```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

curl -X POST "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects" \
     -H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2025-04" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
     -d '{ "name":"example-project" }'
```

```bash CLI theme={null}
# Target the organization for which you want to create 
# a project.
pc target -o "example-org"
# Create the project.
pc project create -n "example-project"
```

```json curl theme={null}
{
  "id": "32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2",
  "name": "example-project",
  "max_pods": 20,
  "force_encryption_with_cmek": false,
  "organization_id": "-NM7af6f234168c4e44a",
  "created_at": "2025-10-20T20:16:09.144497Z"
}
```

```text CLI theme={null}
ATTRIBUTE           VALUE
Name                example-project
ID                  32c8235a-5220-4a80-a9f1-69c24109e6f2
Organization ID     -NM7af6f234168c4e44a
Created At          2025-10-20 20:19:51.448431 +0000 UTC
Force Encryption    false
Max Pods            5
```

**POST** `/admin/projects`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "name": "chatbot-prod",
  "max_pods": 123,
  "force_encryption_with_cmek": true
}'
```

```json title="200"
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "max_pods": 123,
  "force_encryption_with_cmek": true,
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "created_at": "<string>"
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Body

- `name` (body, string, required) — The name of the new project.
- `max_pods` (body, integer) — The maximum number of Pods that can be created in the project. Default is `0` (serverless only).
- `force_encryption_with_cmek` (body, boolean) — Whether to force encryption with a customer-managed encryption key (CMEK). Default is `false`.

## Response

- `200` — The project was successfully created.
- `400` — Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not found
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List projects](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-list-projects.md)
- [Create a new project](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-create-a-new-project.md)
- [Get project details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-get-project-details.md)
- [Delete a project](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-delete-a-project.md)
- [Update a project](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-projects-update-a-project.md)
- [Create a new project](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-create-project.md)
- [List projects](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-list-projects.md)
- [Get project details](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-fetch-project.md)
- [Update a project](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-update-project.md)
- [Delete a project](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-delete-project.md)

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