Add an account to the chart, kept by the organization

POST /accounts

Codes are text (a whole number is read as its digits), unique within the organization — 409 AccountCodeConflict if one already answers to it. Appends inventory.account-saved. Needs the admin job. Idempotent on the code: a retried create meets 409 AccountCodeConflict, never a second account.

Access

Requires settings:write.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent on the code: a retried create meets 409 AccountCodeConflict, never a second account.

A retry with the same key answers 201, with what the first call recorded.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

inventory.account-saved

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as accounting_create_account (Accounting: Create account), in the accounting toolset.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X POST 'https://inventory.getmanifold.io/accounts' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "code": "4010",
  "name": "Wholesale sales",
  "description": "Income from trade customers."
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://inventory.getmanifold.io/accounts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "code": "4010",
    "name": "Wholesale sales",
    "description": "Income from trade customers."
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "code": "4010",
  "name": "Wholesale sales",
  "description": "Income from trade customers."
}

Response · 201 · application/json

{
  "id": "acct_01a161c4-0a00-72db-a577-07bcb2a24026",
  "code": "4010",
  "name": "Wholesale sales",
  "description": "Income from trade customers.",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-22T04:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-22T04:00:00.000Z"
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: inventory-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://inventory.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing. Some can answer a retry of a call that already worked: they are marked.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`AccountCodeConflict` code Can answer a retry	Another account already has this code.	If this answers a retry, your first call probably landed. Choose another code.
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again, with the same key.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Journal an additional cost on an order, step 1: Add an account for freight
Keeping the chart of accounts, step 3: Add a wholesale sales account