---
title: "create_collection"
description: "Create a new collection as a child of parent_uid."
sidebarTitle: "create_collection"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

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Create a new collection as a child of parent_uid.

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  **Writes data · Calls external systems.**
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## Parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `acknowledge` | boolean | No | Reset edit budget after the user has approved further mutations |
| `name` | string | Yes | Name for the new collection |
| `operator` | string | Yes | Operator slug (supplies org-id) |
| `parent_uid` | string | Yes | Parent collection UID under which to create the new collection |

## Example arguments

Illustrative arguments an agent supplies when calling this tool:

```json
{
  "operator": "string",
  "parent_uid": "string",
  "name": "string"
}
```

## Description

```text
Consumes one slot of the per-session collections edit budget (default: 20). Pass acknowledge=true after a budget-exhaustion message to reset the counter.
```

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