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# Create competitor set
> Explicitly approve one customer and up to ten competitors.
`create_competitor_set`
Explicitly approve one customer and up to ten competitors. Set registration is available while discovery admission is disabled. Registration does not verify links or buy discovery.
Hosted MCP registration verified. These schemas describe the development contract; confirm supported inputs with tools/list. Generic CLI/HTTP calls require a matching development server. Configure LINKTRAIL\_API\_URL; production does not expose these command routes.
| Access | Behavior |
| ----------------- | --------------------- |
| `discovery:write` | Writes or admits work |
Reading saved data does not start a verification job. Mutations can change saved records or access; the effects below apply.
## Example request
Connect through [MCP](/guides/connect-mcp), [CLI](/guides/connect-cli), or [HTTP](/guides/connect-http). Replace example identifiers with records from your workspace.
```json MCP theme={null}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "create_competitor_set",
"arguments": {
"projectId": "project_example",
"approved": true,
"members": [
{
"role": "customer",
"scope": {
"target_kind": "domain",
"target": "example.com",
"include_subdomains": true
}
},
{
"role": "competitor",
"scope": {
"target_kind": "domain",
"target": "competitor.example.com",
"include_subdomains": true
}
}
]
}
}
}
```
```bash CLI theme={null}
linktrail call create_competitor_set --args '{"projectId":"project_example","approved":true,"members":[{"role":"customer","scope":{"target_kind":"domain","target":"example.com","include_subdomains":true}},{"role":"competitor","scope":{"target_kind":"domain","target":"competitor.example.com","include_subdomains":true}}]}'
```
```bash HTTP theme={null}
curl "$LINKTRAIL_API_URL/v1/commands/create_competitor_set" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LINKTRAIL_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"projectId":"project_example","approved":true,"members":[{"role":"customer","scope":{"target_kind":"domain","target":"example.com","include_subdomains":true}},{"role":"competitor","scope":{"target_kind":"domain","target":"competitor.example.com","include_subdomains":true}}]}'
```
## Returned result
Illustrative data validated against the documented response schema. IDs and dates are examples, not a live account capture. MCP returns this data in `structuredContent` and in a text content block; generic HTTP and CLI return the JSON result directly.
```json theme={null}
{
"v": 1,
"id": "cs_example",
"revision": 1,
"workspace_id": "ws_example",
"project_id": "project_example",
"approved_by": "user_example",
"approved_at": "2026-09-13T12:00:00.000Z",
"members": [
{
"role": "customer",
"scope": {
"target_kind": "domain",
"target": "example.com",
"include_subdomains": true
},
"id": "cm_customer"
},
{
"role": "competitor",
"scope": {
"target_kind": "domain",
"target": "competitor.example.com",
"include_subdomains": true
},
"id": "cm_competitor"
}
],
"current_revision": 1,
"retired_at": null
}
```
## Input fields
Omit optional fields when you do not want to supply them. Null is accepted only where listed. Unknown input properties are rejected.
| Field | Type | Presence | Meaning and constraints |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `projectId` | string | Required | Identifier of the project returned by its create or list operation. pattern: "^\[a-zA-Z0-9\_-]\{1,128}\$" |
| `approved` | boolean | Required | Explicit approval required to freeze this customer and competitor selection. must equal true |
| `members` | array | Required | Customer and competitor members approved for this set revision. minItems: 2; maxItems: 11 |
| `members[].role` | string | Required | See the typed schema and response example for this field. values: "customer", "competitor" |
| `members[].scope` | object | Required | See the typed schema and response example for this field. additional fields rejected |
| `members[].scope.target_kind` | string | Required | See the typed schema and response example for this field. values: "domain", "exact\_url" |
| `members[].scope.target` | string | Required | See the typed schema and response example for this field. minLength: 1; maxLength: 4096 |
| `members[].scope.include_subdomains` | boolean | Required | See the typed schema and response example for this field. |
### Validation and omitted values
Requires exactly one customer, distinct member identities and nonoverlapping approved target scopes. Scope target kind, target and subdomain policy are explicit; none is inferred from a default.
## Output fields
Fields inside optional or nullable parents apply only when that parent exists. [Common schema conventions](/reference/schemas) explain evidence states, empty lists and extensions.
| Field | Type | Presence | Meaning and constraints |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `v` | number | Required | v recorded for this result. must equal 1 |
| `id` | string | Required | Resource identifier returned by the operation. pattern: "^\[a-zA-Z0-9\_-]\{1,128}\$" |
| `revision` | integer | Required | revision recorded for this result. minimum: 1; maximum: 9007199254740991 |
| `workspace_id` | string | Required | Workspace that owns this record. pattern: "^\[a-zA-Z0-9\_-]\{1,128}\$" |
| `project_id` | string | Required | Project that owns this record. pattern: "^\[a-zA-Z0-9\_-]\{1,128}\$" |
| `approved_by` | string | Required | approved by recorded for this result. pattern: "^\[a-zA-Z0-9\_-]\{1,128}\$" |
| `approved_at` | string | Required | approved at recorded for this result. format: "date-time"; pattern: "^(?:(?:\d\d\[2468]\[048]\|\d\d\[13579]\[26]\|\d\d0\[48]\|\[02468]\[048]00\|\[13579]\[26]00)-02-29\|\d\{4}-(?:(?:0\[13578]\|1\[02])-(?:0\[1-9]\|\[12]\d\|3\[01])\|(?:0\[469]\|11)-(?:0\[1-9]\|\[12]\d\|30)\|(?:02)-(?:0\[1-9]\|1\d\|2\[0-8])))T(?:(?:\[01]\d\|2\[0-3]):\[0-5]\d:\[0-5]\d\\.\d\{3}(?:Z))\$" |
| `members` | array | Required | members recorded for this result. minItems: 2; maxItems: 11 |
| `members[].id` | string | Required | Resource identifier returned by the operation. pattern: "^\[a-zA-Z0-9\_-]\{1,128}\$" |
| `members[].role` | string | Required | role recorded for this result. values: "customer", "competitor" |
| `members[].scope` | object | Required | scope recorded for this result. additional fields rejected |
| `members[].scope.target_kind` | string | Required | target kind recorded for this result. values: "domain", "exact\_url" |
| `members[].scope.target` | string | Required | target recorded for this result. minLength: 1; maxLength: 4096 |
| `members[].scope.include_subdomains` | boolean | Required | include subdomains recorded for this result. |
| `current_revision` | number | Required | current revision recorded for this result. |
| `retired_at` | string / null | Required | retired at recorded for this result. |
[Download input schema](/schemas/create_competitor_set.input.json) · [Download output schema](/schemas/create_competitor_set.output.json)
## Errors and retries
This command is not annotated idempotent. After a timeout, inspect existing state before repeating a write.
See [error recovery](/reference/errors) for status, scope, cooldown, cursor and retry handling. Unknown observations are result data and do not establish loss.
## HTTP resource routes
These existing resource routes share the operation’s domain behavior. Their parameter placement, status and response envelope can differ from generic invocation. See [HTTP route details](/reference/http/routes).
| Method and route | Success | Details |
| -------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `POST /v1/competitor-sets` | 201 | Remaining arguments go in a JSON object body. |
## Continue
[get\_competitor\_set](/reference/commands/get_competitor_set) · [request\_competitor\_inventory](/reference/commands/request_competitor_inventory)
Follow the [related workflow](/guides/competitor-research), inspect [capability status](/capability-status), or return to the [command index](/reference/index).