Create a handbook section

Workforce module

POST/handbook-sectionshandbookSections.create

A chapter of the org handbook. Creates a handbook section. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. The organization is derived from the credential or the parent row, never from the body.

Requires the capability knowledge.sop.write.
OAuth scopes: knowledge.
Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
Error statuses: 400, 401, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.

Request body: HandbookSectionCreate

handbookSections.create: HandbookSectionCreate
Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Section name.Constraints: length 1 to 120
position	integer	Yes	Order.Constraints: range 1 to any

{
  "name": "Site rules",
  "position": 1
}

Response 201: HandbookSection

handbookSections.create: HandbookSection
Field	Type	Required	Description
id	string (uuid)	Yes	Identifier of the handbook section.
org_id	string (uuid)	Yes	Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller.
created_at	string (date-time)	Yes	When the row was created.
created_by	string (uuid) \| null	Yes	Person who created the row; null for seed, platform or system writes.
updated_at	string (date-time)	Yes	When the row was last updated.
updated_by	string (uuid) \| null	Yes	Person who last updated the row; null for seed, platform or system writes.
name	string	Yes	Section name.Constraints: length 1 to 120
position	integer	Yes	Order.Constraints: range 1 to any

{
  "id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
  "created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
  "updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "name": "Site rules",
  "position": 1
}

Code samples

curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/handbook-sections" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Site rules","position":1}'

const { data } = await xos.handbookSections.create({
    "name": "Site rules",
    "position": 1
  });

response = xos.handbook_sections.create({"name": "Site rules", "position": 1})

xos handbook-sections create --data '{"name":"Site rules","position":1}'