createImprovement
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Create an improvement item in a project. Requires projectId and title. Auto-assigns friendly ID. Accepts every field updateImprovement accepts, so an item can be created complete in one call rather than create-then-update.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| projectId | string | yes | |
| title | string | yes | |
| type | string | no | Type. Default: enhancement. Valid values: feature, bug, tech_debt, architecture_gap, documentation_gap, risk, enhancement, task. Despite the tool's name there is no 'improvement' value — pass it and it is accepted as an alias for 'enhancement', which is also the default. Setting type='task' makes the row a task (TAS- prefix); any other type makes it a non-task improvement (IMP- prefix). |
| priority | string | no | Priority. Default: medium. |
| status | string | no | Initial status. Default: captured. |
| source | string | no | Source (e.g. human_manual, agent_review). |
| urgency | string | no | e.g. this_week, this_month, this_quarter. |
| category_id | string | no | Category ID. |
| problem_statement | string | no | |
| desired_outcome | string | no | |
| business_impact | string | no | |
| user_impact | string | no | |
| why_now | string | no | |
| acceptance_criteria | array | no | Acceptance criteria — ordered list of pass/fail statements that define "done" for this item. Each row is `{ id, text }` with server-stamped `updated_at / updated_by / updated_by_credential_name`. REPLACES the whole array on update. Echo back existing `id`s on rows you keep so attribution stamps survive. Bare strings are accepted for convenience (e.g. `["row 1", "row 2"]`) and auto-converted to `{ id, text }`. |
| checklist | array | no | Tick-box checklist shown above acceptance_criteria. The full array REPLACES the stored list on update, and array order = display order — to edit, fetch via getTask/getImprovement, modify, and send back the whole list. Operations: mark done with `completed: true`; un-mark with `completed: false`; add rows by appending `{ text }` (id is auto-minted); remove by omitting; reorder by rearranging. Echo back each existing `id` you keep so per-row attribution (who added/completed it, when) survives. |
| constraints | array | no | |
| non_goals | array | no | |
| impacted_documents | array | no | Array of {id, title}. |
| linked_document_ids | array | no | Document IDs to link. Titles resolved automatically. |
| impacted_diagrams | array | no | Array of {id, name}. |
| impacted_components | array | no | |
| agent_ready | boolean | no | |
| agent_missing_info | array | no | |
| agent_recommended_action | string | no | |
| agent_complexity | string | no | low, medium, high, very_high. |
| agent_confidence | number | no | 0.00 to 1.00. |
| agent_brief | string | no | |
| target_date | string | no | YYYY-MM-DD. |
| start_date | string | no | YYYY-MM-DD. |
| end_date | string | no | YYYY-MM-DD. |
| owner_id | string | no | User UUID to assign as the owner. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with owner_team_id — set one or the other, never both. Use listAssignablePrincipals(projectId, kind='user', q='…') to look up valid user UUIDs. |
| owner_team_id | string | no | Team UUID to assign as the owner (assigns the whole team rather than an individual). MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with owner_id. Use listTeams(workspaceId) or listAssignablePrincipals(projectId, kind='team') to look up valid team UUIDs. |
| plan_id | string | no | Link to a plan. |
| phase_id | string | no | Assign to a phase. |
| is_task | boolean | no | Mark as task. Default: false. Prefer setting type='task' instead — is_task is kept in sync from the type enum by a DB trigger, and rows with type='task' get the TAS- friendly_id prefix while all others get IMP-. |
| description | string | no | |
| wbs_code | string | no | Work breakdown structure code. |
| percent_complete | number | no | Progress percentage (0-100). Null means not tracked. |
| source_channel | string | no | |
| impacted_repositories | array | no | |
| relationships | object | no | Free-form JSON for logical links: blocks, blocked_by, duplicates, supersedes, relates_to (arrays of item IDs). |
| metadata | object | no | Free-form JSON stored alongside the item. On updateImprovement this MERGES rather than replaces. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"projectId": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Type. Default: enhancement. Valid values: feature, bug, tech_debt, architecture_gap, documentation_gap, risk, enhancement, task. Despite the tool's name there is no 'improvement' value — pass it and it is accepted as an alias for 'enhancement', which is also the default. Setting type='task' makes the row a task (TAS- prefix); any other type makes it a non-task improvement (IMP- prefix)."
},
"priority": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Priority. Default: medium."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Initial status. Default: captured."
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Source (e.g. human_manual, agent_review)."
},
"urgency": {
"type": "string",
"description": "e.g. this_week, this_month, this_quarter."
},
"category_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Category ID."
},
"problem_statement": {
"type": "string"
},
"desired_outcome": {
"type": "string"
},
"business_impact": {
"type": "string"
},
"user_impact": {
"type": "string"
},
"why_now": {
"type": "string"
},
"acceptance_criteria": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Acceptance criteria — ordered list of pass/fail statements that define \"done\" for this item. Each row is `{ id, text }` with server-stamped `updated_at / updated_by / updated_by_credential_name`. REPLACES the whole array on update. Echo back existing `id`s on rows you keep so attribution stamps survive. Bare strings are accepted for convenience (e.g. `[\"row 1\", \"row 2\"]`) and auto-converted to `{ id, text }`.",
"items": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"description": "Shorthand for `{ text: \"...\" }`."
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional — server mints one if omitted. Preserve on edits."
},
"text": {
"type": "string"
},
"updated_at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped. Echo back unchanged; ignored on new rows."
},
"updated_by": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped user id. Echo back unchanged."
},
"updated_by_credential_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped credential label. Echo back unchanged."
}
},
"required": [
"text"
]
}
]
}
},
"checklist": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Tick-box checklist shown above acceptance_criteria. The full array REPLACES the stored list on update, and array order = display order — to edit, fetch via getTask/getImprovement, modify, and send back the whole list. Operations: mark done with `completed: true`; un-mark with `completed: false`; add rows by appending `{ text }` (id is auto-minted); remove by omitting; reorder by rearranging. Echo back each existing `id` you keep so per-row attribution (who added/completed it, when) survives.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional — server mints one if omitted. Preserve on edits."
},
"text": {
"type": "string"
},
"due_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional YYYY-MM-DD; null to clear."
},
"completed": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "true = ticked, false/omitted = not done. Server stamps timestamp + actor."
},
"completed_at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped ISO timestamp. Prefer `completed`; an explicit value here wins if both are sent."
},
"completed_by": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped user id. Echo back unchanged."
},
"completed_by_credential_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped credential label. Echo back unchanged."
},
"updated_at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped. Echo back unchanged; ignored on new rows."
},
"updated_by": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped user id. Echo back unchanged."
},
"updated_by_credential_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Server-stamped credential label. Echo back unchanged."
}
},
"required": [
"text"
]
}
},
"constraints": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"non_goals": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"impacted_documents": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
},
"description": "Array of {id, title}."
},
"linked_document_ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Document IDs to link. Titles resolved automatically."
},
"impacted_diagrams": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object"
},
"description": "Array of {id, name}."
},
"impacted_components": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"agent_ready": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"agent_missing_info": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"agent_recommended_action": {
"type": "string"
},
"agent_complexity": {
"type": "string",
"description": "low, medium, high, very_high."
},
"agent_confidence": {
"type": "number",
"description": "0.00 to 1.00."
},
"agent_brief": {
"type": "string"
},
"target_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD."
},
"start_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD."
},
"end_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD."
},
"owner_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "User UUID to assign as the owner. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with owner_team_id — set one or the other, never both. Use listAssignablePrincipals(projectId, kind='user', q='…') to look up valid user UUIDs."
},
"owner_team_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Team UUID to assign as the owner (assigns the whole team rather than an individual). MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with owner_id. Use listTeams(workspaceId) or listAssignablePrincipals(projectId, kind='team') to look up valid team UUIDs."
},
"plan_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Link to a plan."
},
"phase_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Assign to a phase."
},
"is_task": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Mark as task. Default: false. Prefer setting type='task' instead — is_task is kept in sync from the type enum by a DB trigger, and rows with type='task' get the TAS- friendly_id prefix while all others get IMP-."
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"wbs_code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Work breakdown structure code."
},
"percent_complete": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Progress percentage (0-100). Null means not tracked."
},
"source_channel": {
"type": "string"
},
"impacted_repositories": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"relationships": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Free-form JSON for logical links: blocks, blocked_by, duplicates, supersedes, relates_to (arrays of item IDs)."
},
"metadata": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Free-form JSON stored alongside the item. On updateImprovement this MERGES rather than replaces."
}
},
"required": [
"projectId",
"title"
]
}