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# Create an episode production from uploaded media

Attach one completed Podigee upload to an episode and create its media production.

Create a production after the upload session reaches `completed`.

## Before you start

* Keep the episode ID and completed upload ID.
* Confirm that both belong to the same connected user, account, and tenant.
* Confirm edit access to the episode.
* Prepare one stable idempotency key.

## Create the production

1. Preview `create_production` with the episode ID, upload ID, idempotency key, and `dry_run: true`.
2. Review the exact episode and upload references.
3. Confirm the preview with `dry_run: false`, the same idempotency key, and the `confirm` value from the preview.
4. Keep the returned production ID.
5. Read the production and confirm its episode ID.

A completed upload can attach to only one production. An idempotent retry for the same episode is allowed.

## Expected result

Podigee creates one production for the intended episode and returns its current state and status.

## If creation is rejected

Confirm that the upload is completed, unexpired, unused by another production, and owned by the same user and account as the episode.

## Next step

[Start, stop, and monitor encoding](/documentation/start-here/ai-agents/transfer-media-encode-and-publish/start-stop-and-monitor-encoding.md).


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