---
title: "Create a concept (Admin)"
method: POST
path: "/api/admin/concepts"
tags: ["concepts", "admin"]
---

# Create a concept (Admin)

`POST /api/admin/concepts`

Create a new Concept.

### Parameters:
- **name**: Human readable label for the concept.
- **description**: Detailed semantic definition used to generate the anchor embedding.
- **similarity_threshold**: Target similarity threshold for categorizing articles under this concept.
- **parent_id**: ID of parent concept, if establishing a hierarchy.

## Request body

- object
  - `concept` object
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string
    - `parent_id` integer, nullable
    - `similarity_threshold` number
    - `score` number

## Response `201`

created

- Concept — Representation of a concept
  - `id` integer, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `slug` string, required
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `parent_id` integer, nullable
  - `score` number, float
  - `similarity_threshold` number, float, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `daily_metrics` ConceptDailyMetric[]
    - `date` string, date, required
    - `articles_count` integer, required
    - `comments_count` integer, required
    - `page_views` integer, required
    - `reactions_count` integer, required
    - `popularity_score` number, float, required
  - `top_articles` object[]
    - `id` integer
    - `title` string
    - `slug` string
    - `score` number, float
    - `published_at` string, date-time

---

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