*MCP › Reference › Operations › Services*

# Create a service

> Registers a sellable line that does not come out of the inventory: a technician, a transport, a working day.

The rate is NOT set here — that is what the patch is for, which has its own block. Returns the created service.

TOOL `filmo_services_create` · `services:write` · 120/min

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Yes | Service name as the customer will see it. |
| `serviceType` | string | No | Service type. `crew`, `fleet`, `general` |
| `description` | string | No | Service description. |
| `collectionId` | string | No | Collection it belongs to. |
| `tags` | string[] | No | Tags by name; one that does not exist is created. |
| `defaultQty` | integer | No | Quantity added to an order by default. |
| `showInPlanner` | boolean | No | Whether it appears as a plannable service. |
| `requirements` | object[] | No | Resources needed to provide it. |
| `requirements.requiredResourceType` | string | Yes | What is needed to provide it: personnel or vehicle. `personnel`, `vehicle` |
| `requirements.qty` | integer | Yes | How many are needed. |
| `requirements.requiredTags` | string[] | No | Tags the assigned resource must have. E.g.: "Carné C". |
| `idempotencyKey` | string | No | Idempotency key chosen by the client (a UUID is recommended). Repeating the same key with the same arguments within 24 h returns the stored response without executing again; with different arguments it responds 422. It is the safe way to retry after a network failure. |
| `ifMatch` | string | No | Optimistic locking: the meta.etag you got from the detail read of this resource (or "*"). If the resource changed since, the call fails with 412 precondition_failed before writing anything; read it again and retry. Omit it to write unconditionally. |

## Result

On success the result carries `structuredContent` with `data` and `meta`. These are the attributes of `data`.

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Unique service identifier. |
| `name` | string | Service name as the customer sees it. |
| `serviceType` | string | Type: crew (personnel), fleet (vehicles) or general. |
| `description` | string | Description; null if it has none. |
| `defaultQty` | integer | Quantity added to an order by default. |
| `showInPlanner` | boolean | Whether it appears as a plannable service. |
| `includeInPrice` | boolean | Whether its amount counts towards the document total. |
| `collectionName` | string | Path of the collection it belongs to; null if it is in none. |
| `tags` | object[] | Service tags, with their identifier and name. |
| `tags.id` | string | Unique identifier of the tag. |
| `tags.name` | string | Tag name. |
| `requirements` | object[] | Resources needed to provide it. |
| `requirements.requiredResourceType` | string | What is needed to provide it: personnel or vehicle. `personnel`, `vehicle` |
| `requirements.qty` | integer | How many are needed. |
| `requirements.requiredTags` | string[] | Tags the assigned resource must have. E.g.: "Carné C". |
| `createdAt` | string<date-time> | Creation date in ISO 8601 UTC; null if not recorded. |
| `updatedAt` | string<date-time> | Last modification date in ISO 8601 UTC; null if not recorded. |

*Call · filmo_services_create*

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "filmo_services_create",
    "arguments": {
      "name": "Example"
    }
  }
}
```

*Result (generated from the schema)*

```json
{
  "structuredContent": {
    "data": {
      "id": "id_8f2a1c",
      "name": "Example",
      "serviceType": "<serviceType>",
      "description": "<description>",
      "defaultQty": 1,
      "showInPlanner": true,
      "includeInPrice": true,
      "collectionName": "Example",
      "tags": [
        {
          "id": "id_8f2a1c",
          "name": "Example"
        }
      ],
      "requirements": [
        {
          "requiredResourceType": "personnel",
          "qty": 1,
          "requiredTags": [
            "<requiredTags>"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-09-01T08:00:00Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-09-01T08:00:00Z"
    },
    "meta": {
      "idempotencyKey": "<the key you sent, or the one the server generated>",
      "rateLimit": {
        "limit": 120,
        "remaining": 119,
        "reset": 42
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## The same operation by REST

This tool runs [`POST /api/v1/services`](https://docs.filmo.io/rest-api/endpoint-reference/services/create-a-service).

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Canonical URL: https://docs.filmo.io/mcp/tools/services/filmo-services-create  
Last updated: 2026-10-25