> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.useparagon.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create Story



## OpenAPI

````yaml /actionkit/openapi.json POST /projects/{project_id}/tools/#SHORTCUT_CREATE_STORY
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: ActionKit Tools API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://actionkit.useparagon.com
    description: US Cloud
security: []
paths:
  /projects/{project_id}/tools/#SHORTCUT_CREATE_STORY:
    post:
      summary: Create Story
      parameters:
        - name: project_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: >-
              Your Paragon Project ID. You can copy your Project ID from your
              dashboard URL or by clicking Copy Project ID under the Environment
              switcher.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                tool:
                  type: string
                  default: SHORTCUT_CREATE_STORY
                parameters:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    name:
                      type: string
                      description: 'Name : The name of the story. (example: "Find Pluton")'
                    workflow_state_id:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Workflow State ID : The ID of the workflow state the
                        story will be in. (example: "500000005")
                    description:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Description : The description of the story. (example:
                        "Eat Devil Fruit")
                    epic_id:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Epic ID : The ID of the epic the story belongs to.
                        (example: "11")
                    project_id:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Project ID : The ID of the project the story belongs to.
                        (example: "12")
                    estimate:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Estimate : The numeric point estimate of the story.
                        (example: "1")
                    owner_ids:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Owner IDs : An array of UUIDs of the owners of this
                        story. (example:
                        "["12345678-9012-3456-7890-123456789012"]")
                    follower_ids:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Follower IDs : An array of UUIDs of the followers of
                        this story. (example:
                        "["12345678-9012-3456-7890-123456789012"]")
                    storyAdditionalFields:
                      type: object
                      description: >-
                        Additional Fields (example: "{
                          deadline: "2023-12-24T12:30:00Z",
                          tasks: [
                            {
                              "complete":true,
                              "description": "To the new world."
                            }
                          ],
                          custom_fields: [
                              {
                                "field_id": "640aede4-bbfe-4e56-b325-beb89619356f",
                                "value_id": "640aede4-f350-4c7f-b520-fb452896v193",
                                "value": "API"
                              }
                            ]
                        }"). Its important to note that we can also specify
                        custom fields here if we want to use them. To fetch
                        available custom fields, we can use the
                        GET_CUSTOM_FIELDS intent.
                      properties: {}
                  required:
                    - name
                    - workflow_state_id
                  x-integration: shortcut
              required:
                - tool
                - parameters
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Your [Paragon User
        Token](/getting-started/installing-the-connect-sdk#setup) (JWT), which
        you can generate using your project's signing keys.

````