## Create Index

`$ llamacloud-prod beta:indexes create`

**post** `/api/v1/indexes`

Create a searchable index over a source directory.

### Parameters

- `--source-directory-id: string`

  Body param: ID of the source directory containing your documents.

- `--organization-id: optional string`

  Query param

- `--project-id: optional string`

  Query param

- `--description: optional string`

  Body param: Optional description of the index.

- `--name: optional string`

  Body param: Optional display name for the index. If omitted, the index is named after the source directory.

- `--product: optional array of object { product_config_id, product_type }`

  Body param: Product configurations for syncing. Omit to use a default parse configuration. Include an explicit entry per product type (e.g. parse, extract) to override the default.

- `--store-attachment: optional array of string`

  Body param: Attachment kinds to store alongside parsed output. Each entry must be one of: screenshots, items. For example, ['screenshots'] renders and stores per-page screenshots; ['items'] stores structured items with bounding boxes. Omit or pass an empty list to skip attachments.

- `--sync-frequency: optional string`

  Body param: How often to re-run the sync. One of: manual, daily, on_source_change. Defaults to manual.

- `--vector-target: optional "DEFAULT" or "DISABLED"`

  Body param: Vector export destination for the index. 'DEFAULT' exports to the managed vector DB destination resolved from configuration. 'DISABLED' skips vector export — the export destination falls back to 'Download'.

### Returns

- `BetaIndexNewResponse: object { id, export_config_id, name, 9 more }`

  A searchable index over a directory of documents.

  - `id: string`

    Unique identifier

  - `export_config_id: string`

    ID of the export configuration.

  - `name: string`

    Index name.

  - `project_id: string`

    Project this index belongs to.

  - `source_directory_id: string`

    ID of the source directory.

  - `sync_config_id: string`

    ID of the sync configuration.

  - `created_at: optional string`

    Creation datetime

  - `description: optional string`

    Index description.

  - `last_exported_at: optional string`

    Last export time.

  - `last_synced_at: optional string`

    Last sync time.

  - `metadata: optional map[unknown]`

    Build state and diagnostic info.

  - `updated_at: optional string`

    Update datetime

### Example

```cli
llamacloud-prod beta:indexes create \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --source-directory-id dir-abc123
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "id",
  "export_config_id": "export_config_id",
  "name": "name",
  "project_id": "project_id",
  "source_directory_id": "source_directory_id",
  "sync_config_id": "sync_config_id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "description": "description",
  "last_exported_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "last_synced_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
```