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POST
/
v1
/
workforce
/
plans
Create a workforce plan
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.plane.com/v1/workforce/plans \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "starts": "<string>",
  "ends": "<string>",
  "currency": "<string>",
  "frequency": "<string>",
  "metadata": {}
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.plane.com/v1/workforce/plans"

payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"starts": "<string>",
"ends": "<string>",
"currency": "<string>",
"frequency": "<string>",
"metadata": {}
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
starts: '<string>',
ends: '<string>',
currency: '<string>',
frequency: '<string>',
metadata: {}
})
};

fetch('https://api.plane.com/v1/workforce/plans', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.plane.com/v1/workforce/plans",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'starts' => '<string>',
'ends' => '<string>',
'currency' => '<string>',
'frequency' => '<string>',
'metadata' => [

]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.plane.com/v1/workforce/plans"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"starts\": \"<string>\",\n \"ends\": \"<string>\",\n \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n \"frequency\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.plane.com/v1/workforce/plans")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"starts\": \"<string>\",\n \"ends\": \"<string>\",\n \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n \"frequency\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.plane.com/v1/workforce/plans")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"starts\": \"<string>\",\n \"ends\": \"<string>\",\n \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n \"frequency\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "name": "FY27 hiring plan",
  "starts": "2026-07-01",
  "ends": "2027-06-30",
  "currency": "USD"
}
{
  "id": "wfp_R8mK2pQ9xL4s",
  "object": "workforce.plan",
  "name": "FY27 hiring plan",
  "status": "draft",
  "starts": "2026-07-01",
  "ends": "2027-06-30",
  "frequency": "monthly",
  "currency": "USD",
  "positions": [],
  "calculation": null,
  "metadata": {},
  "created": "2026-05-27T12:00:00Z",
  "updated": "2026-05-27T12:00:00Z"
}

Parameters

Workforce plans are created as drafts. Use the approval flow when a plan is ready to lock.
name
string
required
Human-readable plan name.
starts
string
required
Start date for the planning window.
ends
string
required
End date for the planning window.
currency
string
Three-letter ISO currency code for calculation rollups. Defaults to the workspace currency.
frequency
string
Planning frequency. Currently monthly.
metadata
object
Set of key-value pairs attached to the plan.

Returns

Returns the created Workforce plan object.
{
  "name": "FY27 hiring plan",
  "starts": "2026-07-01",
  "ends": "2027-06-30",
  "currency": "USD"
}
{
  "id": "wfp_R8mK2pQ9xL4s",
  "object": "workforce.plan",
  "name": "FY27 hiring plan",
  "status": "draft",
  "starts": "2026-07-01",
  "ends": "2027-06-30",
  "frequency": "monthly",
  "currency": "USD",
  "positions": [],
  "calculation": null,
  "metadata": {},
  "created": "2026-05-27T12:00:00Z",
  "updated": "2026-05-27T12:00:00Z"
}