# .create\_instance

Create [Instances](https://api.pyblish.com/pyblish.api/instance) for a given [Context](https://api.pyblish.com/pyblish.api/context).

## Introduction

Create an instance and automatically make it a child of the calling context, returns the newly created [Instance](https://api.pyblish.com/pyblish.api/instance).

```python
import pyblish.api
context = pyblish.api.Context()
instance = context.create_instance(name="MyInstance")
```

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