Add a custom exercise

Adds an exercise to the caller’s library so it can be picked in a mesocycle.

POST/api/training/exercises

Authorization

__Secure-better-auth.session_tokenAPI key · cookierequired

Better Auth session. Signing in (Google or email magic link) sets an HttpOnly session cookie that scopes every request to that account. The web app and CLI use this; agents use the OAuth 2.1 flow of the MCP server.

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

Personal API key sent as Authorization: Bearer skcal_…. Create and scope keys in the app under your profile → API keys. Keys default to full access; a scoped key is limited to its granted resource:action permissions and cannot manage other keys.

Request body

requiredapplication/json

The exercise.

namestringrequired

Exercise name.

musclestringrequired

Muscle key from the library.

equipmentstringrequired

Equipment type.

Allowed:barbelldumbbellmachinecablesmithbodyweightbandother

videoUrlstring<uri> | null

Optional https link to a demo video.

Responses

200

The exercise was created.

object

400

The request body or parameters failed validation.

errorstringrequired

Human-readable failure reason.

detailstring

Optional extra context, present on upstream failures.

Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Authorization

API keyRemember on this deviceInclude my values in samples

Bodyapplication/json

namestring*Exercise name.musclestring*Muscle key from the library.equipmentstring*Equipment type.videoUrlstringOptional https link to a demo video.

Request

curl -X POST 'https://app.skcal.fit/api/training/exercises' \
  -H 'Cookie: __Secure-better-auth.session_token=YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "Landmine Press",
  "muscle": "front_delts",
  "equipment": "barbell",
  "videoUrl": null
}'

const response = await fetch("https://app.skcal.fit/api/training/exercises", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Cookie": "__Secure-better-auth.session_token=YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: "{\n  \"name\": \"Landmine Press\",\n  \"muscle\": \"front_delts\",\n  \"equipment\": \"barbell\",\n  \"videoUrl\": null\n}"
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.skcal.fit/api/training/exercises",
    headers={
        "Cookie": "__Secure-better-auth.session_token=YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    data="{\n  \"name\": \"Landmine Press\",\n  \"muscle\": \"front_delts\",\n  \"equipment\": \"barbell\",\n  \"videoUrl\": null\n}",
)

Response

{
  "ok": true,
  "week": 2,
  "day": 1,
  "exerciseName": "Barbell Bench Press",
  "muscle": "chest"
}

{
  "error": "weightKg must be 9-320 kg",
  "detail": "upstream model returned 500"
}