Creates a new action item from provided data
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incidents/{incident_id}/action_items \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "incident_action_items",
"attributes": {
"summary": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"kind": "task",
"assigned_to_user_id": 123,
"assigned_to_group_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"priority": "high",
"status": "open",
"due_date": "<string>",
"jira_issue_id": "<string>",
"jira_issue_key": "<string>",
"jira_issue_url": "<string>"
}
}
}
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"type": "incident_action_items",
"attributes": {
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275
],
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},
"accept_marketing": true,
"accept_terms": true,
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"first_name": "Arden",
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"how_did_you_hear_about_us": null,
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"skip_tutorial": false,
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"url": "https://test.rootly.com/account/incidents/dicta-asperiores-suscipit-ex#nav-action-items",
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"attributes": {
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},
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}
]
},
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},
"role": {
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"create",
"update",
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],
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"create",
"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
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],
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"update",
"delete"
],
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],
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"delete"
],
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],
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"create",
"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
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],
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],
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],
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"update",
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],
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"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
"playbooks_permissions": [
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"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
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"pulses_permissions": [
"create",
"update",
"read"
],
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"create",
"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
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"secrets_permissions": [
"create",
"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
"services_permissions": [
"create",
"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
"severities_permissions": [
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"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
"slug": "user",
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"create",
"read",
"update",
"delete"
],
"sub_statuses_permissions": [
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],
"team_id": 275,
"updated_at": "2026-01-16T07:09:21.551-08:00",
"webhooks_permissions": [],
"workflows_permissions": [
"create",
"read",
"update",
"delete"
]
}
},
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"data": {
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"created_at": "2026-01-16T07:09:21.566-08:00",
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"groups_permissions": [],
"heartbeats_permissions": [],
"integrations_permissions": [],
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"name": "None",
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}
},
"teams": {
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},
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{
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}
},
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"updated_at": "2026-01-16T07:09:24.290-08:00",
"summary": "New action item summary"
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
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curl --request POST \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incidents/{incident_id}/action_items \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "incident_action_items",
"attributes": {
"summary": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"kind": "task",
"assigned_to_user_id": 123,
"assigned_to_group_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"priority": "high",
"status": "open",
"due_date": "<string>",
"jira_issue_id": "<string>",
"jira_issue_key": "<string>",
"jira_issue_url": "<string>"
}
}
}
'{
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"id": "c4c06cc1-c5f1-4d65-90c2-80d2fb2bb61b",
"type": "incident_action_items",
"attributes": {
"incident_id": "cd18722b-a85d-4459-bb8c-1489811e5744",
"incident_title": "Dicta asperiores suscipit ex.",
"description": "New action item description",
"assigned_to": {
"id": 434,
"ability_cache": {
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275
],
"administrating_team_ids": []
},
"accept_marketing": true,
"accept_terms": true,
"created_at": "2026-01-16T07:09:21.398-08:00",
"created_through_sso": false,
"current_team_id": 275,
"deleted_at": null,
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"external_id": null,
"first_name": "Arden",
"has_impersonate_write_permission": false,
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"incidents_example_count": 0,
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"is_super_admin": false,
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"push_notification_new_alert_sound": "default",
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}