Steps

Obtain a Personal Access Token or OAuth2 token from the user's OSF account settings
POST a JSON:API-formatted payload to https://api.osf.io/v2/nodes/ with data.type='nodes' and attributes including title and category
Include the Authorization: Bearer <token> header on the request
Parse the response's data.id as the new node (project) GUID, and data.links for related resource URLs (contributors, files, etc.)
Optionally set public/private visibility and description fields in the same create payload or via a follow-up PATCH
Use the returned node's relationships links to subsequently add contributors, components, or files as needed

Known gotchas

The API strictly follows the JSON:API spec — payloads must be wrapped in a data object with type and attributes keys, not a flat JSON body, or the request will be rejected
OSF calls projects 'nodes' throughout the API; documentation and endpoint names reference nodes rather than 'projects'
Newly created nodes default to private visibility; making a project public requires explicitly setting the public attribute rather than assuming a default

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Create a new project via the OSF API v2

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