diff --git a/cs3/app/provider/v1beta1/provider_api.proto b/cs3/app/provider/v1beta1/provider_api.proto
index 6eea2d4d..94115091 100644
--- a/cs3/app/provider/v1beta1/provider_api.proto
+++ b/cs3/app/provider/v1beta1/provider_api.proto
@@ -53,11 +53,39 @@ import "cs3/types/v1beta1/types.proto";
 // Any method MAY return UNKNOWN.
 // Any method MAY return UNAUTHENTICATED.
 service ProviderAPI {
-  // Returns the App provider URL
+  // Creates a new file to be opened by an app. The new file MAY be either
+  // empty or generated out of a template if the AppProvider has such capability.
+  rpc CreateFileForApp(CreateFileForAppRequest) returns (CreateFileForAppResponse);
+  // Returns the App URL and all necessary info to open a resource in an online editor.
   // MUST return CODE_NOT_FOUND if the resource does not exist.
   rpc OpenInApp(OpenInAppRequest) returns (OpenInAppResponse);
 }
 
+
+message CreateFileForAppRequest {
+    // OPTIONAL.
+    // Opaque information.
+    cs3.types.v1beta1.Opaque opaque = 1;
+    // REQUIRED.
+    // The target container where the file has to be created.
+    cs3.types.v1beta1.Reference ref = 2;
+    // REQUIRED.
+    // The file name of the created file.
+    string filename = 2;
+  }
+
+  message CreateFileForAppResponse {
+    // REQUIRED.
+    // The response status.
+    cs3.rpc.v1beta1.Status status = 1;
+    // OPTIONAL.
+    // Opaque information.
+    cs3.types.v1beta1.Opaque opaque = 2;
+    // REQUIRED.
+    // The resourceInfo of the file that was created.
+    storage.provider.v1beta1.ResourceInfo resource_info = 3;
+  }
+
 message OpenInAppRequest {
   // OPTIONAL.
   // Opaque information.
diff --git a/cs3/gateway/v1beta1/gateway_api.proto b/cs3/gateway/v1beta1/gateway_api.proto
index bb0238aa..7e893af8 100644
--- a/cs3/gateway/v1beta1/gateway_api.proto
+++ b/cs3/gateway/v1beta1/gateway_api.proto
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ service GatewayAPI {
   // ************************ APP PROVIDER ********************/
   // *****************************************************************/
 
-  // Returns the App provider URL, which allows the user to open a resource in an online editor.
+  // Creates a new file to be opened by an app. The new file MAY be either
+  // empty or generated out of a template if the AppProvider has such capability.
+  rpc CreateFileForApp(cs3.app.provider.v1beta1.CreateFileForAppRequest) returns (cs3.app.provider.v1beta1.CreateFileForAppResponse);
+  // Returns the App URL and all necessary info to open a resource in an online editor.
+  // MUST return CODE_NOT_FOUND if the resource does not exist.
   rpc OpenInApp(OpenInAppRequest) returns (cs3.app.provider.v1beta1.OpenInAppResponse);
   // *****************************************************************/
   // ************************ USER SHARE PROVIDER ********************/