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# Create a tracing key

> Creates a tracing key for the project. The full key is in `raw_key` and is returned only in this response.

**Auth:** session. **Permission:** `manage_org_settings`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /projects/{projectId}/tracing-keys
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: CorePillar API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    REST API for AgentHub and ModelHub. Ingestion endpoints authenticate with a
    project tracing key; all other endpoints use the signed-in user's browser
    session.
servers:
  - url: https://pillarforge.corepillar.ai/api/v1
    description: AgentHub
security: []
tags:
  - name: Ingestion
    description: 'Send traces with a tracing key: JSON ingest and OpenTelemetry (OTLP).'
  - name: Traces
    description: Read traces and spans.
  - name: Evaluations
    description: Evaluate traces with evaluator collections.
  - name: Evaluators
    description: Built-in and custom evaluators.
  - name: Evaluator collections
    description: Ordered groups of evaluators.
  - name: Organizations
    description: Organizations you belong to.
  - name: Members
    description: Organization members, invites and roles.
  - name: Projects
    description: Projects inside an organization.
  - name: SSO
    description: Okta SSO configuration.
  - name: Tracing keys
    description: Create, list and revoke project tracing keys.
  - name: Cost calculator
    description: Estimate, generate and execute scenario runs.
  - name: Synthetic
    description: Synthetic agent and data setup from source material.
  - name: Chat
    description: ModelHub chat. Served at https://modelhub.corepillar.ai/api/v1.
  - name: Auth
    description: Sign-in helpers.
  - name: E2E
    description: Internal end-to-end encryption key directory.
paths:
  /projects/{projectId}/tracing-keys:
    post:
      tags:
        - Tracing keys
      summary: Create a tracing key
      description: >-
        Creates a tracing key for the project. The full key is in `raw_key` and
        is returned only in this response.


        **Auth:** session. **Permission:** `manage_org_settings`.
      operationId: createTracingKey
      parameters:
        - name: projectId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Project id.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                environment:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - live
                    - test
                  default: live
                  description: Any value other than `test` creates a live key.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/TracingKeyCreated'
        '401':
          description: Not signed in (`UNAUTHORIZED`).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
        '403':
          description: >-
            Not a member of the organization, or missing the required permission
            (`FORBIDDEN`).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
        '404':
          description: Project not found or not visible to you (`PROJECT_NOT_FOUND`).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
        '500':
          description: Unexpected server error (`INTERNAL_ERROR`).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
      security:
        - session: []
components:
  schemas:
    TracingKeyCreated:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        raw_key:
          type: string
          description: The full key. Returned only here, once. Store it now.
          examples:
            - tk_live_...
        key_hint:
          type: string
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this, not on `message`.
              examples:
                - VALIDATION_ERROR
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable description. May change.
            details:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
              description: Extra context; often empty.
  securitySchemes:
    session:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: session
      description: >-
        The session cookie set when you sign in to AgentHub or ModelHub in a
        browser. The cookie name shown here is illustrative. There are no API
        tokens for these endpoints.

````

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