---
title: "Create a new organization"
method: POST
path: "/organization"
tags: ["Organization"]
---

# Create a new organization

`POST /organization`

Create a new organization. For VCS providers (GitHub/Bitbucket), this validates access and syncs org data. For standalone orgs, this creates a new CircleCI organization.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — The name of the organization.
  - `vcs_type` 'github' | 'bitbucket' | 'circleci', required — The version control system type for the organization.

## Response `201`

The newly created organization

- object
  - `id` string, required — The unique ID of the organization.
  - `name` string, required — The name of the organization.
  - `slug` string, required — Org slug in the form `vcs-slug/org-name`. For projects that use GitLab or GitHub App, use `circleci` as the `vcs-slug` and replace the `org-name` with the organization ID (found in Organization Settings).
  - `vcs_type` 'github' | 'bitbucket' | 'circleci', required — The version control system type for the organization.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response.

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