Creates a new retrospective process from provided data
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/retrospective_processes \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "retrospective_processes",
"attributes": {
"name": "<string>",
"copy_from": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"retrospective_process_matching_criteria": {
"severity_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "bde2f421-d5fe-4e7f-994b-e9ab23147ada",
"type": "retrospective_processes",
"attributes": {
"name": "Retrospective Process 1",
"description": "Retrospective Process 1 Description",
"is_default": false,
"created_at": "2025-12-05T02:29:39.456-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-12-05T02:29:39.456-08:00",
"retrospective_process_matching_criteria": {
"severity_ids": [
"10051589-09f9-4567-a8fb-72d83ad5eb87"
]
}
},
"relationships": {
"retrospective_steps": {
"data": [
{
"id": "f99fa1f8-eb4a-42fd-a0b1-b6c21a408d9b",
"type": "retrospective_steps"
},
{
"id": "9f90ffbf-604c-4fa6-ac8d-e9d8773e0a4e",
"type": "retrospective_steps"
}
]
},
"severities": {
"data": [
{
"id": "10051589-09f9-4567-a8fb-72d83ad5eb87",
"type": "severities"
}
]
}
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
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The name of the retrospective process
Retrospective process ID from which retrospective steps have to be copied. To use starter template for retrospective steps provide value: 'starter_template'
The description of the retrospective process
retrospective_process created
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Unique id of retrospective process
retrospective_processes Show child attributes
The name of the retrospective process
The description of the retrospective process
Indicates the default process that Rootly created. This will be used as a fallback if no processes match the incident's conditions. The default process cannot have conditions and cannot be changed.
Date of creation
Date of last update
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curl --request POST \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/retrospective_processes \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "retrospective_processes",
"attributes": {
"name": "<string>",
"copy_from": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"retrospective_process_matching_criteria": {
"severity_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "bde2f421-d5fe-4e7f-994b-e9ab23147ada",
"type": "retrospective_processes",
"attributes": {
"name": "Retrospective Process 1",
"description": "Retrospective Process 1 Description",
"is_default": false,
"created_at": "2025-12-05T02:29:39.456-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-12-05T02:29:39.456-08:00",
"retrospective_process_matching_criteria": {
"severity_ids": [
"10051589-09f9-4567-a8fb-72d83ad5eb87"
]
}
},
"relationships": {
"retrospective_steps": {
"data": [
{
"id": "f99fa1f8-eb4a-42fd-a0b1-b6c21a408d9b",
"type": "retrospective_steps"
},
{
"id": "9f90ffbf-604c-4fa6-ac8d-e9d8773e0a4e",
"type": "retrospective_steps"
}
]
},
"severities": {
"data": [
{
"id": "10051589-09f9-4567-a8fb-72d83ad5eb87",
"type": "severities"
}
]
}
}
}
}