---
title: "Create a contact list"
method: POST
path: "/v3/contact-lists"
tags: ["Contact Lists"]
---

# Create a contact list

`POST /v3/contact-lists`

<small>_Requires the `contacts:write` scope (or a broader one that includes it)._</small>

Creates a new contact list.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — Contact list name
  - `isShared` boolean — Whether the contact list should be shared

## Response `201`

Contact list created successfully

- object — Contact list entity
  - `id` integer — Unique identifier of the contact list
  - `name` string — Contact list name
  - `isShared` boolean — Whether the contact list is shared across the team

## Other responses

- `400` — Request body validation failure, or a business-rule rejection (e.g. name length out of range).
- `401` — Unauthorized. The response body is empty; check the `WWW-Authenticate` header for the expected scheme.
- `403` — User lacks required feature scope to create contact lists
- `409` — A contact list with the given name already exists
- `429` — Too Many Requests

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[API](https://skmtc.net/reply/apis/reply-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/reply/apis/reply-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/reply/reply-api/revisions/1c3d32eaf95e/schema)