> ## Documentation Index
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# Add a brew day step

> Appends a step to the session's checklist.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /v1/sessions/{sessionId}/steps
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Brewgravity API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Read and write your recipes, brew sessions, fermentation logs, and
    ingredient inventory.


    Every request is scoped to the account its credential belongs to — there is
    no `user_id` parameter anywhere, and an id belonging to someone else returns
    `404`.


    All units are metric: kilograms, grams, litres, degrees Celsius, minutes.
  contact:
    name: Brewgravity support
    email: support@brewgravity.com
servers:
  - url: https://brewgravity.com
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:8787
    description: Local development
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Identity
    description: Who the credential belongs to.
  - name: Recipes
    description: Recipes and their computed stats.
  - name: Fermentables
    description: Grain, sugar, and extract on a recipe.
  - name: Hops
    description: Hop additions on a recipe.
  - name: Yeasts
    description: Yeast on a recipe.
  - name: Other ingredients
    description: Finings, salts, spices, and flavourings.
  - name: Mash steps
    description: A recipe's mash schedule.
  - name: Brew sessions
    description: Individual brew days made from a recipe.
  - name: Brew day steps
    description: The checklist attached to a brew session.
  - name: Fermentation logs
    description: Timestamped readings against a brew session.
  - name: Inventory
    description: Ingredients you physically have on hand.
  - name: AI
    description: Recipe analysis and usage metering.
  - name: Chats
    description: >-
      AI chat threads. The streaming turn endpoint is not part of the REST
      surface.
paths:
  /v1/sessions/{sessionId}/steps:
    parameters:
      - name: sessionId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        description: Session to add to
    post:
      tags:
        - Brew day steps
      summary: Add a brew day step
      description: Appends a step to the session's checklist.
      operationId: addBrewStep
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateBrewStep'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created step
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BrewStep'
        '401':
          description: Missing, invalid, or revoked credential
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: No such resource, or it does not belong to you
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '422':
          description: The body failed validation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    CreateBrewStep:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Step title
          minLength: 1
        description:
          description: Instructions or details
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - prep
            - mash
            - boil
            - cool
            - ferment
            - package
            - other
          description: Step category
          default: other
        timer_minutes:
          description: Optional timer duration in minutes
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
        sort_order:
          type: integer
          description: Display order
          minimum: 0
      required:
        - title
    BrewStep:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        session_id:
          type: string
          description: Parent session
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        title:
          type: string
          description: Step title
        description:
          description: Instructions or details
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - prep
            - mash
            - boil
            - cool
            - ferment
            - package
            - other
          description: Step category
        completed:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this step is done
        completed_at:
          description: When it was ticked off
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        timer_minutes:
          description: Timer duration in minutes
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
        sort_order:
          type: integer
          description: Display order
        created_at:
          type: string
          description: ISO 8601 timestamp
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of what went wrong
      required:
        - error
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Always `Validation failed`
        details:
          type: array
          description: One entry per field that failed validation
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              code:
                type: string
                description: Validation rule that failed
              path:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
                description: Path to the offending field
              message:
                type: string
                description: What is wrong with it
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: An API key created from a signed-in session. See Authentication.

````