Create a record watcher
Work module
POST/record-watchersrecordWatchers.create
A person watching a record for notifications. Creates a record watcher. 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 inbox.notifications.write.
- OAuth scopes: inbox.
- 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: RecordWatcherCreate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| record_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the record. |
| person_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the watching person. |
{
"record_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"person_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}Response 201: RecordWatcher
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the record watcher. |
| 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 | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| record_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the record. |
| person_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the watching person. |
{
"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",
"record_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"person_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/record-watchers" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"record_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","person_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}'const { data } = await xos.recordWatchers.create({
"record_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"person_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
});response = xos.record_watchers.create({"record_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "person_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"})xos record-watchers create --data '{"record_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","person_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}'