create-contract

dci create-contract <customerID> [body]

Creates a draft contract for the specified customer. Requires the caller to be the direct parent (T1 for a T2-level contract, T2 for a T3-level contract). Write access requires a role without contractsReadOnly; user API tokens must include the matching permission in their scope.

• customerID — The customer (tenant) the contract is created for.

Pass the request body as name: value arguments or pipe JSON on stdin — see Command structure.

Examples

# Create a draft contract from a JSON file; activate it with `dci activate-contract`.
dci create-contract <customer-id> < contract.json

# contract.json
{"name": "Acme AWS resale FY27", "renewalPolicy": "auto",
  "startDate": "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z", "endDate": "2027-09-30T00:00:00Z",
  "doitInvoicingEnabled": true,
  "invoicesEmail": "[email protected]", "contractUpdatesEmail": "[email protected]"}

# The minimum inline body — name, renewal policy, and start date.
dci create-contract <customer-id> name: "Acme AWS resale FY27", renewalPolicy: manual, startDate: "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z"

# Keep the new `contractId` for the activate step, for scripts.
dci create-contract <customer-id> --fields contractId,status --output json < contract.json

Request

Content-Type: application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	yes
startDate	string (date-time)	yes
endDate	string (date-time)
renewalPolicy	string	yes	One of: "auto", "manual", "fixed".
doitInvoicingEnabled	boolean		Whether DoiT generates invoices for this contract. Disabling suppresses invoice generation from that point forward while billing calculations and pipeline outputs continue. Omitting the field leaves invoicing enabled. Default: true.
invoicesEmail	string (email)		Required for an end-customer contract with doitInvoicingEnabled set to true; optional otherwise.
contractUpdatesEmail	string (email)		Required for an end-customer contract with doitInvoicingEnabled set to true; optional otherwise.
billingProfile	object		The billing profile (name, country, state, city, address, zip). Required for an end-customer contract with doitInvoicingEnabled set to true; optional otherwise.
managementAccounts	array of string
billingRules	array of object
priceBooks	array of object
customLineItems	array of object

Raw JSON schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Contract create/update payload. Full field-level validation is applied server-side.",
  "required": [
    "name",
    "startDate",
    "renewalPolicy"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "startDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "endDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "renewalPolicy": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "auto",
        "manual",
        "fixed"
      ]
    },
    "doitInvoicingEnabled": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true,
      "description": "Whether DoiT generates invoices for this contract. Disabling suppresses invoice generation from that point forward while billing calculations and pipeline outputs continue. Omitting the field leaves invoicing enabled."
    },
    "invoicesEmail": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "email",
      "description": "Required for an end-customer contract with doitInvoicingEnabled set to true; optional otherwise."
    },
    "contractUpdatesEmail": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "email",
      "description": "Required for an end-customer contract with doitInvoicingEnabled set to true; optional otherwise."
    },
    "billingProfile": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The billing profile (name, country, state, city, address, zip). Required for an end-customer contract with doitInvoicingEnabled set to true; optional otherwise."
    },
    "managementAccounts": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "billingRules": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    "priceBooks": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    "customLineItems": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    }
  }
}

Output

Created - The contract draft was created.

By default dci renders the result as a table. Use --output json to get the full structure described below — see Output formats.

Field	Type	Description
contractId	string
version	integer
status	string
message	string
timestamp	string (date-time)

Raw JSON schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "The result of creating a contract or contract version.",
  "properties": {
    "contractId": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "timestamp": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    }
  }
}

Errors

On failure, dci prints a single error message — with a hint when one is available — and exits with a typed code your scripts can branch on. See Errors and exit codes for the full contract.

HTTP status to exit code mapping

HTTP status	Exit code	Error code	Meaning
400	30	VALIDATION_ERROR	The arguments or request body were rejected. Review the command's flags and payload.
401	10	AUTHENTICATION_FAILED	Not signed in, or the API token is invalid. Run dci login or check DCI_API_KEY.
403	11	PERMISSION_DENIED	The DoiT user or the active customer context does not have access.

Related

• activate-contract — Activate contract
• get-contract — Retrieve a contract
• list-contracts — List contracts
• update-contract — Update contract
• cancel-contract — Cancel contract
• API reference: POST /customers/{customerID}/contracts

Aliases: createcontract