> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.akua.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create dashboard

> Creates a dashboard in the workspace, optionally with an ordered set of initial snippet widgets. Blank dashboards remain valid.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi-public.json post /dashboards
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Akua API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Public API for managing Akua workspaces, clusters, products, and installs.


    Authenticate with a workspace API token via the `Authorization: Bearer
    sk_akua_...` header.


    A workspace-owned token implies its workspace. Broad tokens select the
    active workspace via the optional `Akua-Context` header.
  contact:
    name: Akua API support
    email: support@akua.dev
    url: https://akua.dev/docs
servers:
  - url: https://api.akua.dev/v1
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: Auth
    description: Authentication and token management.
  - name: Agent events
    description: Persisted agent transcripts and response recovery.
  - name: Custom domains
    description: Workspace custom domains and routing targets.
  - name: Cloudflare
    description: Cloudflare account credentials and gateway control.
  - name: Clusters
    description: Kubernetes clusters and cluster access operations.
  - name: ComputeConfigs
    description: Workspace compute provider configurations.
  - name: Entitlements
    description: Effective workspace capabilities and limits.
  - name: Dashboards
    description: Dashboard and widget resources.
  - name: Installs
    description: Installation and render operations.
  - name: Machines
    description: Compute machines and lifecycle events.
  - name: Notifications
    description: User notification state.
  - name: Offer Channels
    description: Private offer channels and policy versions.
  - name: Offers
    description: Marketplace offers and redemption tracking.
  - name: Operations
    description: Long-running operation status and controls.
  - name: Order Drafts
    description: Draft checkout orders and checkout sessions.
  - name: Organizations
    description: Organizations, memberships, and managed workspaces.
  - name: Packages
    description: Software packages, versions, and input schemas.
  - name: Products
    description: Marketplace product catalog resources.
  - name: Preview hostnames
    description: Install preview hostnames and routing state.
  - name: Quotas
    description: Workspace quota limits and usage.
  - name: Regions
    description: Available deployment regions.
  - name: Registry
    description: Container registry credentials and repositories.
  - name: Repository change requests
    description: Fork-backed repository change reviews and lifecycle actions.
  - name: Repositories
    description: Source repositories available to the workspace.
  - name: Secrets
    description: Workspace secrets and secret versions.
  - name: Snippets
    description: Reusable snippets and snippet runs.
  - name: Workspace subdomains
    description: Workspace subdomain identity.
  - name: Workspaces
    description: Workspace resources, members, and billing state.
paths:
  /dashboards:
    post:
      tags:
        - Dashboards
      summary: Create dashboard
      description: >-
        Creates a dashboard in the workspace, optionally with an ordered set of
        initial snippet widgets. Blank dashboards remain valid.
      operationId: dashboards.create
      parameters:
        - name: akua-context
          in: header
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
            maxLength: 53
            description: >-
              Optional workspace/scope context for the request. Carries a single
              workspace wire id (`ws_…`) today. Only needed for broad tokens - a
              workspace-owned token implies its workspace.
            examples:
              - ws_j572abc123def456
          required: false
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  examples:
                    - Cluster Overview
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 100
                description:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 500
                widgets:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    oneOf:
                      - type: object
                        properties:
                          snippet_id:
                            type: string
                            minLength: 1
                            maxLength: 54
                          title:
                            type: string
                            maxLength: 100
                          display_type:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - table
                              - stat
                              - json
                              - logs
                              - timeseries
                            description: >-
                              Controls how the snippet result is rendered in
                              dashboard widgets
                          col_span:
                            type: number
                            enum:
                              - 1
                              - 2
                              - 3
                              - 4
                            default: 2
                        required:
                          - snippet_id
                        additionalProperties: false
                      - type: object
                        properties:
                          widget_type:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - snippet
                          snippet_id:
                            type: string
                            minLength: 1
                            maxLength: 54
                          snippet_etag:
                            anyOf:
                              - type: string
                              - type: 'null'
                            default: null
                          title:
                            type: string
                            maxLength: 100
                          col_span:
                            type: number
                            enum:
                              - 1
                              - 2
                              - 3
                              - 4
                            default: 2
                          height:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - compact
                              - standard
                              - tall
                            default: standard
                          drill_down:
                            anyOf:
                              - type: string
                                minLength: 1
                                maxLength: 2048
                              - type: 'null'
                            default: null
                          visualization_options:
                            type: object
                            default: {}
                          freshness_policy:
                            oneOf:
                              - type: object
                                properties:
                                  mode:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                      - provider_default
                                required:
                                  - mode
                                additionalProperties: false
                              - type: object
                                properties:
                                  mode:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                      - max_age
                                  max_age_seconds:
                                    type: integer
                                    minimum: 30
                                    maximum: 86400
                                required:
                                  - mode
                                  - max_age_seconds
                                additionalProperties: false
                            default:
                              mode: provider_default
                          input_bindings:
                            type: object
                            additionalProperties:
                              oneOf:
                                - type: object
                                  properties:
                                    mode:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                        - inherit
                                    filter_key:
                                      anyOf:
                                        - type: string
                                          enum:
                                            - time
                                            - comparison
                                            - cluster
                                            - install
                                            - product
                                            - package
                                            - region
                                            - status
                                        - type: string
                                          pattern: ^var\.[a-z][a-z0-9_]{0,31}$
                                  required:
                                    - mode
                                    - filter_key
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                - type: object
                                  properties:
                                    mode:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                        - fixed
                                    value: {}
                                  required:
                                    - mode
                                    - value
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                - type: object
                                  properties:
                                    mode:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                        - unbound
                                  required:
                                    - mode
                                  additionalProperties: false
                            default: {}
                          visualization:
                            anyOf:
                              - type: string
                                enum:
                                  - stat
                                  - sparkline
                                  - line
                                  - area
                                  - bar
                                  - donut
                                  - table
                                  - status_list
                                  - logs
                                  - json
                              - type: 'null'
                            default: null
                          refresh_policy:
                            oneOf:
                              - type: object
                                properties:
                                  mode:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                      - on_load
                                required:
                                  - mode
                                additionalProperties: false
                              - type: object
                                properties:
                                  mode:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                      - manual
                                required:
                                  - mode
                                additionalProperties: false
                              - type: object
                                properties:
                                  mode:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                      - interval
                                  interval_seconds:
                                    type: integer
                                    minimum: 60
                                    maximum: 86400
                                required:
                                  - mode
                                  - interval_seconds
                                additionalProperties: false
                            default:
                              mode: on_load
                          display_type:
                            anyOf:
                              - type: string
                                enum:
                                  - table
                                  - stat
                                  - json
                                  - logs
                                  - timeseries
                              - type: 'null'
                            description: >-
                              Controls how the snippet result is rendered in
                              dashboard widgets
                            default: null
                        required:
                          - widget_type
                          - snippet_id
                        additionalProperties: false
                      - type: object
                        properties:
                          widget_type:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - platform_metric
                          metric_key:
                            type: string
                            minLength: 1
                            maxLength: 100
                            pattern: ^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$
                          metric_version:
                            type: integer
                            exclusiveMinimum: 0
                          filter_bindings:
                            type: object
                            additionalProperties:
                              oneOf:
                                - type: object
                                  properties:
                                    mode:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                        - inherit
                                    filter_key:
                                      anyOf:
                                        - type: string
                                          enum:
                                            - time
                                            - comparison
                                            - cluster
                                            - install
                                            - product
                                            - package
                                            - region
                                            - status
                                        - type: string
                                          pattern: ^var\.[a-z][a-z0-9_]{0,31}$
                                  required:
                                    - mode
                                    - filter_key
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                - type: object
                                  properties:
                                    mode:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                        - fixed
                                    value: {}
                                  required:
                                    - mode
                                    - value
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                - type: object
                                  properties:
                                    mode:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                        - unbound
                                  required:
                                    - mode
                                  additionalProperties: false
                            default: {}
                          title:
                            type: string
                            maxLength: 100
                          col_span:
                            type: number
                            enum:
                              - 1
                              - 2
                              - 3
                              - 4
                            default: 2
                          height:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - compact
                              - standard
                              - tall
                            default: standard
                          drill_down:
                            anyOf:
                              - type: string
                                minLength: 1
                                maxLength: 2048
                              - type: 'null'
                            default: null
                          visualization_options:
                            type: object
                            default: {}
                          freshness_policy:
                            oneOf:
                              - type: object
                                properties:
                                  mode:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                      - provider_default
                                required:
                                  - mode
                                additionalProperties: false
                              - type: object
                                properties:
                                  mode:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                      - max_age
                                  max_age_seconds:
                                    type: integer
                                    minimum: 30
                                    maximum: 86400
                                required:
                                  - mode
                                  - max_age_seconds
                                additionalProperties: false
                            default:
                              mode: provider_default
                        required:
                          - widget_type
                          - metric_key
                          - metric_version
                        additionalProperties: false
                    x-platform-exact-union: true
                  maxItems: 24
              required:
                - name
              additionalProperties: false
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Dashboard created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  dashboard_id:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - dashboard_id
                additionalProperties: false
        '401':
          description: Missing, invalid or expired credential.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiUnauthorized'
        '403':
          description: The credential may not act in this workspace.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiForbidden'
        '409':
          description: >-
            The request conflicts with existing resource state or immutable
            intent.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiConflict'
        '422':
          description: The request is well-formed but cannot be processed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiUnprocessable'
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    ApiUnauthorized:
      type: object
      properties:
        _tag:
          type: string
          enum:
            - Unauthorized
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - false
        errors:
          type: array
          prefixItems:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEntry'
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEntry'
        result:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - _tag
        - success
        - errors
        - result
      additionalProperties: false
    ApiForbidden:
      type: object
      properties:
        _tag:
          type: string
          enum:
            - Forbidden
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - false
        errors:
          type: array
          prefixItems:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEntry'
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEntry'
        result:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - _tag
        - success
        - errors
        - result
      additionalProperties: false
    ApiConflict:
      type: object
      properties:
        _tag:
          type: string
          enum:
            - Conflict
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - false
        errors:
          type: array
          prefixItems:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEntry'
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEntry'
        result:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - _tag
        - success
        - errors
        - result
      additionalProperties: false
    ApiUnprocessable:
      type: object
      properties:
        _tag:
          type: string
          enum:
            - Unprocessable
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - false
        errors:
          type: array
          prefixItems:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEntry'
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorEntry'
        result:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - _tag
        - success
        - errors
        - result
      additionalProperties: false
    ApiErrorEntry:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Machine-readable error code
          examples:
            - 7002
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
          examples:
            - Resource not found
        path:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Field path that caused the error, when applicable
          examples:
            - - body
              - name
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
      required:
        - code
        - message
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      description: >-
        workspace API token (sk_akua_...) or OAuth2 JWT. Create tokens at
        https://akua.dev/developers/api-tokens
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````

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