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Read and manage Discourse AI artifacts, categories, posts, topics, personal messages, uploads, and Data Explorer queries

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Topic → Create

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Summary

Creates a new topic in the Discourse forum with a title, raw body, and optional category.

Inputs

  • title (required) — Title for the new topic.
  • raw (required) — Raw post body for the topic.
  • categoryId — Optional category ID for the topic.
  • additionalFields.autoTrack — Whether to auto-track the created topic (default: true).
  • additionalFields.createdAt — Optional creation timestamp for imports/migrations.
  • additionalFields.embedUrl — URL to embed content in the topic.
  • additionalFields.externalId — External identifier to associate with the topic.

Output shape

A list of items, each containing a simplified topic object with the ID of the created topic.

The node constructs the payload using the 'title' and 'raw' fields. It supports optional category assignment and additional metadata fields via the 'additionalFields' collection.

Examples

Example 1: Create a standard public topic in a specific category.

Set 'title' and 'raw' fields. Provide a 'categoryId' number to assign the topic to a category.

Example 2: Create a topic for an import or migration with a specific creation timestamp.

Set 'title' and 'raw'. Use 'additionalFields.createdAt' to set a custom timestamp.

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