createWorkItems

This mutation allows bulk creating of multiple work items.

Query

createWorkItems ([WorkItem!]!)
Bulk creates multiple work items. Work items are created and returned in the same order as the argument.

Argument Type Description
items [CreateWorkItemFields!]! A list of arguments to pass to createWorkItem. See that page for more details.

Examples

Bulk creating work items with metric, association, and participant values

This example bulk-creates work items with initial attribute, metric, association, and participant values.

mutation {
 createWorkItems(
  items: [
   {
    app: "App_32__app"
    type: "Proposed_Dependency__t"
    parent: {type: "Workstream__t", id: "23"}
    attributes: [
     {attribute: "name" value: "Dependency 1"}
     {attribute: "Successor_Project__q" value: "36"}
     {attribute: "Successor_Milestone__q" value: "107"}
     {attribute: "Predecessor_Workstream__q" value: "21"}
     {attribute: "AI_Generated__c" value: "true"}
    ]
   }, {
    app: "App_32__app"
    type: "Proposed_Dependency__t"
    parent: {type: "Workstream__t", id: "23"}
    attributes: [
     {attribute: "name" value: "Dependency 2"}
     {attribute: "Successor_Project__q" value: "36"}
     {attribute: "Successor_Milestone__q" value: "107"}
     {attribute: "Successor_Milestone__q" value: "107"}
     {attribute: "Predecessor_Workstream__q" value: "24"}
     {attribute: "AI_Generated__c" value: "true"}
    ]
   }
  ]) {
  url
  id
 }
}
{
  "data": {
    "createWorkItems": [
      {
        "url": "https://app.shibumi.com/shibumi/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/workItem-summary?id=12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
        "id": "678"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://app.shibumi.com/shibumi/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/workItem-summary?id=12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789013",
        "id": "679"
      }
    ]
  }
}
Updated on September 25, 2025

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