{
  "$schema": "../rpc-schema-draft.json",
  "type": "object",
  "rpc": "askrene-create-channel",
  "title": "Command to add a channel to layer",
  "added": "v24.11",
  "description": [
    "The **askrene-create-channel** RPC command tells askrene create a channel in the given layer.  To actually populate the channel use *askrene-update-channel* in each direction."
  ],
  "request": {
    "required": [
      "layer",
      "source",
      "destination",
      "short_channel_id",
      "capacity_msat"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "properties": {
      "layer": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "The name of the layer to apply this change to."
        ]
      },
      "source": {
        "type": "pubkey",
        "description": [
          "The source node id for the channel."
        ]
      },
      "destination": {
        "type": "pubkey",
        "description": [
          "The destination node id for the channel."
        ]
      },
      "short_channel_id": {
        "type": "short_channel_id",
        "description": [
          "The short channel id for the channel.  If a channel with this short channel id already exists in *layer*, the *source*, *destination* and *capacity_msat* must be the same."
        ]
      },
      "capacity_msat": {
        "type": "msat",
        "description": [
          "The capacity (onchain size) of the channel.",
          "NOTE: this is in millisatoshis!"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "required": [],
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "properties": {}
  },
  "see_also": [
    "lightning-getroutes(7)",
    "lightning-askrene-disable-node(7)",
    "lightning-askrene-update-channel(7)",
    "lightning-askrene-inform-channel(7)",
    "lightning-askrene-listlayers(7)",
    "lightning-askrene-age(7)"
  ],
  "author": [
    "Rusty Russell [rusty@rustcorp.com.au](mailto:rusty@rustcorp.com.au) is mainly responsible."
  ],
  "resources": [
    "Main web site: [https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning)"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:askrene-create-channel#1",
        "method": "askrene-create-channel",
        "params": {
          "layer": "test_layers",
          "source": "nodeid030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303",
          "destination": "nodeid010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101",
          "short_channel_id": "0x0x1",
          "capacity_msat": "1000000sat"
        }
      },
      "response": {}
    }
  ]
}
