diff --git a/appinfo/routes.php b/appinfo/routes.php
index 1e73a64dc..1246d6bc6 100644
--- a/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -126,5 +126,7 @@
 
 		['name' => 'Context#index', 'url' => '/api/2/contexts', 'verb' => 'GET'],
 		['name' => 'Context#show', 'url' => '/api/2/contexts/{contextId}', 'verb' => 'GET'],
+		['name' => 'Context#create', 'url' => '/api/2/contexts', 'verb' => 'POST'],
+
 	]
 ];
diff --git a/lib/Controller/ContextController.php b/lib/Controller/ContextController.php
index 5a09ab0b4..6e807841f 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/ContextController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/ContextController.php
@@ -73,6 +73,28 @@ public function show(int $contextId): DataResponse {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * [api v2] Create a new context and return it
+	 *
+	 * @NoAdminRequired
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name Name of the context
+	 * @param string $iconName Material design icon name of the context
+	 * @param string $description Descriptive text of the context
+	 * @param array $nodes optional nodes to be connected to this context
+	 *
+	 * @return DataResponse<Http::STATUS_OK, TablesContext, array{}>|DataResponse<Http::STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, array{message: string}, array{}>
+	 *
+	 * 200: Tables returned
+	 */
+	public function create(string $name, string $iconName, string $description = '', array $nodes = []): DataResponse {
+		try {
+			return new DataResponse($this->contextService->create($name, $iconName, $description, $nodes, $this->userId, 0)->jsonSerialize());
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			return $this->handleError($e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param Context[] $contexts
 	 * @return array
diff --git a/lib/Db/ContextNodeRelation.php b/lib/Db/ContextNodeRelation.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02b8e618d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Db/ContextNodeRelation.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OCA\Tables\Db;
+
+use OCP\AppFramework\Db\Entity;
+
+/**
+ * @method getContextId(): int
+ * @method setContextId(int $value): void
+ * @method getNodeId(): int
+ * @method setNodeId(int $value): void
+ * @method getNodeType(): string
+ * @method setNodeType(string $value): void
+ * @method getPermissions(): int
+ * @method setPermissions(int $value): void
+ */
+
+class ContextNodeRelation extends Entity implements \JsonSerializable {
+	protected ?int $contextId = null;
+	protected ?int $nodeId = null;
+	protected ?string $nodeType = null;
+	protected ?int $permissions = null;
+
+	public function __construct() {
+		$this->addType('id', 'integer');
+	}
+
+	public function jsonSerialize(): array {
+		return [
+			'id' => $this->getId(),
+			'contextId' => $this->getContextId(),
+			'nodeId' => $this->getNodeId(),
+			'nodeType' => $this->getNodeType(),
+			'permissions' => $this->getPermissions()
+		];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/Db/ContextNodeRelationMapper.php b/lib/Db/ContextNodeRelationMapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5630b60ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Db/ContextNodeRelationMapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OCA\Tables\Db;
+
+use OCP\AppFramework\Db\QBMapper;
+use OCP\IDBConnection;
+
+/** @template-extends QBMapper<ContextNodeRelation> */
+class ContextNodeRelationMapper extends QBMapper {
+	protected string $table = 'tables_contexts_rel_context_node';
+
+	public function __construct(IDBConnection $db) {
+		parent::__construct($db, $this->table, ContextNodeRelation::class);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/Db/Page.php b/lib/Db/Page.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7757fb1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Db/Page.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OCA\Tables\Db;
+
+use OCP\AppFramework\Db\Entity;
+
+/**
+ * @method getContextId(): int
+ * @method setContextId(int $value): void
+ * @method getPageType(): string
+ * @method setPageType(string $value): void
+ */
+class Page extends Entity implements \JsonSerializable {
+	public const TYPE_STARTPAGE = 'startpage';
+
+	protected ?int $contextId = null;
+	protected ?string $pageType = null;
+
+	public function __construct() {
+		$this->addType('id', 'integer');
+	}
+
+	public function jsonSerialize(): array {
+		return [
+			'id' => $this->getId(),
+			'contextId' => $this->getContextId(),
+			'pageType' => $this->getPageType(),
+		];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/Db/PageContent.php b/lib/Db/PageContent.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45bb1e735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Db/PageContent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace OCA\Tables\Db;
+
+use OCP\AppFramework\Db\Entity;
+
+/**
+ * @method getPageId(): int
+ * @method setPageId(int $value): void
+ * @method getNodeRelId(): int
+ * @method setNodeRelId(int $value): void
+ * @method getOrder(): int
+ * @method setOrder(int $value): void
+ */
+class PageContent extends Entity implements \JsonSerializable {
+	protected ?int $pageId = null;
+	protected ?int $nodeRelId = null;
+	protected ?int $order = null;
+
+	public function __construct() {
+		$this->addType('id', 'integer');
+	}
+
+	public function jsonSerialize(): array {
+		return [
+			'id' => $this->getId(),
+			'pageId' => $this->getPageId(),
+			'nodeRelId' => $this->getNodeRelId(),
+			'order' => $this->getOrder(),
+		];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/Db/PageContentMapper.php b/lib/Db/PageContentMapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38bed77ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Db/PageContentMapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace OCA\Tables\Db;
+
+use OCP\AppFramework\Db\QBMapper;
+use OCP\IDBConnection;
+
+/** @template-extends QBMapper<PageContent> */
+class PageContentMapper extends QBMapper {
+	protected string $table = 'tables_contexts_page_content';
+
+	public function __construct(IDBConnection $db) {
+		parent::__construct($db, $this->table, PageContent::class);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/Db/PageMapper.php b/lib/Db/PageMapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ade694f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Db/PageMapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace OCA\Tables\Db;
+
+use OCP\AppFramework\Db\QBMapper;
+use OCP\IDBConnection;
+
+/** @template-extends QBMapper<Page> */
+class PageMapper extends QBMapper {
+	protected string $table = 'tables_contexts_page';
+
+	public function __construct(IDBConnection $db) {
+		parent::__construct($db, $this->table, Page::class);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/Service/ContextService.php b/lib/Service/ContextService.php
index 16790ebbd..ed08c7eaa 100644
--- a/lib/Service/ContextService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/ContextService.php
@@ -4,32 +4,48 @@
 
 namespace OCA\Tables\Service;
 
+use OCA\Tables\AppInfo\Application;
 use OCA\Tables\Db\Context;
 use OCA\Tables\Db\ContextMapper;
+use OCA\Tables\Db\ContextNodeRelation;
+use OCA\Tables\Db\ContextNodeRelationMapper;
+use OCA\Tables\Db\Page;
+use OCA\Tables\Db\PageContent;
+use OCA\Tables\Db\PageContentMapper;
+use OCA\Tables\Db\PageMapper;
 use OCA\Tables\Errors\InternalError;
 use OCP\DB\Exception;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class ContextService {
 
-	private ContextMapper $mapper;
+	private ContextMapper $contextMapper;
 	private bool $isCLI;
 	private LoggerInterface $logger;
+	private ContextNodeRelationMapper $contextNodeRelMapper;
+	private PageMapper $pageMapper;
+	private PageContentMapper $pageContentMapper;
 
 	public function __construct(
-		ContextMapper $mapper,
-		LoggerInterface $logger,
-		bool $isCLI,
+		ContextMapper             $contextMapper,
+		ContextNodeRelationMapper $contextNodeRelationMapper,
+		PageMapper                $pageMapper,
+		PageContentMapper         $pageContentMapper,
+		LoggerInterface           $logger,
+		bool                      $isCLI,
 	) {
-		$this->mapper = $mapper;
+		$this->contextMapper = $contextMapper;
 		$this->isCLI = $isCLI;
 		$this->logger = $logger;
+		$this->contextNodeRelMapper = $contextNodeRelationMapper;
+		$this->pageMapper = $pageMapper;
+		$this->pageContentMapper = $pageContentMapper;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @throws InternalError
-	 * @throws Exception
 	 * @return Context[]
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 * @throws InternalError
 	 */
 	public function findAll(?string $userId): array {
 		if ($userId !== null && trim($userId) === '') {
@@ -40,7 +56,7 @@ public function findAll(?string $userId): array {
 			$this->logger->warning($error);
 			throw new InternalError($error);
 		}
-		return $this->mapper->findAll($userId);
+		return $this->contextMapper->findAll($userId);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -57,6 +73,80 @@ public function findById(int $id, ?string $userId): Context {
 			throw new InternalError($error);
 		}
 
-		return $this->mapper->findById($id, $userId);
+		return $this->contextMapper->findById($id, $userId);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	public function create(string $name, string $iconName, string $description, array $nodes, string $ownerId, int $ownerType): Context {
+		$context = new Context();
+		$context->setName($name);
+		$context->setIcon($iconName);
+		$context->setDescription($description);
+		$context->setOwnerId($ownerId);
+		$context->setOwnerType($ownerType);
+
+		$this->contextMapper->insert($context);
+
+		if (!empty($nodes)) {
+			$context->resetUpdatedFields();
+			$this->insertNodesFromArray($context, $nodes);
+			$this->insertPage($context);
+		}
+
+		return $context;
+	}
+
+
+	protected function insertPage(Context $context): void {
+		$page = new Page();
+		$page->setContextId($context->getId());
+		$page->setPageType(Page::TYPE_STARTPAGE);
+		$this->pageMapper->insert($page);
+
+		$addedPage = $page->jsonSerialize();
+
+		$i = 1;
+		foreach ($context->getNodes() as $node) {
+			$pageContent = new PageContent();
+			$pageContent->setPageId($page->getId());
+			$pageContent->setNodeRelId($node['id']);
+			$pageContent->setOrder(10 * $i++);
+
+			$this->pageContentMapper->insert($pageContent);
+
+			$addedPage['content'][$pageContent->getId()] = $pageContent->jsonSerialize();
+			// the content is already embedded in the page
+			unset($addedPage['content'][$pageContent->getId()]['pageId']);
+		}
+
+		$context->setPages($addedPage);
+	}
+
+	protected function insertNodesFromArray(Context $context, array $nodes): void {
+		$addedNodes = [];
+
+		foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+			$contextNodeRel = new ContextNodeRelation();
+			$contextNodeRel->setContextId($context->getId());
+			$contextNodeRel->setNodeId($node['id']);
+			$contextNodeRel->setNodeType($node['type']);
+			$contextNodeRel->setPermissions($node['permissions'] ?? 660);
+
+			try {
+				$this->contextNodeRelMapper->insert($contextNodeRel);
+				$addedNodes[] = $contextNodeRel->jsonSerialize();
+			} catch (Exception $e) {
+				$this->logger->warning('Could not add node {ntype}/{nid} to context {cid}', [
+					'app' => Application::APP_ID,
+					'ntype' => $node['type'],
+					'nid' => $node['id'],
+					'cid' => $context['id'],
+					'exception' => $e,
+				]);
+			}
+		}
+		$context->setNodes($addedNodes);
 	}
 }