---
search:
  tags:
    - Workbenches
    - POST
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  description: >-
    Creates a workbench. Request body must be {} (no configurable fields).
    Requires at least… Reference for the POST /workbenches endpoint in the Fuxam
    API v4.
sidebar:
  label: Create a workbench
  badge: POST
title: Create a workbench
type: openapi-operation
---
Creates a workbench. Request body must be `{}` (no configurable fields). Requires at least one institution member to associate the workbench with. Scoped to your integration's institution via Basic Auth credentials.

`POST /workbenches`

**Request body** (`application/json`, required)

Request body example:

```json
{}
```

**Responses**

- `201` — Workbench created
- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `409` — Conflict — duplicate email or membership code (body includes \`existingUserId\` when known), a time-tracking session that is already running (\`activeSession\`), a time-tracking interval that overlaps an existing log (\`conflictingLog\`), idempotency key reused with a different body (\`idempotency\_key\_reused\`), or concurrent request with the same key still in progress (\`idempotency\_key\_in\_progress\`)
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity — validation or business rule error
- `429` — Too Many Requests — 1000 requests per minute per institution. Includes \`X-RateLimit-Limit\`, \`X-RateLimit-Remaining\`, \`X-RateLimit-Reset\` (ISO-8601), and \`Retry-After\` (seconds).
- `500` — Internal Server Error

Response example, 201:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "clxwb1234567890abcdef",
    "initialPageId": "clxpg1234567890abcdef",
    "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_abc123",
    "timestamp": "2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z",
    "version": "v4"
  }
}
```