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Create a talent pool

Opportunities module

POST/talent-poolstalentPools.create

A talent or vendor pool. Creates a talent pool. 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 opportunities.pool.write.
  • OAuth scopes: opportunities.
  • 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: TalentPoolCreate

talentPools.create: TalentPoolCreate
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
namestringYesPool name.Constraints: length 1 to 300
pool_kind"Talent" | "Vendor"YesTalent (people) or Vendor (external accounts).
{
  "name": "Preferred Riggers",
  "pool_kind": "Talent"
}

Response 201: TalentPool

talentPools.create: TalentPool
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
idstring (uuid)YesIdentifier of the talent pool.
org_idstring (uuid)YesIdentifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller.
created_atstring (date-time)YesWhen the row was created.
created_bystring (uuid) | nullYesIdentifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it.
updated_atstring (date-time)YesWhen the row was last updated.
updated_bystring (uuid) | nullYesIdentifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it.
namestringYesPool name.Constraints: length 1 to 300
pool_kind"Talent" | "Vendor"YesTalent (people) or Vendor (external accounts).
{
  "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": "Preferred Riggers",
  "pool_kind": "Talent"
}

Code samples

curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/talent-pools" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Preferred Riggers","pool_kind":"Talent"}'
const { data } = await xos.talentPools.create({
    "name": "Preferred Riggers",
    "pool_kind": "Talent"
  });
response = xos.talent_pools.create({"name": "Preferred Riggers", "pool_kind": "Talent"})
xos talent-pools create --data '{"name":"Preferred Riggers","pool_kind":"Talent"}'