Create Watchlist

Creates a workspace-scoped watchlist. Set the immutable type — the list kind (company or people) is derived from it server-side, you never declare it. A new list starts empty; add members with Add entities.

Create watchlist

POST/api/v2/watchlists

Request body

Field	Type	Description
type	enum	Immutable. One of `competitor`, `partner`, `customer` (company) or `influencer`, `champion` (profile).
title	string	Display title. Required, non-empty.
description	string	Optional free-text description.

Example request

curl -X POST "https://api.getsillage.com/api/v2/watchlists" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SILLAGE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "type": "competitor",
    "title": "Key competitors",
    "description": "Companies we track for competitive signals"
  }'

Example response

201 Created

{
  "data": {
    "id": 128,
    "kind": "company",
    "type": "competitor",
    "title": "Key competitors",
    "description": "Companies we track for competitive signals",
    "entity_count": 0,
    "bound_agent_count": 0
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
data.id	integer	Identifier of the watchlist.
data.kind	string	`company` or `profile`, derived from `type`.
data.type	string	The immutable list type.
data.title	string	Display title.
data.description	string	Description, or `null`.
data.entity_count	integer	Number of members.
data.bound_agent_count	integer	Number of agents bound to this list.

Errors

Status	Description
401	The API key is missing or invalid.
422	Invalid body — unknown `type` or empty `title`.
429	Too many requests.