Create a verbiage term

Knowledge module

POST/verbiage-termsverbiageTerms.create

A controlled vocabulary term with casing rules. Em dashes are refused. Creates a verbiage term. 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.verbiage.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: VerbiageTermCreate

verbiageTerms.create: VerbiageTermCreate
Field	Type	Required	Description
term	string	Yes	Term.Constraints: length 1 to 300
casing_rule	string	Yes	Casing rule.Constraints: length 1 to 300
definition	string	Yes	Definition, a sentence ending in a period.Constraints: length 1 to 20000

{
  "term": "Load-In",
  "casing_rule": "Title Case as a noun",
  "definition": "The arrival of equipment before a show."
}

Response 201: VerbiageTerm

verbiageTerms.create: VerbiageTerm
Field	Type	Required	Description
id	string (uuid)	Yes	Identifier of the verbiage term.
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.
term	string	Yes	Term.Constraints: length 1 to 300
casing_rule	string	Yes	Casing rule.Constraints: length 1 to 300
definition	string	Yes	Definition, a sentence ending in a period.Constraints: length 1 to 20000

{
  "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",
  "term": "Load-In",
  "casing_rule": "Title Case as a noun",
  "definition": "The arrival of equipment before a show."
}

Code samples

curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/verbiage-terms" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"term":"Load-In","casing_rule":"Title Case as a noun","definition":"The arrival of equipment before a show."}'

const { data } = await xos.verbiageTerms.create({
    "term": "Load-In",
    "casing_rule": "Title Case as a noun",
    "definition": "The arrival of equipment before a show."
  });

response = xos.verbiage_terms.create({"term": "Load-In", "casing_rule": "Title Case as a noun", "definition": "The arrival of equipment before a show."})

xos verbiage-terms create --data '{"term":"Load-In","casing_rule":"Title Case as a noun","definition":"The arrival of equipment before a show."}'