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# Create a chat

> Creates an empty chat that you own. Create the chat first, then send its first message with Send a message. A new chat stays out of List chats until it has a message.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/chat.yaml post /ai-chat/conversations
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Connie Chat API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Endpoints the Connie web app uses for chat. They authenticate with your
    signed-in browser session — see
    https://docs.connie.ai/api-reference/authentication. These are the app's own
    endpoints and can change when the app changes.
servers:
  - url: https://connie.ai/api
security:
  - sessionCookie: []
tags:
  - name: Chats
    description: List, create, rename, pin and delete chats.
  - name: Turns
    description: Send a message to Connie and stop a running reply.
  - name: Chat messages
    description: Read the saved messages of a chat.
  - name: Artifacts
    description: Workflows, tables, canvases, analytics views and apps attached to a chat.
  - name: Sharing
    description: >-
      Share a chat or a single file or canvas, and read a chat through its
      public link.
paths:
  /ai-chat/conversations:
    post:
      tags:
        - Chats
      summary: Create a chat
      description: >
        Creates an empty chat that you own. Create the chat first, then send its
        first message with Send a message. A new chat stays out of List chats
        until it has a message.
      operationId: createConversation
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - workspace_id
              properties:
                workspace_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  description: Workspace the chat belongs to. You must be a member.
                title:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    Defaults to "New conversation". Connie renames it after the
                    first message.
                project_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  description: Put the chat inside a project in the same workspace.
                source:
                  type: string
                  default: webapp
                  description: Where the chat was started. The web app sends `webapp`.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The new conversation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  conversation:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Conversation'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
components:
  schemas:
    Conversation:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        user_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: The owner.
        workspace_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        project_id:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uuid
        title:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        source:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Where the chat was started, for example `webapp`.
        access_type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - private
            - invited
            - everyone
        is_archived:
          type:
            - boolean
            - 'null'
        metadata:
          type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          description: '`starred: true` means you pinned it.'
          additionalProperties: true
        last_message:
          description: Preview of the latest message.
        last_activity_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When a message was last posted.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable message.
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable code, when there is one.
      required:
        - error
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: A required field is missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: >-
        No valid session (`UNAUTHORIZED`), or the session has expired
        (`SESSION_EXPIRED`).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Forbidden:
      description: You aren't a member of the workspace or aren't allowed to do this.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    sessionCookie:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Cookie
      description: >-
        The full Cookie header copied from a signed-in connie.ai browser
        request. See the Authentication page.

````

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