide). ## OpenAPI ````yaml POST /projects openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: GC AI External API version: 1.0.0 description: >- The GC AI External API allows programmatic access to GC AI's chat capabilities. It's designed for integration with workflow automation tools like Zapier, Make, n8n, or custom applications. ## Authentication All API requests must include an API key in the `Authorization` header: ``` Authorization: gcai_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ``` API keys can be created in the GC AI app under **Settings → API**. ## Current Limitations The API is optimized for single-turn completions. The following are not yet available via API: - **Multi-turn conversations**: each request is independent - **Interactive clarification**: the model cannot pause to ask the caller a follow-up question; the `askUserQuestions` tool is disabled on the API surface in beta ## Usage Usage is tracked and viewable in the GC AI app under **Settings → API → View Usage**. ## Support For API support, contact [support@gc.ai](mailto:support@gc.ai) or reach out to your account representative. contact: email: support@gc.ai servers: - url: https://app.gc.ai/api/external/v1 description: Production server security: [] tags: - name: Chat description: AI chat completion endpoints - name: Files description: File upload and management endpoints - name: Folders description: Folder management endpoints - name: Playbooks description: Playbook review endpoints - name: Projects description: Project management endpoints - name: Utility description: Health check and connectivity endpoints paths: /projects: post: tags: - Projects summary: Create a project description: >- Create a new project to group files, folders, and chats around a single matter (deal, vendor, or program). With a user-scoped key, the caller is recorded as the project creator and granted admin access. With an org-scoped key, `creatorId` is null and the project defaults to non-access-controlled (org-wide). operationId: createProject requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateProjectRequest' responses: '201': description: Project created content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectResponse' '400': description: Invalid request body content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '401': description: Missing or malformed API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '403': description: Invalid API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '500': description: Internal server error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '503': description: Service temporarily unavailable headers: Retry-After: schema: type: string description: >- Seconds to wait before retrying after a transient service outage. example: '5' required: true description: >- Seconds to wait before retrying after a transient service outage. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] components: schemas: CreateProjectRequest: type: object properties: name: type: string minLength: 1 description: Project name (required, non-empty after trim) example: 'Vendor: Acme MSA' description: type: string nullable: true description: Optional project description custom_instructions: type: string nullable: true description: Optional custom instructions for chats in this project is_access_controlled: type: boolean description: >- When true (default), the project is visible only to the creator and explicitly granted users. When false, any member of the organization can see it. required: - name ProjectResponse: type: object properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: Unique project identifier name: type: string description: Project name description: type: string nullable: true description: Project description, or null if unset custom_instructions: type: string nullable: true description: Custom instructions injected into chats opened in this project is_access_controlled: type: boolean description: >- When true, only the creator and explicitly granted users can see the project. When false, any member of the organization can see it. my_access_level: type: string nullable: true enum: - read - write - admin - null description: >- Caller's access level on this project: `admin` (creator or explicitly granted admin), `write`, `read`, or `null` if the caller has no recorded grant. `null` is also returned for org-scoped keys, which carry no user identity. created_at: type: string description: ISO 8601 creation timestamp updated_at: type: string description: ISO 8601 last-update timestamp required: - id - name - description - custom_instructions - is_access_controlled - my_access_level - created_at - updated_at Error: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Error message message: type: string description: Additional error details details: type: object additionalProperties: nullable: true description: Validation error details (for 400 errors) required: - error securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization description: |- API key for authentication. Format: `gcai_xxxxxxxxx` Create API keys in the GC AI app under Settings → API. ````