Open a catalog: a name and its one ISO 4217 currency

POST /catalogs

Open a catalog: a name (unique among the organization's active catalogs, because names are how views are assigned) and its one ISO 4217 currency.

It starts empty — products opt in, nothing leaks in. taxInclusive says whether its prices include tax — inclusive, exclusive, or organization-default (the default: the tax settings' defaultConvention). Appends inventory.catalog-created. Idempotent on the name: a retried open meets 409 CatalogNameConflict, never a second catalog.

Access

Requires catalogs:write.

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

Retries

Idempotent on the name: a retried open meets 409 CatalogNameConflict, never a second catalog.

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.catalog-created

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as catalog_create_catalog (Catalog: Create catalog), in the catalog toolset.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X POST 'https://inventory.getmanifold.io/catalogs' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "Wholesale",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "taxInclusive": "exclusive"
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://inventory.getmanifold.io/catalogs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "name": "Wholesale",
    "currency": "AUD",
    "taxInclusive": "exclusive"
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "name": "Wholesale",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "taxInclusive": "exclusive"
}

Response · 201 · application/json

{
  "id": "cat_019e394f-ed80-7da2-823a-3ff13eb84f30",
  "name": "Wholesale",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "status": "active",
  "productCount": 0,
  "priceCount": 0,
  "pricing": {
    "_tag": "manual"
  },
  "taxInclusive": "exclusive",
  "createdAt": "2026-05-18T04:20:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-18T04:20:00.000Z"
}

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
`CatalogNameConflict` name Can answer a retry	Another catalog already has this name.	If this answers a retry, your first call probably landed. Choose another name.
`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

Curate a channel catalog, step 4: Open the AU catalog
Curate a channel catalog, step 8: Open a US catalog beside it
Curate a channel catalog, step 14: Open a retail catalog priced from cost
Pay reps commission, step 2: Open the wholesale catalog